THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Without pause 6. Message in code 11. Canine animals 13. High flat land 15. Settlement smaller than a town 17. Augmentation 18. Actress, ... Barkin 20. Animal hunter 22. Unceasing (3,4) 25. Disposable hanky 27. Legal authorisations 28. Hairstyling foam 29. Apparatus for warming a room 31. Courtroom declaration 32. Uncommon 34. Heavy bluish grey metal 35. Frozen water 37. Agile and nimble 38. Airport departure point 40. Senior member 43. Property contract 45. Hurled 47. Genuinely 48. Ponder

50. Appear (to be) 52. Espouse (a method) 53. Banishment 54. Concentrated extract 55. Water as vapour 58. Give nourishment to 60. Divisions of a play 62. In the style of (1,2) 64. Extend in all directions 67. Voting kiosk 69. Adjust slightly 70. Picturesque cave 71. Famous Parisian cathedral, ... Dame 74. Examines accounts 75. Charity store (2,4) 76. Offer shelter to (4,2) 77. Taxi Driver star,

... De Niro 78. Beneath

81. Swiss timepiece, ... clock 82. Baggy

83. Sense of style 86. Cross through 89. Carpenter’s implement 91. Clint Eastwood 2008 film ... Torino

93. Friendly country 95. Fairytale monsters 98. Civilians trained as soldiers

99. Annual prize for peace 101. Gap

103. Atlas pictures

104. A single time 105. Reprimand 107. Comedienne,

... O’donnell

109. Singer, songwriter and pianist, ... John 112. Prickle on a rose 114. Taverns

115. Large shellfish 117. Horned viper 118. Specks

120. Nation of Khrushchev and Brezhnev (inits) 121. Chair or stool, eg 122. Captivate

124. Steep (herbal tea, eg) 127. Lively Spanish dance 128. Ballot participants 130. Copy

133. Beaten, as cream 136. Ventilated

137. Fast massage from a physiotherapist (3,4) 138. Ease

139. Uplift

140. Betting prices 141. Adorned 142. Scatters lightly

DOWN

1. Firmly established by custom 2. Young male horses 3. Sculpted figure 4. Neighbourhood 5. Fall over something 6. Bewitched

7. Flan with a nut and syrup topping (5,3) 8. Teaches

9. Chief in importance 10. Bridle strap

11. As a result of (3,2) 12. Swallows loudly 13. Pincers for bending wire

14. Showing curiosity 16. Lubricant

19. Sat lazily 21. Remove the rind from 23. Barely

24. Shatter

26. Snail’s outer case 30. Food such as beef and lamb (3,4)

31. Infant carriages 33. Employ again 36. Legendary court of King Arthur 39. Came out of slumber 41. Colour stained 42. Horned African animal 43. Make smaller 44. Break out of jail 45. Golf ball support 46. Slope between two levels

49. Become solid 51. Snake like fish

56. Wobbles

57. (Look) disapprovingly 58. Pine fruit (3,4) 59. Drastic

61. Settles upon 63. Georgia city that hosted the 1996 Summer Olympics 65. Revolutionary

66. The Silence Of The Lambs star, ... Hopkins 67. Illicit (liquor) 68. Coming from the water towards the land 72. Possess 73. Sturgeon’s eggs

78. Ill advised 79. Portrays

80. District

84. American Beauty

actress, ... Bening

85. Himalayan province

86. Far from the same

87. Gain knowledge

88. Foot digits

90. Unit of electrical current

92. Sprinted

93. As well

94. Large African cats

96. Have regret for

97. Sensed with the nose

100. Those in receipt of mail

102. Outfit

106. Condiment stand

108. Small picture inside another 110. Praiseworthy 111. Person who is easily understood (4,4)

113. Pulls hard

115. Company of actors

116. Insubstantial

118. Perished at sea

119. Quick cut

123. Male baptismal charge

125. Baked in a kiln

126. Sporting teams

129. Message sent online

131. Highest point of an

arch

132. Steve Carell 2007 film

... Almighty

134. Electrically charged

atoms

135. Twosome