THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
$500 PRIZE See ‘How To Enter’ (last page)
ACROSS
1. Eleventh-hour attempt, … effort (4-5) 6. Song, Torn Between Two … 11. 100cm length
14. Type of white rum 15. UK acting great, … Redgrave 17. Tallest living animal 18. Harmonised, … with 20. Set of kettledrums 22. Crustacean, … crab 24. Heart monitor (1,1,1)
25. Game Of Thrones actress, Rose … 27. Dark red vegetable 28. Nautically aft 29. Because of, … of (2,4) 31. Sound system (2-2) 32. Object of much admiration
34. Titanic star, … Winslet 35. Sports umpire (abbrev) 37. Military overthrow, coup d’ … 38. Bottom, … of the pyramid 40. Comedian, … Szubanski 43. Choc-orange ball 45. Bored and dispirited 47. Sugary dried fruits, … cherries 48. Hemispherical roof 50. Jam-filled pastry 52. Numbered golf clubs 53. Composition with a recurring theme 54. Had fun, … yourself 55. Deep hole, chasm 58. Classic ballet, Swan … 60. Young deer
62. Fuss, much …
64. Ring up
67. Pottery with blue design on a white background 69. Drink, mineral … 71. Journey by sea 73. US actress, … Perez 76. Deflects
78. Cast a banning vote, … the idea
79. In an orderly fashion 80. Professor Plum and Colonel Mustard game 82. Bird’s sleeping spot 85. AA Milne’s donkey 87. Moves like a horse 88. Shade of brown 91. British TV chef … Oliver 94. Exercise system, … chi 96. Children’s spotting game (1-3)
98. Mamma Mia band 100. Blood vessels 103. Lights a fire 104. Quiver of arrows 105. Nature, … and fauna
107. Pottery oven
108. Unit of electricity 109. Pure-bred racehorses 112. Follower of Brahma or Shiva, eg
114. Cook lightly in oil 117. Shakespeare play,
The Taming Of The … 119. US actor, … Gosling
120. Is in possession of
122. The Golden Girls
actress, … Arthur 123. Title and rank of nobility 125. Little red monster in Sesame Street
126. Angler’s poles 127. Shouted loudly 129. Comedy actress, Lily … 132. Kicked against authority 133. Soothing, … the pain 135. Word of assent 136. Employ for a purpose 138. Rock song, … Sally
141. Helps in crime 142. Misbehave, … no good (3,2,2)
143. Size of a rifle bore barrel 144. Remove all constraints, … their forces 145. Follow as a result 146. Bread spread, … butter 147. Oiliest DOWN
1. Evening, … the surface
2. Smooths, … the timber
3. Tootsie star, … Hoffman
4. Melbourne streetcar
5. Hawaiian dance
6. Clear enough to read
7. Spinal bone
8. Undesirables (4-4)
9. Dishonest plan
10. Parched and dry
11. Tiny parasites, dust …
12. Slight colouring
13. Puts in peril
14. Develop into
16. Sifted, … the flour
19. Film, The Hunt For Red …
21. Quick look, sneak …
23. Module, … of study
26. Pale purple shrub
28. Opera set in Egypt
30. Keep at bay (4,3)
31. The Terminator saying, “… la vista, baby!”
33. Nebraska’s largest city
36. Tried, made great …
39. Bedeck, embellish
41. Chicago actor, Richard …
42. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s nickname
43. TV personality, Caitlyn …
44. Free from worry (2,4)
45. Glee, delight
46. Film about the Parkes Observatory, The … 49. Kitten’s cry 51. Append, attach 56. Place for a relaxing soak 57. Aerosol or atomiser 59. New Zealand parrot 61. Non-believer in God 63. Admitted (5,2)
65. Not many, just … or two 66. Remove from premises 67. Ardent fan 68. Disappoint (3,4) 70. Cinema seat guide 72. Us, … and me
74. Or nearest offer (1,1,1) 75. Meryl Streep movie, … Complicated (2’1) 77. City, … de Janeiro 81. Shady tree 82. Governs as monarch 83. At an angle
84. Steal
86. Hooligan 89. Whodunnit, murder … 90. Large jugs 92. Hawaiian greeting 93. Former tennis ace, … Lendl
95. Feel unwell 97. Sydney Symphony Orchestra (1,1,1)
98. A long way off 99. Unseemly fight, melee 101. Debt note (1,1,1) 102. Distorts, … the result 105. Top quality (5-4) 106. Long curl of hair 110. Marsh grasses 111. Least clean atmosphere 113. US actress, Laura … 115. Person not attending 116. Plane’s nosedive 118. Cosmetics entrepreneur, … Rubinstein 120. Poems
121. Santa Claus’ vehicle 123. Ultimate 124. Abandoned, … behind 128. Birds of prey
130. Shrek star, Mike … 131. Magazine edition 134. Fill, permeate 136. Hybrid citrus fruit 137. Actor, … Mcgregor 139. Performed in a choir, eg 140. Old land measure