THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Children’s card game 4. Movie actor, … Damon 7. Little devil 9. Worthless shell 13. Scorch, cauterise 16. Hackneyed, trite 17. Keen, … to please 19. String along (4,2) 20. John Logie Baird’s invention (10,3) 25. Giving vent to,
… your views
26. Lure with charm 27. Cinema attendants 28. Brag, crow 30. Apportions, … responsibilities 31. Colour scheme 34. Skilful, shrewd 35. Religious wrongs 36. Rung on a ladder, eg 37. Shakespeare play,
The Taming Of The … 39. Geological period 41. Primate 44. Amiable
46. Show courage, … to try 48. Hooting birds 49. Visitor, a … to the area 52. Wildcat with tufted ears 53. Statue, Venus de … 54. Breakfast dish 58. Instil great fear in 59. Made a snake sound 62. Pay court to 63. Coils, … of ribbon 65. Icing or caster, eg 67. Water reservoir 68. John le Carré novel,
The … House
69. Sharply inclined, … slope 71. Summon back,
… the ambassador 73. Resign from job, hand in your … 74. Travelled by boat 76. Actor, Michael … 77. Warms again 78. Sharp spikes on a rose 80. Adheres to 82. Jewelled headpieces 84. Give or reflect light 85. Abhor, detest 87. US crime-fighting agency (1,1,1) 88. Trainee soldier
90. Blowin’ In The Wind
singer, Bob … 91. Knock sharply, … on the door 93. Senior male house servant
96. Enable, … them
97. Twins zodiac sign
100. Exchange for cash
102. Performs a role
104. Construction,
the … of a building 106. Amnesia, … of memory
108. Pull along forcibly
111. Clean and hygienic 112. Song, Who … You
114. Bird on Australian crest
115. Turns sharply
118. Follow orders
119. World’s longest river
120. Bastions, citadels
122. CDS, compact …
124. Putting into force,
… orders
125. Units of DNA
127. Come into view, emerge
129. Trojan hero
132. Ball shape
133. Failed to grasp an
opportunity (6,3,4)
136. Most uncommon
137. Cut through, … the
wood
138. Stave off, … an attack
139. Tofu bean
140. Shade of dark blue
141. Nourished
142. Transmit, … a message
143. One set to inherit
DOWN
1. Ledge of a window 2. South American river 3. Singer, … Jackson 4. Ripeness, adulthood 5. British actor,
Sir … Guinness 6. Plastic golf peg 8. Movie featuring songs 9. Female bird 10. Espies
11. Romancing The Stone co-star of 76. Across, … Turner
12. Facial hair 14. Newspaper chief 15. Fashionable, all the … 16. Dictatorial, pushy 18. Goes up 21. Rented out, the house is … 22. Coarse, lacking in taste 23. Cowboy bandit 24. Discovers, finds out (slang)
28. Copacabana singer, … Manilow 29. Building extension 32. Shiny metal plating 33. Mutineer, renegade 38. Outer rim 40. Sloping walkways 42. Dramatic productions 43. Sheep mothers 44. Run, the water will … 45. Not susceptible to bribery 47. Housing development 48. Antipasto item, Greek … 50. Colloquial term for US heartland (6,7)
51. Kitchen or lounge, eg 55. Ensuing, the … furore 56. Boxing great, Muhammad … 57. Mortgage, home … 59. Difficult
60. Fury, wrath
61. Long pasta
64. Road surface defect 66. Hapless, unfortunate 69. Medical imaging methods 70. Wallpaper glue 72. Quirky, strange 75. Burnt remains
78. Old Russian ruler 79. Squares, triangles, etc 80. Overwhelmed by work, … under 81. Waste product of a blast furnace 83. Winning tennis serve 86. Unique, … of a kind 87. Safeguard in an electric circuit 89. Male opera singer 90. Song, … Lover
92. Small boquet 94. Mouth sores
95. Wild animal’s den 98. Mental not physical, … over matter
99. State, country
101. Made a mistake
103. Moves like a horse
105. Male aristocrats
106. Rows, tiers
107. Peaceful, tranquil
109. Cooking formula
110. Over-enthusiastic (4-2)
111. Picked, chose
113. Canadian mounted police officer 116. Novel, Around The World In … Days
117. Marks from wounds
120. Turned wild, … cat
121. Go out lik the tide
123. Long pointed weapon
125. Injured by a bull, eg
126. Invites, … on a date
128. Verdi opera
130. Gain through effort,
… a wage
131. Agitate, … up trouble
134. Put into words
135. Public transport
vehicle
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