GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Given to modification to suit a purpose (8) 5 Region of NW Romania associated with Dracula (12) 13 Rough thorny shrub
(7)
14 Make less acidic
(10)
15 The second-largest
city of Pakistan (6) 16 Expanses of salt
water (4)
19 Ragged (5)
22 Piece of torn skin on the upper surface of the fingertips (6) 23 Mendacious (9) 26 Assist in
wrongdoing (4) 29 Desert in central
Asia (4) 31 Cancellation or postponement of a punishment (8) 32 Dens (5)
34 The correct ways of writing down words (9)
36 Article (4)
37 Formal letter (7) 40 Investigating and analysing in detail (8)
43 The Treasure State
(7)
45 Sharp implement designed to be carried in a closefitting cover (6,5) 47 Small informal
restaurants (7) 49 One (Scottish) (3) 50 Purple-flowered
stonecrop (5) 51 Amphibian with a deep booming croak (8)
53 Strong rope (5) 56 Chairs (5) 57 Aggressive (8) 59 Twit (5)
60 Jaws or throat of a voracious animal (3)
61 Cheerio (7)
64 Siren (11) 66 Intended for
amusement (7) 67 Grassy plain with few or no trees (8) 69 State capital of Wisconsin (7) 71 Advantages (4) 72 System for transmitting voices over a distance using wire or radio (9)
74 Beelzebub (5) 76 Piece of bedroom furniture (8) 77 Small wooded hollow (4) 78 Rabbit’s tail (4) 81 Renounces one’s throne (9) 85 Cheerful (6) 86 Panels of a window (5)
90 Managed to make a living with difficulty (4) 93 Does penitence (6) 94 Provided a formal assurance (10) 95 Occurring with no delay (7)
96 Provide evidence to support the truth of (12)
97 Left a job (8)
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1 Money or food given to poor people (4)
2 Invisible emanation
(4)
3 Income tax governmental department 18492005 (6,7)
4 Any of numerous venomous frontfanged snakes (6) 5 Rear part of an aircraft (4)
6 Do an activity involving flying (6) 7 Velocity (5)
8 Calms by deception (5)
9 Daughter of Zeus (9)
10 Encourages in wrongdoing (5) 11 Condiment (4) 12 Map (4)
17 Grossly over-priced (12)
18 Pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (6)
20 African antelope with thick ridged horns (4)
21 Edible starchy roots (4)
24 Thoughts (5) 25 Lower border of a roof that overhangs a wall (5)
27 Large (3)
28 Cutting parts (6) 30 Small brown bats (12)
33 Musical form, often the last movement of a sonata (5) 35 Stiff bristle-like structure in an invertebrate (4) 38 Dwellers (11) 39 Relating to music written using conventional keys and harmony (5) 41 Caribbean island
(6)
42 Myocardium (5,7) 44 Made crisp and brown by heat (7) 46 Force out (5)
Track laid in a public road (7) 52 Contemptible or unpleasant person (5)
54 Task done for pleasure, not reward (6,2,4) 55 Single-celled animal
(6)
58 Suffered from a continuous dull pain (5)
60 Very rich woman
(13)
62 Largest city in
Nebraska (5) 63 Type of fruit (6) 65 Tirade (4)
68 Amass (5)
69 Drugs for the treatment or prevention of disease (9) 70 Suffuse with colour
(5)
71 Promote (an idea or view) persistently or widely (6)
73 Former term for the
Euro (3)
74 Wet feed for pigs (4) 75 Next (4)
79 Insect, the male of which makes a loud, shrill noise (6) 80 Medical worker (6) 82 Hits repeatedly (5) 83 Flux density unit (5) 84 Something that is
seen (5)
87 Stiff bristles growing from the ear of barley (4) 88 Fry quickly at a high
temperature (4) 89 Complex network of paths or passages (4)
91 Meson with a mass several times that of a pion (4) 92 Added a substance to change colour
(4) 48