GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Showing no mercy
(8)
5 Things regarded as old-fashioned or no longer useful (6,6) 13 Thug (7)
14 Rubbing to relieve
itching (10) 15 Capital of Albania
(6)
16 Sediment of wine in
the barrel (4) 19 Slow and broad (in
music) (5) 22 Dog-headed god associated with mummification (6) 23 Wading bird with a
long bill (9) 26 Watery part left after milk coagulates (4) 29 Tease in a playful
way (4)
31 One who performs seemingly magical tricks (8) 32 Devoutly religious
(5)
34 Heated exchanges of opposite views (9)
36 Reproduce (4) 37 Approve or
sanction (7) 40 Span (8)
43 Device on a door used to attract attention (7) 45 Large bird of prey
(6,5)
47 Competitive struggle for power and wealth (3,4) 49 Negating word (3) 50 Immobile (5) 51 Declares free from
guilt (8) 53 Withdraw a
statement (5) 56 One who stares
lecherously (5) 57 Having no current
or flow (8) 59 Having little or no
ornamentation (5) 60 Cause to submit to one’s wishes by intimidation (3) 61 Loose gown or cloak worn in the 17th and 18th centuries (7) 64 Possessing
compelling attractiveness or charm (11)
66 Small pools of liquid
(7)
67 Person who holds
no title (8)
69 Type of hot pepper
(7)
71 Noise made when clearing the throat to attract attention (4)
72 Rockets used to convey satellites into orbit (9) 74 Hereditary Hindu
social class (5) 76 Fruit tree grown on
a lattice (8)
77 Point of transition between two different states (4) 78 Unconsolidated sedimentary rock or soil (4) 81 Repeated so often as to become tiresome (2,7) 85 River that flows into the Bristol Channel (6)
86 Piece of land (5) 90 Large ligneous
plant (4)
93 In a vertically rising
direction (6) 94 Trouble (10)
95 Male relative (7) 96 Narrow strips marked in inches and centimetres (4,8)
97 Groups of symbols that make mathematical statements (8)
DOWN
1 Lively Scottish dance (4) 2 Melody (4) 3 Persuasion to do or to continue something (13) 4 Sports grounds with tiers of seats (6)
5 Murine mammals (4)
6 Suffocate (6) 7 Pushes for something (5) 8 Plate that holds the bread during the Eucharist (5)
9 Hold spellbound (9) 10 Dishonour (5) 11 Move along by turning over and over on an axis (4) 12 Suspended (4) 17 Method of depth measurement (4,8) 18 Walk ostentatiously (6) 20 South African monetary unit (4) 21 Southeastern suburb of Paris (4) 24 Keep away from (5) 25 Stratagems (5) 27 Strike (3)
28 Struck with horror (6)
30 Bond a person enters into to do a specified thing before a court (12) 33 Pale pinkish purple (5)
35 Type of long-range missile (4)
38 Free from affiliation to a particular political group (3-8) 39 Ellipses (5) 41 Propelling force (6) 42 Causing stress or anxiety (5-7)
44 Set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation (7) 46 Prolonged stay in bed in the morning (3-2)
48 Made something
valid again (7) 52 Group of eight (5) 54 Fearful that something bad or unpleasant may happen (12)
55 Take as true (6) 58 Impressive range
(5)
60 One who makes
forgeries (13) 62 Hawaiian greeting
(5)
63 Called to mind (6) 65 Jump in skating (4) 68 Climbed (5) 69 Change from a liquid to a thickened state (9)
70 Non-oral method of introducing drugs into the body (5) 71 Instance of rising
or moving up (6) 73 Open up to ventilate
or dry (3)
74 Sac that develops
abnormally (4) 75 Seabird that steals food from other birds (4)
79 Request (3,3) 80 Snub (6)
82 Make feel intimidated or apprehensive (5) 83 Give qualities
(literary) (5)
84 Ways of operating
(5)
87 Sudden short
attack (4)
88 Burial place (4) 89 Removable covers
(4)
91 Make muddy by disturbing the sediment (4) 92 Besides (4)