THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. When Harry Met Sally actor, … Crystal 4. Spider’s snare 8. Mid-morning break at school 12. Mythical female monster 16. Greek fable writer 18. Obliging, be … (5,2,6) 19. Waking state of the mind 21. Vision 23. The Age Of Innocence author, … Wharton 24. Fancier, … outfit 26. Old Russian ruler 28. Support in argument, take your … 31. Wry humour 32. Animated movie, Monsters … 34. Original inhabitant of New Zealand 35. Cosmetics company, Elizabeth … 36. Rings out, the bell … 37. Panic 38. Olfactory organs 39. Tasmania, the Apple … 41. Additionally 44. Invoke, … up 45. Radical or extreme, … measures 49. Sanctuaries 51. Poet who wrote Ode To A Nightingale, John … 53. Stand-in doctor 54. Brilliant thinker 56. Veteran UK actress, … Rampling 57. Brief rainy storm 59. Creamed potatoes 60. Deities 62. Affliction of the eyelid 63. TV chef, … Hewitson 64. Pakistani language 65. Fine horse breed 67. Chatters, gossips 70. Long low cry of pain 73. Character 75. Very small painting, eg 76. Hallowed place 77. Caribbean island nation, St Kitts and … 78. Military cap with a plume 79. In a risk-free way 80. TV commercials (abbrev) 84. Tall chimneys, furnace … 85. Cobblers’ hole-maker tools 88. Othello villain 90. Circular 92. Church walkway 93. Deep hole, chasm 94. Theft, armed hold-up 96. Join a course 97. Armed hostilities 99. Matter of contention 100. Jacob’s brother in the Old Testament 103. Small children, tiny … 105. Upper-jaw canine (3-5) 107. Repair with a piece of cloth 108. Border, edge 109. Act of working together 111. Welding tool (9,4) 112. Predict an outcome, the signs … well 113. Landmark building, Sydney … House 114. Wonderful, excellent 115. Spirits of nature 116. Venice’s country
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2. Very popular (2,5,6) 3. Boisterous bloke 4. Be caught and punished (3,2) 5. Intervals 6. Chocolate egg time 7. Hive leader, queen … 8. Sinbad’s giant bird 9. Milestone periods 10. Happened as a result 11. Travelled on snow 13. Contract killer 14. Platinum or gold, eg (8,5) 15. Australian actress, … Gibney 17. Fish-eating birds of prey 20. Crowded House member, Neil … 22. Exercise items, hula … 25. Mob disturbances 26. Write with a keyboard 27. Prize for merit 29. Scientist, Sir … Newton 30. Jane Austen novel 32. Australian actress, … Fisher 33. Supremes classic, You … Hurry Love (3’1) 39. Tattooing fluids 40. Woolly South American animal 42. Interwoven, … together 43. Units of electrical resistance 44. Observations, several … of a UFO 46. Rearranged into formation 47. Unaccompanied, … performance 48. Break continuity, … the speaker 50. Briny tang 52. Splits in the church 53. Peas and beans, etc 55. Voice, express 58. Forcibly suppress, … the ruling 59. You’ve Got Mail star, … Ryan 61. US city, … Diego 66. Uncomplaining stoicism (5,5,3) 68. Blacksmith’s block 69. Domesticated, … animal 71. Ethiopia’s capital, Addis … 72. Cookie container (7,6) 74. Orinoco Flow singer 76. Only just average (2-2) 80. On the open waves (2,3) 81. Panorama 82. Lion’s deep cry 83. Authority to decide, on her … (3-2) 86. Most awful, the … possible outcome 87. On the market, up for … 88. Ancient Egyptian goddess 89. Exuberant enjoyment, with … 90. Interim rule when a sovereign is unfit or a minor 91. Suave, dashing 94. Female pre-wedding party (3,5) 95. Neatening up 98. Colony insects 101. Put a sock in it! (4,2) 102. Turmoil, the place was in … 103. Unproven hypothesis 104. Tethered, … the horse (4,2) 106. Groups of cattle 108. Exposes, … all 110. Central focus, the … of the problem 111. Solar power source