THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Famous (4-5)
6. Top Gun star, Tom … 11. Ill-gotten gains, filthy … 14. Arrogant bluster 15. Brilliant red 17. Bones enclosing the chest
18. Very overweight 20. More untidy
22. Door unlocker 24. Container for return mail (1,1,1)
25. More simple
27. Light musical drama 28. Measurement system 29. Quiz, pub ... 31. Female spouse 32. Short message 34. Mesh curtains 35. Velvet Underground singer, … Reed 37. Irritate
38. Golf ball mounts 40. Shadow 43. Criticise, find … with 45. Louisiana cuisine 47. Wash off suds
48. Star of Lawrence of Arabia, … Sharif 50. Celebrity chef, … Hewitson
52. Wind instruments 53. Microbes
54. Song, … Me Softly
55. Store, stow away 58. Manipulates 60. Cricket field
62. Cry convulsively 64. Not illuminated 67. US singer, … Abdul 69. Monarch, leader 71. Rhododendron-like flowering shrub 73. Rope fibre
76. Pared
78. Golfer’s aide 79. Author of The Bell Jar,
… Plath 80. Midday, 12 … (1’5) 82. South American peaks 85. Taste, … the food 87. Consumed, was … 88. Caribbean island nation, St Kitts and …
91. Ancient cereal grain
94. Explosive (1,1,1)
96. Riotous drunken revel
98. Hold tightly
100. Actor’s comment to
an audience
103. Lubrication dispensers 104. Wax lyrical about 105. Tote
107. Propels with oars 108. Young female
109. God of the Koran
112. Elephant teeth
114. Number of sides on a triangle 117. Wireless
119. Al Capone’s nemesis, Eliot …
120. White legume, … bean
122. Egyptian serpent
123. Notes, … down
125. Gestures agreement
126. Excessively quaint
127. Sieved, … the flour
129. Drink alcohol
132. Lute-like instrument
133. Allow, permit
135. Meadow, pasture
136. Neither’s partner
138. Embed surgically
141. Butter-making
machine
142. Temporary,
… measure (4-3)
143. Newspaper bosses
144. Swirling hot tub
145. Same again
146. Arouse affection, … yourself 147. Vacuous, inane
DOWN
1. Occidental person 2. Battery connectors
3. Top Gun co-star, Val … 4. Picks, … for 5. Edible seaweed 6. Orange vegies 7. Parasol, sun … 8. Deplorable 9. Hessian bag 10. Movie, Bringing Up … 11. Ill-fitting, baggy 12. Hurrah
13. Goes to the gym 14. Vanquished, was … 16. Spookier, creepier 19. Place for a relaxing soak 21. Front of lower leg
23. 800 Words star, … Thomson 26. Articles, … of clothing 28. Jumbo, … sized 30. Pressurised spray can 31. Tiny Australian birds, fairy …
33. Songs, melodies 36. Discount shops, factory … 39. Mushroom variety 41. Implores
42. Major blood vessel of the heart 43. Ruffled borders 44. Christmas decoration 45. US spy group (1,1,1) 46. Male citizen, ... Doe 49. Also named (1,1,1) 51. In days gone by 56. Israeli city (3,4)
57. Go one better than 59. Snakelike fish 61. Brave, courageous 63. Making a noise like a donkey
65. Jazz singer, Peggy ... 66. Cockerel bred for eating 67. Sachets, … of sugar 68. Gave the latest news, … the website 70. Joined on
72. Every part, … of it 74. Charged atom 75. Song, We … Family
77. Sass, cheek 81. Dedicated poem 82. Picasso or Monet, eg 83. Ballerinas 84. Cadge, … off 86. Soviet space station 89. Lace-holes 90. Entomb 92. Sections 93. Produces, … an egg 95. Movie, Apocalypse …
97. Repetitive strain injury (1,1,1) 98. Pleased
99. Inuit ice home 101. Elvis hit, … Now or Never (2’1)
102. Golfer, … Els
105. Completely certain, …
of their innocence 106. More corroded
110. US singer, … Ronstadt 111. Female party-givers 113. Airborne toy
115. Pass on to heirs (4,4) 116. Closing section of
a book or play
118. Be present at
120. Dallas Buyers Club
actor, Jared …
121. Tennis great, Andre … 123. Flavour of gin
124. Ledge of a window 128. Allure, tempt
130. Not sharp, dull
131. Bluegrass instrument 134. Smashed, … the record 136. Bottle’s narrow part 137. Flatten buildings, … to
the ground
139. Animals’ feet
140. Geological period