GIANT CROSSWORD
Complete the grid and then rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell the title of a Christmas film. Answers next week.
ACROSS 1 ‘On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a Picture B in a pear tree’ (9) 6 Place for pitching tents (8) 10 South American mammal – Picture D (6) 15 Leafy vegetable (5) 16 Type of peach (9) 17 Taciturnity, reserve (9) 18 Pasta in short spirals (7) 19 Mendacious individuals (5) 20 Hammer with a wooden or rubber head (6) 21 Slope joining two surfaces (4) 23 Exclusive permission to reproduce an original work (9) 25 and 71 ‘On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me eleven...’ (6,6) 27 Scottish town near Glasgow (8) 30 See 34 31 The native vegetations characteristic of given areas (6) 33 Year (5) 34 and 30 ‘On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me three...’ (6,4) 37 More eccentric (7) 38 In practice or reality (2,5) 41 Unit of distance (5-4) 43 and 76 ‘On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me seven...’ (5,1-8) 44 High shrill yelp (6) 45 and 4 Down ‘On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me nine...’ (6,7) 47 and 73 ‘On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me six...’ (5,1-6) 49 Powerful whirlpool (9) 52 and 72 ‘On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me four...’ (7,5) 53 Refreshing summertime drink (4,3) 54 Off course, informally (6) 56 Mother-of-pearl (5) 58 Most senior (6) 60 and 79 ‘On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me five...’ (4,5) 63 Complicated (8) 65 Washes through (6) 66 Spoke to (9) 70 Mexican monetary unit (4) 71 See 25 72 See 52 73 See 47 76 See 43 78 Harmless (9) 79 See 60 80 Instrumental composition in
three or more movements (6) 81 and 38 Down ‘On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me twelve...’ (8,8) 82 Principles (9)
DOWN 1 The world’s largest ocean (7) 2 Meanders (5) 3 State of readiness prompted by a warning of imminent danger (3,5) 4 See 45 Across 5 Moving staircase (9) 6 Sour wild fruit used to make jam (4,5) 7 and 29 ‘On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me eight...’ (5,1-7) 8 Appliance for pressing clothes (5,4) 9 and 55 ‘On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me two Picture A’ (6,5) 11 Chance (4) 12 Girl’s name (3) 13 See 32 14 Ancient Greek goddess
associated with wisdom (6) 22 Playful act (5) 24 Pierce (9) 26 Swagger (6) 28 Clumsy (5) 29 See 7 30 Well-proportioned (8) 32 and 13 ‘On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me ten...’ (5,1-7) 34 Thick mist (3) 35 Evergreen coniferous trees (4) 36 Without guiding instruments (8) 38 See 81 Across 39 Swiss currency (5) 40 African mammal related to the giraffe – Picture C (5) 42 Ballots (9) 46 Gulps (down) (5) 47 Shades of this colour include slate and battleship (4) 48 Slumbers (6) 50 Dexterity, expertness (5) 51 Boring routine (3) 55 See 9 57 Clear plastic material used for wrapping food (9) 58 Blocks up (9) 59 Sharpshooters (4-5) 61 Exhibits (8) 62 Mended (8) 64 Magic potion (6) 67 Salt lake bordered by Jordan and Israel (4,3) 68 Converts food into absorbable form (7) 69 Plant with a spicy rhizome used in cookery (6) 72 Drinking spree, informally (5) 74 Archery target ring (5) 75 Neglect (4) 77 Succeeded (3)