THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Biblical monarch, the Queen of … 4. Carved stone brooches 8. Superstar, … Streisand 12. Leavening agent 16. Addle, … wits
18. Give too little weight to, … the importance 19. Salon for facials, etc (6,7) 21. Adolescent 23. Slumbered 24. Sharp-heeled shoe 26. Military flute 28. Average (2-2) 31. Defamatory written statement
32. TV breaks (abbrev) 34. Dispense with,
… your rights
35. Blue of the sky 36. Declare invalid,
… the marriage 37. Song, On the Street … You Live
38. Round-roofed
39. Star of T2 Trainspotting,
… Mcgregor 41. Yielding, gentle 44. Preserve a corpse 45. Revenues, family … 49. Time-wasters 51. Formerly Ayers Rock 53. Positioned
54. Book or movie names 56. Club or disco 57. Sings alpine-style 59. Wound with a dagger 60. Absent without leave (1,1,1,1) 62. Housewife Superstar, Dame …
63. Plenty
64. Author unknown (abbrev) 65. Always, for … 67. Decorative line around wall in bathroom, eg 70. Star Wars character, Princess … 73. Former Philippines First Lady, … Marcos 75. Throw down the gauntlet
76. Style of sleeve that’s joined to the neckband 77. High Hopes singer, … Sinatra 78. Stringed toys (2-3) 79. Country, Papua New … 80. Least fast 84. Surveyed, watched
DOWN
85. Frolic, gambol 88. Theatrical failure, the show was a … 90. Poppy drug
92. Bring together 93. Japanese car make 94. To do with the kidneys 96. Recesses in churches 97. Non-commissioned officer (1,1,1) 99. System of belief 100. Long detailed story 103. Pub “arrow” 105. Substances in the periodic table 107. Disgraced cyclist, … Armstrong 108. Total lack of hair 109. Dust-removing appliance (6,7) 111. Dressmaker’s serrated scissors (7,6) 112. Festivals 113. Cinema attendant 114. Mansfield Park author, Jane …
115. Saying, A … in time saves nine
116. Came out of slumber
2. Avoid making a decision (5,4,4) 3. Clinging crustacean 4. Provide food and drink 5. City where Bollywood is based 6. Dull-witted, insensitive 7. View, look at 8. Former Australian PM, … Hawke 9. Holiday bookers, travel … 10. Barbarians, savages 11. Deep hole, chasm 13. Joined a course 14. Liable to fly off the handle (5-8) 15. Vienna’s country 17. Twisted, out of shape 20. Property paper, title … 22. Funny-bone joint 25. Robber, burglar 26. Open tart, fruit … 27. Mushrooms and toadstools 29. Prophetic signs 30. Has debts, … money 32. 30 Rock star, … Baldwin 33. Moved through water, … against the tide 39. Large flightless birds 40. Person aged 18 or over
42. Surpass, … the others 43. Neat, orderly 44. Obtaining by threats, … money
46. Dusk, twilight
47. Bus driver in
The Simpsons
48. Advocates
50. Kept alive,
… your interest 52. Unclog, … the pipe 53. The Hunger Games
actor, … Tucci 55. Drew to a close 58. Drama set to music 59. Downcast 61. Grassland
66. Fond memories 68. Wake-up device, … clock
69. Run, the water will … 71. Depiction of happy innocence 72. Luminescent,
… paint (4-2-3-4)
74. A long way off 76. Request for a reply (1,1,1,1)
80. Bee’s defence
81. Kiln or cooker, eg 82. Sound rebound 83. South Pacific island kingdom
86. Start, … of illness 87. Fairytale cat,
… in Boots 88. Indisputable detail 89. Last Greek letter 90. Carefully watch 91. Guaranteed,
… of victory (4,4) 94. Touring political campaign, eg
95. Most slack
98. Pine-tree fruit
101. Song, I Will … Love You 102. Assert without proof 103. Cease, pause
104. Din, clamour
106. Latin American dance 108. Long seat, garden … 110. Sprinted, hurried
111. Ballet routine,
… de deux