Puzzles Win cash prizes
ACROSS
1. Rocket launch (4-3) 6. Tibetan priests 10. Ewes’ offspring 14. Threatens 18. Painter’s stand 19. Perforated 20. Loaded down 21. Baseball thrower 22. Used stopwatch 23. Viper, puff ... 24. Teach 25. Soak (in petrol) 26. Great ... think alike 27. Subsides 28. Ledge 30. Soup plates 32. Paris landmark, ... Tower 35. Comments 39. Slay 42. Slacker 46. Unspoken 48. Caught (thief) 49. Welsh canine 50. Ludicrous 51. Shipshape 53. Quickly (1,1,1,1) 55. Adolescent 57. Baghdad citizens 58. Repetitive strain injury (1,1,1) 60. Residential district 61. Signify 63. Scowl 64. Sloppy 65. Puts pressure (on) 66. Hansel’s sister 70. Tamper 73. Leaks 74. Revises (article) 75. Rental agreement 76. Incite (3,2) 77. Mast pole 78. Caribbean or Mediterranean 79. Furniture wood 80. Fixed gaze 81. Corn 83. Vestige 85. Portents 86. Halted 88. Fended (off) 91. Guarantee, ... for 93. Backless chair 95. Undo 97. Start (infant) on solids 98. Level (with) (2,1,3) 99. Moral crime 100. Jolly 101. Small whirlpool 103. Sports side 107. Mineral vein 109. Scant 110. Chocolate powder 111. Multiplication lists 112. From Sydney or Darwin 114. Climbed (mountain) 116. French Mrs 118. Mesmerised states 121. Bee’s liquid harvest 123. Sanctuary 127. Horseman 129. Door fastener 131. Countries 133. Mixed (with poison) 136. Picturesque 137. Vietnam’s capital 138. Judge’s hammer 139. Budget shortfall 140. Toffee ingredient 141. Pigpens 142. Hazard 143. Parodies (4-3) 144. Bombards 145. Closes 146. Feels like pins and needles
DOWN
2. Whiskey drink, ... coffee 3. Takes on (task) 4. Nourish 5. Remote (3-3) 6. Permits to 7. Extraterrestrial 8. Interrupting cough 9. Salt, ... chloride 10. Commander 11. Contributes 12. Consecrate 13. Sri Lankan robe 14. Humbler 15. Discontinues 16. Mooring hooks 17. Rave about 28. Broken-limb support 29. Demon 30. Flexes 31. Abrupt 33. Becoming tattered 34. Hug 36. Inscribe 37. Over 38. Make ( jumper) 40. Unstable 41. Long-lasting 43. External 44. Esteemed 45. Grows up 47. Colorado resort town 52. Inconvenient 54. Combined 56. Productive 58. Reimposes (authority) 59. Solitude 62. Flabbergasted 67. Indian currency 68. Conditions 69. Boiling mad 70. Colourful American parrot 71. Discourage 72. Depart 82. Carbonates 84. Capers 86. Munched 87. Jumbled letter puzzle 89. Drool 90. Dreariest 92. Vows 94. Lubricant container 96. Just right 97. Christmas floral ring 102. Up ahead 104. Korean or Thai 105. Wound mark 106. Japanese wine 108. Hollywood movie prize 113. Reeked 115. Ascending 117. Bead calculator 119. Expects 120. Obtains by begging 122. Mastercard or Visa, ... card 124. Muddle 125. Portion 126. Snoozed 128. Banish 129. Speech impediment 130. Fellow 131. Was defeated 132. Dress ribbon 134. Pub brews 135. Supermarket section