THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
1. Movie star, … Gere 4. Large mud-loving African mammal (abbrev) 8. Entomb 11. Spoiled the appearance,
… the painting 16. Male relative
18. Two films on the bill (6,7)
19. Heal a rift (4,3,4,2) 21. Weak spot, … heel 23. Implicit belief 24. Vows, pledges 26. Remain in place 28. Lateral edge 31. Main heart artery 32. Quick swim 34. Cosmetics company, Elizabeth … 35. Eternity, for … 36. Olympic gold medallist, … Freeman 37. Radiates, … heat 38. Marquee 40. Escape, … of gas 42. Chew and swallow 43. Placed a foot, … on 47. Country bordering Zambia 48. Substance which turns litmus paper red 50. Exhale with relief 53. Fame, celebrity 54. Sorcery
56. Be better than 57. Dual sound, in … 60. Train in order to change behaviour (2-7) 61. Colourless part of blood
64. Take a chair 65. Book, Dr Jekyll And Mr …
67. Study table
70. Tiny amount, smidgen 71. Railway route, eg 72. Body of troops 73. Enter, go … 74. Provide weapons to
76. The Bachelorette
star, Sophie … 79. US actor, … Travolta 81. Drink in small quantities 83. Tracked, pursued 85. Likely to be voted in 86. Rightful, decent
87. Wuthering Heights
author, … Bronte 88. Pacific island kingdom 89. Famous German Wwll code 90. Building’s proposed position
93. Church benches 95. Withdraw a statement 96. Tibetan priest 99. US actor, Tommy … Jones
100. Use a straw
102. Part of a wicket
104. Couples
105. Deceive artfully
106. Provides good wages,
… well
108. Gather, … wealth 109. Great wonder
111. Time-waster
113. Shady trees
116. Complete collections 118. Bidding sales
120. Truss (3,2)
121. Central American republic whose capital is Tegucigalpa 122. Kind to the
atmosphere (5-8) 124. Having rusty skills
(3,2,8)
125. Author of Alice In Wonderland,
… Carroll
126. No longer operated, … machinery 127. Blowin’ In The Wind
singer, Bob …
128. In foliage
129. Wearily
DOWN
1. Venomous Australian spider 2. Napped fabric with irregular patches (7,6) 3. Signal danger is over, give the … (3-5) 5. Unbroken 6. Fumigate
7. Madame Butterfly
aria, … Fine Day
8. Sort, kind
9. Horse noises 10. Happened afterwards 12. Sliver, shard 13. Welsh rarebit (6,2,5) 14. Money put in a bank 15. Fast planes 17. Break sharply 20. Small car, … Cooper 22. Very weird 25. Cowboy skills show 26. Dismiss, … employee 27. Room in a roof 29. Sugar coating 30. Movie, … of Eden
32. Coloured, … her hair 33. Family animals 39. Awry 40. Chauffeur-driven car (abbrev) 41. Furious 44. Values, grades
45. Steep decline 46. Work bread dough 48. Old land measure 49. Seriously (2,7)
51. Too quiet to hear 52. Weeded, … the garden 55. Plans for expenditure 58. Jewelled coronet 59. Banished person 62. Subsequently 63. Discoverer of radium, … Curie 65. Bottom of a skirt, eg 66. Wild animal’s lair 68. Sense of self 69. Family, your … 74. Confused, bewildered (2,3) 75. Bravery medal (8,5) 77. Poppy drug 78. Typewriter buttons 79. Spouts of water 80. Worshipper of Brahma, etc
81. Be candid (5,4,4)
82. Guardians Of The Galaxy star, Chris … 84. Distribute cards 86. Monopoly board listing, … Lane 91. Phrase, cliché 92. Fashion designer, … Schiaparelli
93. Tennis ace, … Sampras
94. Petulant moan
97. A second time
98. Cathedral recess
100. Piste runners
101. Stringed instrument
103. Inactivity
106. Movie maker, film …
107. Prawns and scallops, etc 110. Sharpen,
… your appetite 112. Beatles hit,
Magical … Tour
114. US movie star, Laura … 115. Fashion designer, … Mccartney 116. Husband or wife 117. Advance warning (3-3) 119. Be fitting,
… the purpose
121. Optimism
123. Japanese currency
124. Black liquid mineral