THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Hollywood actress,

... Zeta-jones 6. Cutlery items 11. Belonging to us 13. Motorcycle’s passenger seat 15. Cinematic editing technique

17. Any kitchen gadget 18. Tasmania’s nickname, ... Isle

20. Tempted 22. Childish

25. Pantry 27. Distorting 28. Marmalade ingredient 29. Famous mountaineer, Sir ... Hillary

31. Sewn borders

32. Fee for using a bridge 34. Watches 35. Ill-looking 37. Travels on snow 38. Tense

40. Captain America actor, Chris ... 43. Evade craftily 45. Jeopardy

47. Really likes 48. Tibetan Buddhist priest 50. Inland body of water 52. Performed on stage 53. Sleep-loving arboreal marsupial

54. Made harmonious 55. Marriage payment 58. NZ mountain range, Southern ...

60. Move slowly on a runway

62. Crispy lettuce

64. Fish eating bird of prey 67. Vehicle’s steering device 69. Pursued amorously 70. Bathing costume 71. Draws breath in sharply 74. Self-obsessed person 75. Sadness

76. Tossed

77. Soil fertiliser 78. Annual prize for peace 81. Followed

82. Shot

83. Endures

86. Layer cake 89. Calculation

91. Large tack

93. Abrupt rough movement 95. Ascend (a hill) 98. Wrap around beach garments 99. Extremely angry 101. Ginger or paprika, eg 103. Lamented

104. Brutal ruffian 105. Left over 107. Carbonated 109. Stylish 112. Female voices lower than soprano 114. Metal corrosion 115. Radio code word between delta and foxtrot 117. Olympic swimmer, ... Thorpe 118. An abundance 120. Give for a time 121. Bay

122. African desert 124. Young child 127. Showing respect 128. Butterflies in the stomach 130. Missive

133. City slickers 136. Equine animal 137. Sentimental 138. Rootless wanderer 139. More snug 140. Extreme pleasure 141. Straightens 142. Everlastingly

DOWN

1. Entirely

2. Adult male voice 3. Deleted 4. Coated with sugar 5. Hulk star, ... Bana 6. Smears

7. Hardly any (3,2,3) 8. Baby bird 9. Somersault

10. Exist

11. Now broadcasting (2,3) 12. Mature

13. Strips of timber 14. Over and over again 16. Alsatian,

... shepherd dog 19. Synthetic material 21. Large tea dispensers 23. Tradesmen’s vehicles 24. US comedienne,

... O’donnell 26. Research deeply 30. Puncture 31. Rented

33. On equal terms 36. Modifies

39. Make changes to 41. Invites

42. Store away 43. Meeting up with romantically 44. Chooses by ballot 45. Church bench 46. Sunbeams

49. Tom Hardy movie, Mad ...: Fury Road

51. Fuss and bother 56. Strong smelling 57. Rats, mice, etc

58. US state bordering Mexico

59. Monkey or ape, for example

61. Nuts used in marzipan 63. East African language 65. Condition

66. Least difficult 67. Wanting something not available, ... thinking 68. Part of the listening organ

72. Since

73. Pastry dish 78. Wanderers

79. Pot or garden flower 80. End to end measurement 84. Disembarks 85. Glittering head dress 86. Renounce a life of crime (2,8)

87. Small branches 88. Highest cards 90. Operate

92. Burnt residue

93. As a joke, in ... 94. Letting contract 96. Harvard and Yale’s group, ... League 97. Hollywood actor,

... Willis

100. Cause (someone) to make a mistake (4,6) 102. Grabs forty winks

106. Of the ice regions 108. Religious factions 110. Abrasive mass used for cleaning (4,4) 111. Showing signs of a cold 113. More gaunt 115. Villainous

116. Bottle cap remover 118. Groups of baby animals born at the same time 119. Chopped (timber) 123. Concede defeat 125. Like a wild animal 126. Your nephew’s sister 129. Critical

131. Burial vault

132. Way out

134. Used to be 135. Inactive