Giant Crossword

ACROSS

11 Wisconsin’s largest city (9) 13 Bird that climbs down trees headfirst (8) 14 2004 Will Smith film, based on stories by Asimov (1,5) 16 Chapel with a famous ceiling painted by Michelangelo (7) 17 Principal officer in the Isle of Man (7) 18 ___ chi, Chinese exercise system (3) 19 Surname of Hollywood actress Cameron (4) 20 Major cricketing title (5) 22 Spain, to the locals (6) 24 Constellation near the Pole Star (10) 28 Actress of the Redgrave family (4) 29 Yorkshire river (4) 31 Epic poem by Homer (5) 32 English city with hot springs (4) 33 Italian car maker (4) 37 Dolly Parton’s first UK hit (6) 39 US family pop group with Donny and Marie (7) 40 River of north-east England (4) 41 Son of Abraham (5) 44 Study of the metrical structure of verse (7) 46 Painter Chagall’s first name (4) 48 Caffè ___, restaurant chain (3) 49 From China or Japan, perhaps (7) 51 Gaseous mixture comprising mostly oxygen and nitrogen (3) 52 Doncaster horse race (2,5) 53 First name of golfer Woosnam (3) 54 First name of TV presenter Ms Roslin (4) 55 Major city of southern Spain (7) 58 Norway’s currency unit (5) 59 Sultanate, capital Muscat (4) 60 Surname of French chef Jean-Christophe (7) 62 Chain of menswear shops (6) 64 Distance equal to 25.4 millimetres (4) 66 Britpop band fronted by Jarvis Cocker (4) 67 Forename of the artist Picasso (5) 68 Location of the Taj Mahal (4) 69 1950s Hillman model (4) 72 Cockney music-hall song (3,3,4) 73 Ancient Greek city in the southern Peloponnese (6) 75 Drama series about a group of teens in Bristol (5) 78 London district that includes Chinatown (4) 79 Homer Simpson’s neighbour (3) 81 Fashionable West End district (7) 83 Landlocked country in the Caucasus (7) 85 North Yorkshire market town (6) 86 Like a work by Verdi, eg (8) 87 European songbirds (9)

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1 Gene Simmons’ band (4) 2 North African capital city (5) 3 Virgil’s Trojan hero (6) 4 German industrial region (4) 5 W African republic, capital Accra (5) 6 Epithet applied to the city of Rome (7) 7 Early summer Sunday and Christian festival (4) 8 Tribe of post-Roman barbarians (9) 9 Very fine metallic sheet used in calligraphy and bookbinding (4,4) 10 Hyundai saloon model (6) 12 John Wayne film, eg (7) 15 1970s Lotus car model (5) 21 Jane ___, mother of Edward VI (7) 23 CS Lewis’ lion (5) 25 Nautical Masefield poem (3,5) 26 Dover ___, fish (4) 27 Former imperial dynasty of Austria (8) 30 Surname of Dan, The One Show’s history reporter (4) 34 First name of French film director Resnais (5) 35 Indoor plant popularly known as busy Lizzie (9) 36 Team game popular in Sussex (9) 38 Greek letter (7) 42 1990s drama series starring Jimmy Nail (7) 43 Large oil company (4) 45 Animals shown at Crufts (4) 47 Ecclesiastical code (5,3) 50 Monaco’s ruling family (8) 52 Klaxon (5) 56 Surname of former Bond star Pierce (7) 57 Dame Diana ___, actress (4) 61 SI units of electrical force (5) 62 1997 comedy starring Rowan Atkinson (4) 63 US caver (9) 65 Surname of Gilda star Rita (8) 69 Paul ___, TV hypnotist (7)

70 Angel of the North sculptor (7) 71 Cultural centre of the Arab world (5) 72 Point where the Moon is furthest from the Earth (6) 74 Maidenhead’s river (6) 76 Stationery retail chain (5) 77 Religious sect in America (5) 80 French fashion designer (4) 82 Surname of authors Kingsley and Martin (4) 84 Fifth book of the New Testament (4)