Giant Crossword
ACROSS 11 Made a face (8) Firm, unyielding (4) 12 Embargo (4) Assume control (4,6) 13 Permanently injured (6) Above average height (4) 14 Penalty (7) Rain pools (7)
18 Rubber ring for a tap (6) Governing (2,5)
19 Immerse (5) UK commercial
broadcasting
20 Molar or incisor, for company (inits)(3) example (5)
Underground hollow (6) 44th US president (5)
Theological academy (8) Confidential assistant to an ambassador (4) Big‑headed type (6) Egyptian city (5) Money earned
quickly (1,4,4) ___ Maxwell, author of Ring of Bright Water (5) 99 On the ocean (2,3) Brief (9) 100 Detest (5) Barked like a small dog (6) 105 Malaysia’s continent (4) Recoup with difficulty (4,4) 107 Painful mouth sore (5) Absolute truth (6) 108 Surname of Britain’s first
Green MP (5)
Law passed by Parliament (3)
109 Furthest away from Deem (7) the centre (5)
Extra match to decide 110 ___ Christie, author (6) a draw or tie (4‑3)
111 Man‑shaped drinking Ancient Roman garment (4) vessel (4,3)
Containing mistakes (10) 112 Pulpit speech (6)
Ship’s company (4) 113 Cable, thick string (4) Email folder (5) 114 Loosen (a belt) (8) Cloudy, obscure (5) Pack it in! (4) Incite (3,2) Any god (5) Extra player in a competition (4,4) Coincide partially (7) Arbitrate (7) Filter (4) Bargain (4) Strikes forcefully (7) Booth (7) Making a cat noise (8) ___ Hewett, British wheelchair tennis player (5) Ghoul (5) Bad (4) ___ Suzette, dessert pancake (5)
Rummage (through) (5) 21 22
23 24
25 27 32 34 35 36 39
42 43 45 47 48 49 50 51 56
58 60 61 63 65 68 70 72
74 75 76
77 82 83 84 85 87 89
90 93 96 98
DOWN
1 Retracted (8)
2 Deflect (5)
3 Sound distortion from an amplifier (8) Switzerland’s capital city (5) Round window on a ship (8)
Foisted (7)
Food bowl (4)
Republican’s opponent (8) ___ Bay, Australian waters (6)
Skin of citrus fruits or cheese (4)
Accra’s country (5)
Panicked (7)
Changing residence (6) Footballer’s partner (inits)(3) 4 5
6 7 8 9
10
11 15 16 17 26 28
29 30 31 33 37
38 40 41 42
44 45
46 52
Country cottage roof covering (6)
Highest mountain in the Himalayas (7)
Fried tortilla (4)
Habitual practice (5) Legendary romancer (8) Spiky flower (5)
___ Dommett, presenter of The Masked Singer (4) Break (4)
To be heard (5)
Liquid (5)
City which hosted the 1964 Olympic Games (5) Compelled (5)
Board game with pawns and rooks (5)
Style of sloping writing (6) Ragged (5) 53
54 55 57
59
62 64 66 67 69 70
71 73 75 78 79
Father of King David in the Bible (5)
Artist’s garment (5)
Rot, decompose (5) Jamaica ___, Daphne Du Maurier novel (3) Intended for anyone to see, hear or know (6) Aficionado (3)
Snooped (5)
Facial hairs (8) World‑weary sceptic (5) Sign up (5)
Clear away
(spillages) (3,2)
Gyrate (5)
Escaping (gas or liquid) (7) Anxious (4)
Intensified light beam (5) Hotpot (4) 80 ___ Cocker, Pulp frontman (6) 81 Wire bird‑enclosures (5)
86 Cupola (4)
88 Basic, fundamental (7)
89 Grass (8)
91 Family descent (8)
92 Nod involuntarily (6)
93 Pledging (8)
94 US state, capital Lincoln (8) 95 Disappear illegally (7)
97 Springtime zodiac sign (6) 101 Orange‑yellow pigment (5) 102 Winter driving hazard (3)
103 Maudlin, sentimental (5)
104 Style of spicy US cuisine (5) 106 Photograph (4)
108 Drooping (4)