THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Tidied up
6. US actor and star of Goodfellas, Ray ... 11. Impetuous
13. Hard coarse grained rock 15. Removes weapons from 17. Currently implemented (2,5)
18. Actor’s platform 20. Grapples 22. Athletics arena 25. Fellow performer (2,4) 27. Cold (building) 28. Auxiliary building
29. Put warm clothes on (4,2) 31. Lima’s country 32. Flower with thorns 34. Extremely serious 35. Jack Nicholson film,
... Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
37. Caustic
38. River deposit 40. Untidy
43. Horse breeding establishments 45. Blemish
47. Musical sequence 48. Cathedral recess 50. Toledo’s state 52. Animated chameleon voiced by Johnny Depp 53. Paintbrush cleaner 54. Catch in a trap 55. Contaminate 58. Embroiders 60. Mineral springs 62. Finale 64. Commandeers 67. Strictly prohibited 69. Mistake
70. More equitable
71. Dry and powdery 74. Eject (liquid) in a jet 75. Notch
76. Narrow steep sided valley
77. Middle of the foot 78. Ventured 81. Staggered giddily 82. Graceful balance 83. Antagonist 86. Threefold
89. Male sheep 91. Disappear gradually 93. Port side of a boat 95. Proverb
98. Walked in shallow water 99. Upper chambers in the heart
101. Below
103. Auction items 104. Origin
105. 18th century French queen, ... Antoinette 107. Correct in every detail 109. Round door handles 112. Swindles
114. Subsequently
115. Severs
117. Historical period
118. Solitary
120. Skin irritation
121. Alike
122. Bits of leftover food
124. Fourths of a gallon
127. Building with insufficient escape routes (4,4)
128. Transmit (4,2)
130. Pounded with the foot
133. Big fan
136. Be alive
137. Inactive medical
preparation
138. Implies
139. Frugal
140. Depend confidently 141. Director of Spectre and
Skyfall, Sam ...
142. Artist’s colourants (3,6)
DOWN
1. Alluring woman 2. Burros
3. Deposit found on the teeth
4. Fabled Scottish beast, Loch ... monster 5. Fight on a matter of honour 6. Recreation time 7. Branch of a plant or tree 8. Passed through the eye of (a needle)
9. Corn spikes
10. Judy Garland’s daughter, ... Minnelli
11. Pine sap
12. Loss of face
13. Swiss United Nations city 14. Instances of deliberate misleading
16. Wall pictures
19. North African republic between Algeria and Libya
21. Potato
23. Bound with rope 24. Intimidate
26. Short social media message
30. 20th century Spanish artist, Pablo ... 31. Centre pin
33. Happy expression 36. Shades of difference 39. More profound (meaning) 41. Complete collections 42. Melbourne’s river 43. Felt intuitively 44. Extremely
45. Runner for snow travel 46. Judo, karate etc, martial ...
49. Tasman or Caspian, eg 51. Farmyard bird
56. Slot for a broadcast 57. Baby’s room 58. Monkey wrench 59. Food preparation surface 61. Piece of advice 63. Rotted
65. Small four stringed Hawaiian guitar 66. Ideal
67. Stumbled and almost fell 68. Beginning to develop 72. Bruce Springsteen song, Born In The ... (1.1.1.) 73. Golf peg 78. Reversible linen fabric 79. Inconsiderate driver (4,3) 80. Postpones
84. Makes tidy 85. Stallions’ partners 86. Tight bandage applied to stop bleeding
87. A-Z list
88. Retired West Indies cricketer, Brian ... 90. Relevant
92. Straight away, without further ... 93. Tibetan Buddhist monk 94. Before all others 96. Termite like insect 97. Knighted pianist,
Sir ... John 100. Automates 102. Obtains by coercion 106. Slightly wrong 108. Abyss
110. Person called the same as you
111. Make a pal of 113. Small church
115. Long prison sentence 116. Revealing (clothes) 118. Small pooches 119. Reflection of sound 123. Spanish fish and chicken dish 125. Actor’s comment to an audience 126. Scruffy
129. Four door family car 131. Go separate ways 132. Younger star, Hilary ... 134. Disallow
135. High in stature