THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Computer software 6. Demolish (5,4) 12. Publishing 17. Spooky 18. Cinema gangway 19. Event 20. Deeply shocking 21. Not required 22. Invited 24. Charmer, ... fatale 26. Festival, ... Gras 29. Depresses 33. Close pal 36. Meantime 39. Jailbreaker 41. Whatsit 42. Derisive humour 43. Embassy agent 44. Rio Carnival music 46. Length of wood 48. Sports coach 50. Liability 52. Large Aussie birds 54. Ballroom dances 56. Lump (of chewing gum) 58. Irritate 60. Abscond 61. Crone 62. Storytelling 66. Parallel bars athlete 67. Idiosyncrasy 70. Buys back 71. Cheap lodgings 72. Secure firmly 73. Wow! 75. Soft 76. Alfresco 77. Bubbly (personality) 78. Treat cruelly (3-3) 80. Otherwise titled (1,1,1) 81. Utah’s neighbour 82. Outlay 85. Bidding sale 88. Refusing to compromise 90. Brush up (paintwork) 93. Deficit 95. Elderly 96. Motor vehicles 97. Historical periods 99. Delicious! 100. African antelope 102. Area 104. Scamps 105. Barbarians 108. Section of intestine 110. The Devil 112. Chit 114. Cereal grasses 117. Butter vat 118. Las Vegas establishments 119. Finger joint 120. Whip marks 122. Genetic mixes 126. Weirdly 129. The Phantom Of The ... 132. Sample 135. First performance 136. Moving stairway 137. Questioner 138. Gem weight unit 139. Pinkish-violet 140. Wildlife sanctuaries 141. Rehoused 142. Unleashes
DOWN
1. Light-splitting crystal 2. Happen 3. Completing again 4. Terrorises 5. Congeals 6. Wind-borne toy 7. Social misfits 8. Was able to 9. Duckling’s dad 10. Street urchins 11. French Riviera resort 12. Reddish-purple 13. Licence update 14. Subtleties of meaning 15. Lead-in 16. Dizzy 23. Woollen garment 25. Rock growth 27. Loathe 28. Shabbier 30. Expertly 31. Reverie 32. ... and dimes 34. Nuclear power plant 35. Honourable 37. Uncooked 38. Skinflint 39. Follow on 40. Crockery item 45. Tankard material 47. Iron-attracting bar 48. Tormenting by tempting 49. Incursion 51. Influential person (3,4) 53. Joined up 54. Desire 55. Acrobatic rolls 57. Female hare 59. Expatriates 60. Apparent worth (4,5) 61. Owns 63. Recollects 64. Awakens (curiosity) 65. Mesh 67. Tile-chip designs 68. Component 69. Indianapolis state 74. President ... Lincoln 79. Praises 81. Common 83. Stack 84. Finish 86. Your 87. Promissory notes (1,1,2) 89. Imprecise 90. Organised 91. With an upright posture 92. Flinched 94. Glinted 96. Prepares food 98. Chat 101. Astound 103. Church table 106. Register 107. Mafia godfather 109. Wildebeest 111. More spiteful 112. Marriage dissolution 113. Cola drink 115. Motels 116. School subject 117. Shutdown 120. Windshield cleaner 121. Welsh vegetables 122. Hurriedness 123. Knife part 124. Ill-suited 125. Shoplifted 127. Pub game 128. Spun threads 130. Flowers, sweet ... 131. Raise (children) 133. Very dry 134. Rip