GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
10 1978 murder-mystery with Peter
Ustinov as Poirot (5,2,3,4)
12 Cockpit of an aircraft (10)
15 Lord of a manor in France
16 Compensation for loss or harm (15)
Biblical woman raised from the dead by Saint Peter (7)
___ Hobson, Kind Hear ts and Coronets actress (7)
20 Dr Nikki Alexander in Silent Witness (6,3) Orchestral pieces at the beginning of an opera (9)
25 Town west of John o’groats (6)
26 Family of birds that includes the
siskin and linnet (5)
30 TV and radio presenter (6,6)
32 Political system of France before
1789 (6,6)
33 Old Mexican native (5)
34 Massacre of peaceful demonstrators in Manchester in 1819 (8)
Conversion of data to prevent unauthorised access (10)
39 1983 film about an aspiring
welder/dancer (10)
40 Groups of stars or galaxies
41 Popular Nissan car (5)
43 System of deducting income tax
at source (3,2,3,4)
46 Machine used to bring patients round (12)
In Greek mythology, the land believed to be the Earth’s most northerly region (5)
48 Arthurian island (6)
49 Number of syllables in a haiku (9)
54 Denoting compounds that do not
contain carbon (9)
55 Forename of Italy’s last king (7)
56 Magistrate in ancient Rome (7)
59 Patrick White novel (3,5,7)
61 Geological era when ice caps
developed (8)
63 Mood of a verb (10)
64 Song in The Wizard of Oz
DOWN
1 Capital of a Caucasian republic
2 Triumph sports model in
production from 1970 to 1977
3 Reduce the length of lines by
drawing in perspective (11)
4 Shredded suet brand (5)
5 Kill every tenth man as a punishment, in the Roman army First-aid procedure to stop someone from choking (8,9) Alone ___ (Naturally), 1972 Gilbert O’sullivan hit (5)
8 One of the Spice Girls (4)
9 Putting forward (for an Oscar,
eg) (10)
11 Heavily involved (2,4)
13 Dame Anna ___, star of the 1950
film Odette (6)
University staff’s social area (6,6,4)
18 Highlands city (9)
21 Surname that links actresses
Julianne and Demi (5)
22 From a northern-hemisphere
continent (8)
23 Inflammation of the windpipe
27 Star of the 2010 film
Unstoppable (6,10)
28 Group of Churches that includes the US Episcopal Church (8,9) Michael ___, Noises Of f playwright (5)
31 Steve Mcqueen film (3,7)
36 Famous New York Art Deco
building (8)
37 From modern Formosa (9) ___ Collins, singer of the 1995 hit A Girl Like You (5) Building for those waiting for flights (3,8)
44 Edinburgh’s nickname (4,6)
45 Japanese word used to describe a savoury taste Piece of music between sections of a play (8)
51 ___ Faith, singer (6)
52 Greek goddess of dark
places (6)
53 Kara ___, former Eastenders actress (7) Fossilised tree resin Berlin river (5)
First name of The Wasp Factor y author Mr Banks Thieves’ slang (4)