GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Sings with closed
lips (4)
4 Bring bad luck to (4) 6 Cylinders of calcium carbonate projecting upward from a cave floor
(11)
12 Groom with
elaborate care (5) 16 Small tuft or lock (4) 18 Offshore fog (3,4) 19 A dry, steep-sided gully cut by a river intheUS(6) 20 Priest who acted as a teacher to the prophet Samuel (3) 21 He played Danny in
Ocean’s Eleven (6,7) 23 Shackle for the
ankles (6)
25 West Midlands
industrial town (6) 27 Person from the city and seaport in NE Scotland (10) 28 Cunning or
deceitful action (5) 29 Gambling game (8) 30 Coil or skein of wool
(4)
31 Large water lilies (7) 34 Person of importance or authority (8) 40 Cardinal compass
point (4)
41 Tortilla with chilli sauce and a filling (9)
42 Command to a horse to slow down or stop (4)
43 Pieces of soft,
absorbent paper (7) 49 Lowest points (7) 50 Principles of workers’ groups protecting workers’ rights (5,8) 52 Inhabitants of
Holland (13) 55 Greek goddess of the hunt and the moon (7) 61 Mentality (7) 62 Look after and provide (4) 63 Emphasise (9) 64 Habitual repetition to learn something (4)
65 The spreading of the Jews beyond Israel (8) 69 Degrade (7) 72 World’s longest river (4) 73 Burglaries (5-3) 75 Not having or showing feeling or sympathy (5) 76 State capital of California (10) 78 Stalls (6)
80 Gives off hot water vapour (6) 82 Foretell or prophesy (13)
86 All right (1-2)
87 Give attention to a sound (6)
88 Device inserted to protect from loud noise (7)
89 Starting at (4) 90 Hobbles (5) 91 Bovines bred to produce milk (5,6) 92 Radiograph (1-3) 93 Comfortable, warm and secure (4)
DOWN
2 Its capital is Washington, DC (6,6)
3 Large self-service shops (12) 5 Pronounced with a lowered velum (9) 7 Number in a trio (5) 8 Permits (4) 9 Solemn (5)
10 Things that cause annoyance (9) 11 Frozen precipitation (4)
12 Rapid spin of the body (in ballet) (9) 13 Perfect (5) 14 Outside toilet (5) 15 Lowest hereditary British title (7) 17 Load with too many things to carry or deal with (10) 22 Ruffian (5) 23 Animal hair (3) 24 Basic monetary units of Brazil (5) 26 Medieval Spanish Christian champion against the Moors (2,3)
32 Perfectly (2,1,1) 33 Conduit that carries away waste matter (5)
35 Pleasure trips taken usually just for one day (7)
36 Face veil worn by some Muslim women (7)
37 Note recording a
sum owed (4) 38 Small recess in a
wall (6)
39 Bundle of hay pressed for storage (4)
44 Remained upright
(5) 45 Oneness (5) 46 Anonymous (7) 47 Area of West
London (5) 48 Actions (5) 49 Reinforce (7) 51 Deciduous horn (6) 53 Unpleasant smell
(4)
54 Long narrow
elevation (5) 56 Small burrowing mammal with dark velvety fur (4) 57 Knock (4)
58 Capital of New
Zealand (10) 59 Crossing the
largest ocean (5-7) 60 Depictions which are non-realistic
(12)
66 Preliminary part to the main portion (abbrev.) (5)
67 Coin or cardoperated devices for making calls (9) 68 Horses with distinctive high-set tails (5)
69 Person who works
with wood (9) 70 Consume (3,2) 71 One who fosters ideas of military conflict (9) 74 Approximately (7) 77 Printing units which are equal to 12 points (3)
78 Rough fight (5) 79 Fibre from untwisted old rope (5)
81 Hectic (5) 83 Characteristic of
the country (5) 84 Dressed (4) 85 Notable
achievement (4)