THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Put on your best clothes (7,2)
6. South American ruminants 11. Ornamental ribbon 13. Endurance
15. Give commentary to a film
17. Pirates Of The Caribbean actor, ... Bloom 18. Substantial
19. Rest your feet (3,4) 21. And so on (abbrev) 23. Bound about, like a puppy 25. Amphibian introduced into Queensland (4,4) 26. Quick doze
28. Lure into danger 30. Grain container 31. Medicinal amount 33. Fish hook 34. Perform in a play 36. Professor Snape in the Harry Potter films, ... Rickman
37. Emma Stone’s SpiderMan role, ... Stacy 39. Harvests 42. England/australia cricket “trophy” 44. Winter sport participant 46. Squeeze
47. Row (of seats)
49. Irish Republic 51. Controlled a vehicle 52. Original inhabitant of New Zealand 53. More eminent 54. Beatles’ drummer 57. NZ mountain range, Southern ... 59. Jumbo 61. Travelling salesman (abbrev) 63. Physicist, ... Einstein 66. Flatten
68. Church table
69. UK actress,
... Bonham Carter 70. Church council 73. Powerful
74. Irish writer, Oscar ... 75. Dive forward 76. Serenely
77. Ill will
80. In a tidy way 81. Communicate via the internet 82. Heraldic badge 85. Zone
88. Tropical root vegetable 90. Gateau 92. Cauterise
94. Showy daisy
97. Army rank 98. Humid
100. Cairo’s country
102. Open vans
103. Chauffeur driven car
(abbrev)
104. Dispute
106. Old fashioned
108. Localities
111. Bert’s friend in
Sesame Street
113. Consumes food
114. Pile untidily
116. Tot up
117. Measure of paper
119. Extreme happiness
120. Freezes
121. Extent from end to end
123. Accept as a
challenge (4,2)
126. Harsh voiced
127. Removed the inside of
129. Boiling
131. Whole number
134. Contingency
measure (4,1)
135. Nervous strain
136. Skilled craftsperson
137. Neither here nor
there (2,5)
138. Upper body sculpture
139. Loses vital fluid
140. Gets sidetracked
DOWN
1. Disney’s quacking character (6,4)
2. Sign up
3. One of four periods of the year 4. Control of calorie intake 5. Child’s stick on a spring 6. Young pride member (4,3) 7. During the time that (2,4,2)
8. Write comments upon 9. Stardom
10. Flat round token 11. Cuban music and dance 12. Air raid warning device 13. Instrumental composition 14. Disheartened
16. Of the highest quality (3,3)
20. Lacking colour 22. Narrow 24. Lascivious looks 26. Prepare food
27. US golfer, ... Woods 29. Recreational activity 30. Less risky 32. Rowing boat for one 35. Debase 38. Corresponded 40. Units of electrical resistance 41. Devonshire tea food 42. Impressive line ups
43. Lose your temper (3,3) 44. Moral wrong
45. Much loved actor 48. Omelette ingredient 50. Fury
55. Strong in quality 56. Article of clothing 57. Arithmetic mean 58. Anticipate (3,4) 60. Getting on in years 62. Fastener for a bicycle 64. Personal suitcases 65. Noisy American snake 66. Attorneys 67. Smallish rural settlement 71. Annoying bark 72. Meryl Streep film,
... Of Africa
77. Indian spiced pastry 78. Conjured up 79. Surpasses 83. Subtraction
84. Row of backbones 85. Cliched classification 86. Underground chapel 87. Porridge cereal 89. High playing card 91. Boxer, Muhammad ... 92. Tennis champion,
... Wawrinka 93. Heavenly messenger 95. Foot digit
96. Tricks
99. Children 101. Spreadable substance 105. Correct 107. Dermatologist’s interest 109. Clear headed 110. Sticky stuff
112. Crane or pulley operator 114. Courageous person 115. Roast, mashed or chipped vegetable 117. TV viewing figures 118. Nothing more than 122. Tortoise like aquatic animal
124. US actor, ... Reeves 125. Satellite’s course 128. Elephant teeth 129. 2003 film starring Eric Bana 130. Mausoleum 132. Informed
133. Group of criminals