THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Male rabbit 4. Castle
7. High card
9. Star of Downton Abbey, ... Bonneville 13. Barber’s clippings 16. Freshwater fish 17. Desert waterhole 19. Giant panda’s food 20. Be given a less important role (4,1,4,4) 25. Timber strip 26. Clothing
27. Mouth sores
28. Get up
30. Sitting room furniture item (4,5) 31. Cricket ‘trophy’ 34. Lean, incline
35. Go up in flames 36. Female farm animals 37. Aden’s country 39. Author of To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper ... 41. Enquire 44. Devices for introducing oxygen 46. Area near a house 48. Gobi Desert’s continent 49. Street vehicle modified for racing (5,3) 52. Spoilt child 53. Texas, ... Star State 54. Smiled broadly 58. Baby’s complete wardrobe 59. Bicycle for two 62. Bathing vessel
63. Join in wedlock 65. Revolve rapidly 67. Golf scoring standard 68. Acid indicator, ... paper 69. Contemplated
71. Star of Grease,
... Newton-john 73. Star of Sunset Boulevard, William ... 74. Log entry
76. Tough, see-through plastic
77. Actress and star of
The X Files, … Anderson 78. Thrash about in agony 80. Parents’ brothers 82. Current information 84. Extends across 85. Junior US hospital doctor
87. Neon or helium, eg 88. Slowly wear away 90. More than sufficient 91. Drain the energy from 93. Interior surface 96. Singer, ... Buble 97. Spasm 100. Dwindle 102. Charter
104. “No” response 106. Jewels
108. Bones which protect the vital organs 111. Dilapidated, rickety 112. Fuss and bother 114. Aussie actress,
... Wasikowska 115. Book-length story 118. Shadow box 119. Redecorate (a room or building) (2,2) 120. Item of value 122. Peels fruit 124. Assistant, ... man (5,4) 125. Group of ships 127. Conjure up 129. Involve
132. Airport waiting area, departure ...
133. With regard to (2,3,6,2) 136. Doctor’s daily visits to hospital patients 137. Urgency
138. Visitor
139. Covers with bitumen 140. Revise hard for exams 141. Horse-like animal 142. Screwdriver, eg 143. Stare suggestively
DOWN
1. Film about a talking pig 2. Photographic apparatus 3. Communicated by letter
4. Army clothing
5. Doctor Zhivago star, ... Sharif 6. Neckwear item 8. Unexpected events 9. Possesses 10. Ambition
11. Small axes 12. Zodiac’s Scales 14. National song 15. Boxing arena
16. Brag 18. Impertinent 21. Sharply 22. Response 23. Arboreal marsupials 24. Cry of discovery 28. Birch like tree 29. Hereditary 32. Interruption from the audience
33. Four door family car 38. ‘Sonic’ explosion 40. Ahead of time 42. Tissue attached to muscle
43. Bird feathers 44. Illicitly help 45. Stirring up a crowd (6,7) 47. Practice exercise (3,3) 48. Deer horn
50. Social contact
51. Hindmost
55. Name for the region on the opposite side of the world 56. Aussie flightless bird 57. Sprint
59. Stepped
60. Every single one 61. Reckless mischief 64. Came together in support of a cause 66. Small time crook 69. Spirits used for cleaning 70. University or college officials 72. Suitable
75. Finale
78. Used to be 79. Notable periods 80. One-sided
81. River sediment 83. Mila Kunis comedy film 86. Recently discovered 87. Evening dress 89. Inlay firmly
90. Legal defence 92. Verse writer
94. More orderly 95. Eye’s coloured part 98. Edge forward 99. Cheddar, parmesan etc 101. Ancient Greek fable writer
103. Punched metal
fastener
105. Heroic deeds
106. Artist’s attic
107. Feline, informally
109. Collision force
110. Less cheerful
111. Sceptical
113. Short sleeps (3,4)
116. More indefinite
117. US actress,
Jennifer Jason ...
120. Distribute
121. Spiritualist’s meeting
123. Move furtively
125. Winning position
126. Story outline
128. Was acquainted with
130. Danger zone,
... area (2,2)
131. Consumer or operator
134. Head covering
135. Film, ... Pray Love