THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi star, … Fisher 4. At a snail’s pace, very … 7. Fishing line float 9. Very well off 12. Fashion designer, ... Mccartney 15. NB, … bene 16. Displace, … from office 17. Little Women author, … May Alcott 19. Hindrance, drawback 24. Crops up, arises 26. Having no ethics 27. Without effort 28. Proverb 30. Inflames the skin 31. Piece of prose 34. Of the ice regions 36. Father Christmas 37. Eva Peron’s nickname 39. French pancake 41. Conspires, … with 44. Philatelist, stamp … 47. Happening at the wrong moment 51. Absent without leave (1,1,1,1) 52. Egypt’s river 53. No-one, there is … home 56. Protects against heat loss, … the house 58. Caught in a trawl 61. Slump down 62. Investigate, examine 63. Ma star, … Spencer 64. Promptly, on the … 65. Angry outburst 66. Folk tales 69. Hire charge, … fee 71. Drama platform 72. Australian cycling great, Cadel … 74. Order, decree 75. Pine sap 76. Florist’s wares 77. Rice field 78. Dark brown fur 80. Capital of New Caledonia 83. Tootsie star, Jessica … 86. Defensive sea forces 89. Pair, twosome 90. Water diviners 92. Rubella, German … 93. Road-surfacing material 95. Wheeled boots, roller … 97. Wrecks from within 98. Curl up in a soft place 100. Fencing sword 102. Gets on your nerves 104. Came before (3-5) 105. Type of piping installer (3,6) 110. John Goodman US family sitcom
111. Pop like a balloon 112. Angry, enraged 113. Milan is there 116. Amounts of money owed 119. Jumping parasites 121. Scholarly people 122. Financial return 125. Lightweight trousers 128. Distributed 132. Group of fish 133. Excessive quantity 136. Commit treason, … your country 137. Natural colour of linen 138. Depart, go … 139. Most elegant clothes 140. Islamic prayer leader 141. Set, solidify 142. Ripped away, ... off 143. Forces out, evicts
DOWN
1. Placid, unruffled 2. Globular 3. Hard tooth covering 4. Agitate, … up trouble 5. Legendary actress, … Turner 6. Court romantically 8. Move past 9. Fish spawn 10. Soft drink, … Cola 11. Colours, shades 12. Taken illegally 13. Big Little Lies star, … Dern 14. Dog breed, Lhasa … 18. Dessert made from palm starch, … pudding 20. Private hospital, eg 21. Routine, as … 22. Unbroken 23. Person whose children have left home, empty … 25. Internal sac of fluid 28. Direction indicator 29. Greek god of music 32. Sterile saltwater solution 33. Sing Alpine-style 35. Arranges hair differently 36. Conferences 38. Heavy metric weight 40. Shakespearean lover 41. Peaked hats 42. Phrase used when meeting unexpectedly (4,4,2,3) 43. Duvet, quilt 45. Rotten, awful 46. Tourist bus, eg 48. Refuse-to-move protest (3-2) 49. From Iraq or Jordan, eg (6,7) 50. Adroit
54. Voracious fish 55. Father 56. People living surrounded by sea 57. Mixes and cooks eggs 59. Night before, on the … of 60. Skin artist 66. Out Of Africa star, … Streep 67. Former boxer, Mike … 68. Meaning or reason 70. Futuristic fiction, … fi 73. Internet service provider (1,1,1) 77. Moved on without stopping (6,2) 79. Caught in a trap 81. Choral composition 82. Female farm animal 84. Cool and distant 85. Colossus 87. Beer, pale … 88. Waistcoats 89. Low-pitched, … voice 91. Long stories 92. Measuring device 94. Go up, soar 96. Offspring actress, Asher … 99. Act as a go-between 101. Irrefutable evidence 103. Massage bread dough 105. Spread oil or butter over baking surface, ... the pan 106. Layers of rock 107. Lacking in selfconfidence 108. Put in order, … up 109. Type of dried grape 114. Crisp tortilla 115. Kiss The Girls actress, … Judd 117. So long! (3-3) 118. Movement of the sea 120. Mean Girls actress, Lindsay … 123. Words to a song 124. Exclamation meaning “not likely!” (2,2) 126. Edible seaweed 127. Biological egg 129. Trace of a wound 130. Stitched, was … 131. Peepers 134. Edge of a wheel 135. Perform in a play