GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Bitterly regrets (4) 4 Endorse (4)
6 It immobilises broken bones while they heal (7,4)
12 Title of the former
monarch of Iran (4) 15 Liturgical vestment
worn by priests (3) 17 Exclamation expressing astonishment (3) 19 Pear-shaped fruits
(4)
20 Made up of several
elements (9) 21 Spiritual leader during India’s struggle for home rule (6) 22 Protective garment
(5)
23 Restored to normal health or normal life (13)
26 Less permissive (8) 28 Find enjoyable (4) 30 It’s the reciprocal of cos in trigonometry (3) 31 Gear (13) 33 Borough in north
London (8) 35 Wheeze (4)
36 Given to modification to suit a purpose (8) 39 Dregs (8)
42 Pallid (3)
45 Fluids composed of the liquid part of blood (4)
46 Behave in a furtive or servile manner (5)
47 Very large number
of something (8) 48 Net for catching
fish or birds (7) 52 Reduce proportionately (5,4)
54 Making worse (11) 56 US government intelligence agency (3)
57 Informal word for a
pistol (3)
58 Person who presides over a formal meal (11) 60 Heroism (9) 65 Pendent spears
formed by the freezing of dripping water (7)
66 Fence formed by shrubs or bushes (8)
67 Be sick (5)
68 Shrub of a genus that includes holly and its relatives (4) 70 Standard for interfacing computers and peripherals (3) 71 Hungry or greedy
(8)
74 Span (8) 78 Complain bitterly
(4)
79 Sailing vessel (8) 81 Differences in attitudes between young and old (10,3) 82 Word denoting it is outside the mainstream of its genre (3) 85 Subtractive colour, complementary to red (4)
86 Sums paid into a
bank account (8) 89 Perk (6,7) 93 Relating to the nose
(prefix) (5) 94 Bad-mouth (6) 95 Most immoderate
(9)
97 Compound used in solution in dyeing and tanning (4) 98 Class of the British
order of chivalry (3) 99 Put in (3)
100 Plenty (4)
101 Store, typically in a
remote place (7,4) 102 List of meal options
(4)
103 Cancelled suddenly
and ruthlessly (4)
DOWN
2 Its capital is Washington, DC (6,6)
3 Canadian province (12)
4 Public service broadcaster (3) 5 Merging to form a whole (9)
7 The longest river in France (5)
8 Vehicle mounted on runners (4) 9 Number of performers in an octet (5) 10 Predatory myriapod invertebrate (9) 11 Two times (5) 13 Nasty (6)
14 Feel a strong desire (6)
16 Small rounded boat (7) 18 Used to be (3) 24 Belonging naturally (9)
25 Episode that is turbulent or highly emotional (5) 26 Neat and wellpresented (5) 27 North African capital city (5) 29 Quality of being alike (10) 32 Low-lying wetland (3)
34 Side-to-side movement of a plane, ship, etc. (3) 37 Cloth spread over a coffin (4)
38 Cake topping (5) 40 Passage selected from a larger work (7)
41 Gift (6)
43 Having a dislike of being photographed or filmed (6-3)
Moving staircase (9)
49 Cat (5)
50 Disease involving defective metabolism of uric acid (4)
In-bound bamboo stick used as a police weapon (5) Unimportant person (5-5) 53 Craftsman (7) 55 Quarter of a pint (4) 56 Ocean trip taken
for pleasure (6) 59 Ardent (5)
61 Logical basis for a course of action (9) Reared in a specified environment or way (4)
63 Mountain range in southern Spain (6,6)
64 Spread more fairly
(12)
69 Affirmative reply (3) 72 Official name for MI6 (abbreviation) (3)
73 Minute black winged insect which sucks plant sap (5)
74 Contented (9) 75 Female relatives (5) 76 Overshadow (5) 77 Swift-flying diving
duck (9)
80 Advise (7)
83 Beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians (6) 84 Cooking in an oven
(6)
87 Dialect word for an
ant (5)
88 Projecting piece that fits into a mortise (5)
90 Lists specifying when it is a person’s turn to do a job (5) 91 American word for
mother (3)
92 Ooze (4)
96 19th letter of the
Greek alphabet (3) 44 51 52 62
First TV chef: Radio and television cookery expert and restaurant critic Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey, who was much better known as Fanny Cradock (1909 - 1994), seen in the kitchen of her South Kensington home, London, April 5, 1956.