GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
3 Unwinds or
unbends (11)
9 Small secluded
room (9)
13 Not at home (4)
14 Drippy (3)
16 Scatter among
other things (11) 17 Cheerless (4) 18 Prickle (5)
19 Notices on public display in written or symbolic form (5) 22 Ill-mannered child
(4)
23 Communal
bedroom (4) 25 Travelled (4)
27 One who leads prayers in a mosque (4)
29 Heap (4)
30 Remain (archaic)
(4)
32 Away from the right
path (6)
33 Stupid person (4) 35 Substance that can cause a hypersensitive reaction (8) 36 Assertion that something alleged is not true (6) 38 Engender (5) 39 Type of woodworking tool (4) 43 Regions around the
North Pole (6) 46 Portend (4) 47 Expressing regretful acknowledgement of a mistake (10) 51 Surgical procedure
(9)
52 Healthcare workers
(6)
56 Exclamation indicating a blow has occurred (3) 57 Purpose that justifies existence (6,5)
58 Small seabird of the
open ocean (5,6) 59 Humour (3)
61 Large numbers of similar things coming in quick succession (6) 65 Heated exchanges of opposite views (9)
66 Pleasurably fulfilling
(10)
67 Eager and full of
anticipation (4) 68 Despot (6)
70 Units of electric
current (4)
71 Child (5)
73 Changes for the
better (6) 75 Yellowing of the
skin (8)
81 Shoe with a thick
wooden sole (4) 82 Complex carbohydrate found in potatoes (6)
84 Baby carriage (4) 85 Uninteresting (4) 87 Chivalrous or
courteous man (4) 88 Leaves (4) 90 Long and difficult trip (4)
91 Animal feet (4) 93 Noisy fuss (3-2) 97 Foe (5)
99 Period of quietness (4)
100 Offender on release from detention (11) 101 Polite title given to an untitled man (abbreviation) (3) 102 Narrow valley in Scotland (4)
103 Places where young plants and trees are grown (9) 104 Striking in appearance or effect (11)
DOWN
1 Pessimistic (8) 2 Tilt (4) 4 Single element of
precipitation (8) 5 Motorway between large areas in the US (10)
6 Possessive pronoun
(4)
7 Large international public display at a trade fair (4)
8 Bout of unrestrained indulgence (5)
9 Tuft of feathers on a
bird’s head (5) 10 Brought into
existence (4) 11 Lubricant container
(6)
12 Award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (4)
13 State capital of
Georgia (7) 15 Fasten with a key (4)
20 Network of horizontal and vertical lines (4) 21 Military blockade (5)
24 Split or tear apart (4)
25 Sport or activity of lifting barbells (13) 26 Midday (4)
28 Cold sea fog on the east coast (4) 31 Understanding of one’s own goals and abilities (4-9) 34 Piece of equipment used in astronomy (9)
36 Prohibit (5)
37 Slight push (5) 40 Mend knitted material (4) 41 Bovine spongiform
encephalitis (3,3,7) 42 Groups of people with a common statistical characteristic (7) 44 Harvest (4) 45 Supreme lawmaking body of the USA (8)
48 Best outcomes
possible (6) 49 Formal, legal
agreement (8) 50 Carousels (5-2-6) 53 Dishonourable (9) 54 Back side of the
neck (6)
55 Relating to the organ which is part of the immune system (7) 60 Sultanate on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula (4) 62 Heathen (5) 63 Roman garments
(5)
64 Bargain (4) 69 Having microchips,
transistors, etc. (10) 72 Speed (4)
74 Extent downward, backward or inward (5)
75 Type of martial art
(4)
76 Valley in northern
England (4) 77 Rooster (8) 78 Diversify (7) 79 Form, size, and development of a person’s body (8) 80 Tortilla with a filling
(4)
83 Device which detects the presence of a physical property (6)
86 Submit to the
authority of (4) 88 Becomes wide
open (5)
89 Small islands in a
river (5) 92 Protruding part of
the lower jaw (4) 94 Finished (4) 95 Sheet of glass (4) 96 Become flaccid (4)
98 Shout (4)