THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Veteran US actor,

... Lithgow

4. At the earliest opportunity (1,1,1,1) 7. Captain’s diary 9. Old-style window frame

13. Mix with a spoon 16. Monaco’s city, Monte ... 17. Uses a keyboard 19. Deposit on the teeth 20. Completely reverse a situation (4,3,6) 25. Glittering particles 26. Idolise, worship 27. Swift to understand, quick on the ... 28. Oscar-winning actress, Halle …

30. Role in play, eg 31. Colloquial language 34. Coins and notes 35. Tightly closed hand 36. Michael Douglas’ father 37. Gums and wattles

39. Be in debt

41. Regret

44. Major electrical task 46. Long tailed rodents 48. Dispatch 49. Attributed, … to 52. Supreme god in Norse mythology 53. Container for cut flowers 54. Insects in their first stage of development 58. Moulded beforehand 59. Prepare for a storm, … down the hatches 62. Conclude 63. Notions 65. Watched secretly, … on 67. Door opener

68. Leave the boat, go …

69. Pink Panther actor,

... Sellers

71. Loves

73. Pushes with elbow 74. Common salt, ... chloride 76. Act as an arbiter in dispute 77. Confidentiality 78. Hallucinating, … things 80. Basket-weaving material

82. Taking a chance (2,4) 84. Sing Alpine-style

85. Put a match to 87. Dove’s soft call 88. Place to wear a belt 90. Playground slippery dip

91. Alice In Wonderland actress, ... Wasikowska 93. Stocking run

96. Very crossly

97. Snow vehicle 100. Campanologist’s instrument

102. On a single occasion 104. From Cairo, eg 106. Firearm’s calibre 108. Stumble 111. Karachi’s country 112. Fish spawn 114. Sound sensitive organ 115. Financial advances 118. Excessively quaint 119. God of love 120. Author of The War Of The Worlds, H.G. ... 122. Sibling’s daughter 124. Teachers

125. Star of TV series Big Love, ... Sevigny 127. Delayed or postponed, put … (2,4) 129. Anything of little importance 132. Adjustable threelegged stand

133. Was too slow to seize an opportunity (6,3,4) 136. Quarrelled 137. Positions oneself for a photograph 138. Curtly concise

139. The Matrix actor,

... Weaving 140. Coarse tool used for filing 141. Exercise room 142. Grew older 143. Remain as a guest

DOWN

1. Notes, … down 2. Solidify

3. Without You singer, Mariah … 4. Making changes to 5. Sharp-tasting 6. Neverland boy, Peter … 8. Daunt

9. Cry noisily

10. Dance movement 11. Mass panic 12. School furniture 14. Monarch’s seat 15. David Schwimmer’s Friends role 16. Continue, … on 18. Ancient cereal grain 21. Minister, cleric

22. Cups and saucers, etc (3,3) 23. Clothing, garb

24. Laid in wait 28. Sparred in the ring 29. Eye membrane 32. Reach a destination 33. DNA units 38. Ukraine’s capital 40. Black and yellow insects 42. Apartments, flats 43. Person from Edinburgh, eg 44. Italy’s capital 45. Lawless, unrestrained (4,3,6)

47. Sequences in a film 48. Black suit of cards 50. Monthly or quarterly financial document (4,9) 51. Reject, … the claims 55. Had a trial performance 56. Song, Love Is In The … 57. Paradise garden 59. Joist, rafter

60. Tot up

61. Filled with fear

64. The Sound Of Music star, Julie ... 66. Agonising

69. Large showy flower 70. Highest hand in poker, ... flush

72. Little devil 75. Artificial colour

78. Old wound mark 79. Internet search engine 80. Defy, … authority 81. Gives help to 83. Lamb’s mother 86. Hairstyle fixer 87. Colourful puzzle, Rubik’s … 89. Prohibited 90. Damascus is there 92. Prayer’s final word 94. Pertaining to high mountains

95. Slow leak 98. Portable icebox 99. Style of religious music 101. Encourage (3,2) 103. Thick wire 105. Beginner 106. Varieties of animal 107. High estimation 109. Isolated, distant 110. Magician’s cry, Hey ... 111. Benefited

113. Very rich 116. Pointing a weapon 117. Ice-cream server 120. At what place? 121. Crop destroying insect 123. Enrich with a gift 125. Group of students 126. Engrave with acid 128. Famous painting, Mona ... 130. Current charge, the going …

131. In a lazy manner 134. Drain the energy from 135. Crushing snake, … constrictor