GIANT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Be sad (4,4)

5 Genuine (7)

9 Constructed language (9)

14 Exercise for the core muscles (3-2)

16 Great painters (3,7)

23 Bends (6)

24 Lie (9)

25 Parade (7)

26 Long fish (3)

27 Determine (9)

28 Targets (4)

29 Isolation (10)

30 Muffled laugh (7)

31 Group of actors (4)

32 Golf attendant (6)

33 Questions (4)

34 Day of the week (7)

37 Anne __, American actress (5)

38 Slaughtered in a way prescribed by

Islamic law (5)

39 Wear away (5)

40 Star scientist (10)

42 Roadside hotel (5)

43 Nobleman (8)

48 Knock out (4)

49 Beguiled (7)

50 Awning, gazebo (8)

51 Flying nocturnal mammal (3)

52 Preacher (10)

53 Depart (3,3)

58 Swiss cheese (8)

61 Mentally infirm (6) 62 Protects (7)

63 Black treacle (8)

65 City in Germany (10)

70 Relative (5,5)

72 Extinct reptile (8)

73 Crustaceans (7)

74 Rubbish (6)

75 Main news story (8)

82 __ Butler, Scottish actor (6)

83 Made aware of dangers (10)

85 __ Ripley, British actress (3)

86 Male horse (8)

87 Brave (7)

88 Bovines (4)

94 Correct (3,5)

95 Robust (5)

96 Urban shopping area (4,6)

97 Following (5)

98 Stingy (5)

99 Celia __, British actress (5)

103 Unique identifier made of black and

white lines (3,4)

105 Utilises (4)

106 Sale of goods (6)

108 Capital of Peru (4)

109 Seizes (7)

110 Prehistoric Britishmonument (10)

113 __ Sandler, American actor (4)

114 Type of biscuit (9)

115 1988 Tom Hanks film (3)

116 Weepy (7)

118 __ Melody, The Righteous Brothers

single (9) 119 Big cat (6)

120 Magic phrase (4,6)

121 Denoting English (5)

122 Chief of ancient Britons (9)

123 Oriental (7)

124 Facing (8)

DOWN

2 Gregarious person (9)

3 Coins (5,6)

4 Movie dog (6)

6 As well as (4)

7 Unbalanced (8)

8 Noblewoman who rode naked on

horseback through Coventry (4,6)

9 New York is the __ State (6)

10 Farm animal (3)

11 Relieve of anxieties (8)

12 Fruit with hard shells and kernels (4)

13 Symbol of hospitality (4,4)

14 Not liquid or gas (5)

15 Retailers (9)

17 Most recent (6)

18 Retain (8)

19 Conveyed (11)

20 Dance (5)

21 Burial chamber (9)

22 Discarded mollusc coverings (3,6)

31 Client (8)

35 Overnight train (7)

36 Pummel (5)

41 Expose (6)

44 Elementary particle (7)

45 Alter (4)

46 Very happy (7) 47 Deplete (3,2)

54 __ Dee, British singer (4)

55 US state (5)

56 Collect (7)

57 Arthur __, former US tennis player (4)

59 Marcel __, French mime artist (7)

60 __ Frank, WWII diarist (4)

64 William __, English painter (4)

66 Boat (5)

67 Declare (6)

68 __ Pendleton, British athlete (8)

69 Sailing competition (7)

71 Late British actor; Snape in Harry

Potter films (4,7)

76 Sparkling wine (4)

77 Temporary stand-in (5-6)

78 Refined male (9)

79 Impertinent (5)

80 Adversity (10)

81 Obtained dishonestly (3-6)

84 Going back (9)

89 Removes water from (6,3)

90 Big cats (8)

91 Confessing (6,2)

92 Hovering (2,3-3)

93 Note (8)

100 Artistic movement (6)

101 Adopt a military formation (4,2)

102 Regain (6)

104 Work out the total (3,2)

107 Forbidden (5)

111 English public school (4)

112 Jetty (4)

117 Fruit (3)