Just for fun! CROSS WORD
ACROSS
1 Motorised rider in
box A (3,3) 4 Indian garment (4) 6 Chooses, selects (4) 10 Con ict, clash (6) 12 Pig’s nose (5)
14 Choice steak (1-4) 15 Alaskan city (9)
16 Elite group (1-4) 17 Suppose, assume (7) 18 Plunge into water (4) 19 Copy, mimic (3) 21 Place (8)
25 Doctor’s measure (4) 27 Soft drink (4) 28 Venetian vehicles in
box B (8) 32 Forbid, prohibit (3) 33 Hand out cards (4) 35 Small gurine (9) 38 Abandoned (8)
40 Follow orders (4) 42 Ostrich-like creature
(4)
43 Pastry item (4,3)
44 Items of value (6) 47 Helper, assistant (4) 49 Nutty confection (7) 51 Fine sheep wool (6) 52 Thus, therefore (4) 53 Adult female horse (4) 55 Bestowed (7)
57 Prized culinary fungi (7)
60 Skiff in box C (6) 64 Unconventional (7) 68 Sincere, heartfelt (7) 72 Billiard stick (3)
74 Movie theatre (6) 76 Roof of the mouth (6) 77 Piece of soap (3) 78 Arctic house (5) 79 Name, label (5)
80 Pull with effort (3) 81 Starboard’s opposite (4)
82 Sailboat in box D (5) 83 Pay money (5)
85 Foot journey, trek (4) 87 Cutting tool (3)
88 Siren (5)
90 USA’s potato state (5) 91 US spy of ce (1,1,1) 92 Amble (6)
95 Covered passage (6) 98 Note before ray (3) 99 Treated with oxygen (7) 103 Uses a microwave (7) 106 Room to move (6) 109 Rudyard ---, author (7) 112 Royal seats (7)
113 Poet (4)
115 Bird of peace (4) 117 Subservient person
(3-3)
118 Movie preview (7) 119 Clothing press (4) 120 Edible part of nut (6) 122 Australian shrub (7) 124 Diva’s solo (4)
126 Critical (4)
128 Change in direction
(8)
131 Conveyed (9)
133 Owl’s noise (4)
135 Knight’s title (3) 136 Over-hyped disappointment (3-5) 139 Republic of Ireland (4) 141 Indicating word (4) 143 Car repairer (8)
147 Dwight Eisenhower’s nickname (3)
148 Friend, buddy (4)
149 --- City, Pope’s home (7) 151 Sydney water
transport in box E (5) 152 Fruit conserve (9) 153 Steal (5)
154 Applauds (5)
155 --- State Building, New York City icon (6) 156 Require (4)
157 Waistcoat (4)
158 Power blackout (6)
DOWN
1 Diary (7)
2 Citizen of Tel Aviv (7) 3 Factory supervisor (7) 4 Rushes of animals (9) 5 Spacecraft boosters (7) 7 Psychological drug (7) 8 Casserole (4)
9 Serving from a bottle (7) 10 Amid two objects (7) 11 Worked out, trained (9) 13 Type of interactive children’s book (3-2) 20 Kismet, destiny (4)
22 Vessel in box F (5) 23 Ocean uctuation (4) 24 Egg cells (3)
26 Lavish, indulgent (11) 27 Sharply inclined (5)
29 --- of a kind, unique (3) 30 Female deer (3)
31 Cafe ---, milky coffee (5) 32 Good deal (7)
34 Canine fang (8)
36 Clock or watch, eg (9) 37 Follow ---, game (3,6) 39 Stutter (7)
41 Bread maker (5) 45 Decorative font line (5) 46 Fur wrap (5)
48 Cold cuts retailer (4) 50 Angry, mad (5)
54 1980s alien sitcom (3) 56 Clothing colourant (3) 57 Goodbye (colloq) (2-2) 58 Arm bone (4)
59 In person (4-2-4) 61 Juniper alcohol (3)
62 --- Kippur, Jewish day (3)
63 Long gown (4) 65 Children’s fable (9) 66 Robber’s disguise (9) 67 Take as one’s own (5) 69 Fitting (3)
70 Parisian cathedral (5,4) 71 Zippy ocean craft in
box G (9)
73 Rim, border (4)
74 Liner in box H (6,4) 75 Lobe ornament (7) 83 Take with force (5) 84 Come to ground (4) 86 Autumn in the USA (4) 89 --- West, actress (3) 93 Indian at bread (4) 94 k.d ---, singer (4)
96 --- Club, veterans’ venue (1,1,1)
97 Wonder, veneration (3) 100 Large rodent (3)
101 DJ’s instrument (9)
102 --- Summer, Queen of Disco (5)
103 Shining brilliantly (11) 104 Sleep during winter (9)
105 Broadcast (3)
107 Gold city of lore (2,6) 108 Declare (4) 109 Rapids runner in
box I (5) 110 Yellow citrus (5)
111 Puzzle completely (7) 114 Half human, half horse (7)
116 Clergyman (5)
121 Black bird (5)
123 Elevate, lift up (5) 125 Plant secretion (5) 127 Need to scratch (4) 128 Of energy able to be restored (9)
129 Speed up a motor
(3)
130 Bristle (3)
131 Eating regime (4) 132 Cleanse of germs (9) 134 Crude mineral (3) 137 As one (2,5)
138 74 Down which hit an iceberg (7) 140 Daydream (7)
142 Land measure (7) 143 Mongoose-like mammal (7) 144 Caribbean song (7) 145 Folded pizza (7) 146 What box J’s boat
is powered by (5)
150 Portent (4)