BUMPER GIANT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Exactly what is
needed (4,3,6) 8 Cricket position (6,3) 13 Continue to its
conclusion (6,7) 20 Of the study of
plants (7)
21 Pouring (7)
22 Turn of phrase (5) 23 Saltire (anag.) (7) 24 Brazilian dance (7) 25 Crystallised sugar
(5)
26 Marshy pine forest
(5)
27 Cured herring (6) 28 Nearly (6) 29 Oneness (5) 30 Without obligation
to buy (5)
32 Drove (7)
34 Vain (7)
35 Small branch (5) 36 Biggest (7)
37 See (7) 39 Eavesdropped (9) 42 Endanger (4) 43 Official newspaper
(7)
44 Woodwind
instrument (4) 46 Top up (9)
51 Place where unrest
occurs (7,4) 53 Fulham’s home
ground (6,7) 55 Memory (11) 57 Cheese on toast (7) 59 Truant (8) 61 Investigated (8) 63 Brittle and frayed
hair (5,4)
65 Dolt (3)
67 Graduated rod (8) 68 Confine (8) 69 Muddle-headed (55)
70 Admired greatly (8) 74 Working animal (45)
77 Logical basis (9) 78 Baby’s biscuit (4) 80 Gambling game (53-4)
83 Red gem (4)
84 At time of low
demand (7) 85 Hackneyed (11) 88 Ready for emergency use (52)
89 Military vehicle (4) 93 Gossip (6-6) 94 Healing crust (4) 96 Outsider (4,5) 98 Petite gal (anag.)
(5,4)
100 Look like (8) 103 Theatrical (10) 104 Desire for success
(8)
105 Unknown person
(8)
109 Male cat (3)
111 Offensive (9)
112 Network (8)
113 Walked leisurely (8) 114 Innermost
membranes (7) 118 Fruit from a tropical
tree (7,4)
121 Continually (5,3,5) 122 Possible to foretell
(11) 124 Dynamo (9)
126 Current fashion (4) 127 Sweetheart (7) 129 Road tax (4)
131 Fuel transporter
(3,6)
134 Former British PM
(7)
137 Wine merchant (7) 139 Long-tailed parrot
(5)
140 Mechanical (7) 141 Finch-like bird (7) 143 Confess (3,2) 145 Italian city (5) 146 Frenchwoman’s title
(6)
147 Heavenly twins (6) 148 Prehensile claw (5) 149 Fashion (5)
151 Snake (7)
152 Dressmaker (7) 153 Nasal sound (5) 154 Versus (7)
155 Unorthodox believer
(7)
156 Versatility (4-9) 157 Game bird (9) 158 For the last time
(4,3,3,3)
DOWN
1 His sympathy is
discouraging (4,9) 2 Thin silk (7)
3 Thin and metallic (5) 4 Aroused (7) 5 Fascinated (9)
6 Not tell others (4,1,6) 7 Layer (9)
8 Postings (anag.) (8) 9 US (6,6)
10 Track (4)
11 Glare of publicity (9) 12 Carved spout (8) 13 Adulate (7) 14 Casual clothing (11) 15 Tailor (9)
16 Hunting cry (5-2) 17 Cuban dance (5) 18 City in northwest
India (7) 19 Gymnastic
movement (4,4,5) 31 Need for haste (7) 33 Treatment centre (5) 38 Javelin (5) 40 Self-indulgent
activity (3-4) 41 Germ-free (7) 45 Every two years (8) 47 Acned (7) 48 Turn of batting (7) 49 Tornado at sea (10) 50 Inoffensive (8) 52 Layout (4) 53 Cement (8)
54 Art of stuffing (9) 56 Strong-smelling
perfume (4)
58 Catty (6) 60 Performing
acrobatic feats (13) 62 Set in one’s ways (42-3-4)
64 Tapering sword (6) 65 Old Indian coin (4) 66 Document of escort
(4-7)
67 Painter (9) 71 Appraised (anag.) (9) 72 Lull (7)
73 Poisonous plant (7) 75 Disprove (5) 76 Re-equip (5) 79 Young goat (3) 81 Monastic head (5) 82 24th Greek letter (5) 85 Little sister (3) 86 Legendary outlaw
(5,4)
87 Public display (10) 90 Culmination (6) 91 Lattice (8)
92 Go (6)
95 Review (8)
97 Rove (4)
99 As torrid (anag.)
(5,3)
101 Sunset (7)
102 Observatory (7) 106 Petty (7)
107 Oryx (7)
108 Eyot (4)
110 Cutting tool (4)
111 Bride’s flowers (6,7) 115 It is used to apply
make-up (7,6)
116 Goblet (7)
117 Confessed (12)
119 Indicator (5)
120 Firework (5,6)
122 Further education
college (11)
123 Headdress (5) 125 Very angry (6,3) 128 One’s school (4,5) 130 Compulsory (music)
(9)
131 Band (9)
132 Bring to notice (6,2) 133 Water land (8) 135 Marathon eg (4,3) 136 Contradicted (7) 138 Retribution (7)
141 Reduced drastically (7) 142 Yachting gala (7) 144 Squeeze (5)
149 Left-hand page (5) 150 Duo (4)