GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Kitchen appliance
(4,9)
6 Unimportant lies (4) 8 Chinese philosophy advocating humility and religious piety (6)
13 Trios (6)
14 Capital of the Northern Territory (6)
15 Marine echinoderm with a shell covered in mobile spines (3,6)
18 Woman’s garment
(5)
19 Excrement of
seabirds (5) 20 Helper (9)
22 Capital of South
Korea (5)
23 Ruin (5)
24 Give off (4) 27 Troubles (4)
31 River that meets the North Sea at Middlesbrough (4) 32 Sharp high-pitched
cry (4)
37 Number in a
quartet (4)
38 At that place (5) 39 City on the Tiber
river (4)
40 Metal fasteners (6) 42 Capital of Montana
(6)
43 Reduces the
amount of (4) 44 Liverpudlian river
(6)
45 Colourless flammable gas used in welding (9) 49 Implement for
cutting grass (6) 50 Parts in plays (5) 52 Energy, style and
enthusiasm (4) 55 Note (4)
56 Sound (5)
58 Shelter made of
canvas (6)
62 Starch plant (9) 65 Female relative (6) 66 Large broad pelvic bones (4) 67 Characterised by strong group loyalty (6)
68 Stole (6)
70 Mound (4) 71 Dishonest or unscrupulous person (in the US) (5)
72 Gardening implement (4) 74 Unit of subjective loudness (4) 76 Lascivious (4) 79 Shelf at the foot of a window (4)
81 Not any (4)
85 Stinks (5) 90 Plunders (5) 91 Type of ballet
posture (9)
93 Hard work (5)
94 Not loose (5) 95 Bring into use for
the first time (9) 96 Borough of London
(6)
97 Armed forces branches that engage in war at sea (6) 98 French-made guided anti-ship missile (6)
99 Just (4)
100 Welsh actor who was twice married to Elizabeth Taylor (7,6)
DOWN
1 Italian car manufacturer (7) 2 Wildcat of Central and South America (6)
3 Amiable (7)
4 Broke (5)
5 Places where birds rest (6)
6 Edible reproductive bodies of seed plants (6)
7 Small informal restaurants (7) 9 Taken into custody (8)
10 Layer of the earth between the crust and the core (6) 11 Stumble (7) 12 Volcanic rock (6) 16 Ring (4) 17 Foot of an animal
(3)
21 Man-made objects
(9)
25 Mischievous child
(4)
26 Mountain system in
Central Europe (4) 28 Hinders (7)
29 A few (7)
30 Animal or plant that lives in or on another (8) 33 Prevented or hindered the progress of (7) 34 Overwhelming
feeling of fear (6) 35 Customary
behaviour (4) 36 Changed back to its original form or function (11) 40 Nervousness felt at being in front of an audience (5,6) 41 Manner (3)
46 High, thin and
metallic in sound (5) 47 Third son of Jacob
and Leah (4) 48 Compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol (5) 51 Public open-air
swimming pool (4) 53 Initial ascent of an
aeroplane (4,3) 54 Augmented (8)
57 Degree (6) 59 Central American
country (9) 60 Inquisitive (7)
61 Browned sugar (7) 63 Which person? (3) 64 Inner surface of the
hand (4)
68 Area within a
building (4)
69 Well or good in
French (4) 73 Fragment of rock cut and polished for use in jewellery (8) 75 Tidiest (7)
77 Arouse interest or
support for (4,2) 78 Desk or stand with
a slanted top (7) 80 Somebody who has access to confidential information (7) 82 Speech (7)
83 Food fish (6) 84 Abrupt rough or violent movement (4)
86 Excessively
sentimental (6) 87 Soap froth (6) 88 Gender (3) 89 Struck with horror
(6)
92 Offensively bold (5)