Giant Crossword DOWN
ACROSS
1 Mournful or pitiable (6)
5 Do as instructed (4)
8 Place where mechanics
work (6)
10 Large amphibian (8)
14 Type of bracelet (6)
16 Monsters (5)
22 Australian city (8)
23 Respects highly (7)
24 Opposed to (7)
26 Prepare an ambush (3,2,4) 27 Walk in a showy
manner (5)
29 Untidy state (4)
30 Ernie __, South African
golfer (3) 2 Blushes (7)
3 Festive occasions (5)
4 __ Bulls, NBA basketball
team (7)
6 Senior member of a ship’s
crew (4,1,4)
7 Delicious, informally (5)
8 Irish policeman (5)
9 Indian state (3)
11 Vase (3)
12 __ Davis, US actress who starred in Thelma and Louise (5)
13 Tooth specialist (7)
14 Muscular strength (5)
15 Informs (8)
17 Rough or surly (5) 31 Leaven (5)
33 Unfortunately (4)
34 Basis (10)
35 Storey (5)
36 Born __, 1966 film about
Elsa the lioness (4)
39 Employ (3)
40 Native American axe (8) 42 Senior members (6)
43 Slim (6)
44 Performed (5)
46 Decorative
needlework (10)
49 An opening move (6)
51 Amid (5)
54 Very tall building (10) 18 Venomous ill will (5)
19 Deputes (9)
20 Statistical information (4) 21 Hi-fi (6)
25 Thin strip of leather (5) 26 Extended (7)
28 Hidden bomb (5,4)
32 Plaything (3)
33 Irritated (7)
37 Make a mistake (3)
38 Mercury, for example (6) 39 Strong impulse (4)
41 Army colour (5)
42 Male bee (5)
44 Musical instrument (9) 45 Reside (5)
47 Italian for two (3) 56 Travel across (8)
61 Chilli sauce from AfroPortuguese cuisine (4-4) 63 Extreme, forceful (7)
64 Roman marketplace (5) 65 South American
mammal (5)
66 __ Johnson, pioneering
UK aviator (3)
68 Cat sound (4)
70 Simplicity (4)
71 Transgression (3)
72 Make ashamed (5)
74 Paunch (5)
75 Long-lasting (7)
78 Restrains (8) 48 Detests vehemently (6) 50 Canadian city (7)
52 Oceanic bird (9)
53 Disgraceful action or
event (7)
54 Ship’s treatment room (7) 55 Intention, purpose (3)
57 Forsake (7)
58 Perceive, become aware
of (5)
59 Kiln for drying hops (4) 60 Specified amount (5)
62 __ McGregor, UK actor in
Trainspotting (4)
67 2008 comedy with Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel (3,3) 83 Photo-developing space (8) Butterfly (3,7)
Water nymph (5) Subtle difference (6) Crisp sweet biscuit (6,4) Inspection of accounts (5) Prickly plant (6) Osculates (6) Stammers (8) Donkey (3)
Leave out (4)
Love affair (5) Concordant (10) Curved structure (4) Measuring stick (5) 85 87 89 91 94 96 98 100 102 104 106 107 109 111 69 Racket sport (9)
73 Wild doglike animal (5)
74 Non-venomous snake (3) 76 Regretful (6)
77 Johnny __, film series starring Rowan Atkinson (7)
79 Greets enthusiastically (5) 80 Augurs (5)
81 Dutch port (9)
82 Current events (4)
84 __ Livingstone, former
Mayor of London (3)
86 Put right (7)
88 Cooking, cleaning, etc (9) 90 Intermittent (8)
92 Raised edge (3) 114 Spike of wheat (3)
115 Unable to hear (4)
116 Buckets (5)
117 Mean and cowardly (9) 118 Serious in mind or
intention (7)
121 Imaginary source of
fear (7)
122 A second self (5,3) 123 Thick (5)
124 Expensive (6)
125 Falls back (8)
126 View, informally (6) 127 Irritates (4)
128 Commands (6) 93 Annual (6)
95 Latent or inoperative (7) 97 Slide or slanted
passage (5)
99 Knight’s title (3)
101 Rice-based dish (7) 103 Astound (7)
104 Egg-shaped (5)
105 Salvers (5)
107 Rapid (5)
108 Of greater age (5)
110 Ridge of coral (4)
112 Lawful (5)
113 Synagogue minister (5) 115 Challenged (5)
119 Type of rodent (3)
120 Scottish river (3)