THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Very distant, beyond the Black … 4. Endearing touch 8. Self-centredness 12. Star of Widows,

… Davis 16. Australian TV award 18. Having a thorough approach to tasks 19. Rugby competition between NSW and Queensland (5,2,6) 21. High circus swings 23. Japanese poetry style 24. Copies, mimics 26. Serving salver 28. Carry-bag

31. Large savanna cats 32. Pale green colour, … de Nil

34. Inert gas

35. Show of sketches and songs 36. Bite-sized dessert, … four

37. Social error 38. Woodwork joint 39. Tears material, eg 41. Dishonest scheme 44. Go back on a promise 45. Related to the head bone, … pressure 49. Cow’s milk glands 51. Fluorescent colours 53. Dad’s sisters, eg 54. Team’s good-luck object

56. Bit by bit, … development 57. Skin condition

59. Cry of pain or distress 60. Gather, … crops 62. Nought 63. Burden, responsibility 64. Bad habit, my only … 65. Status in the army 67. Second-hand, … vehicle 70. Jason’s ship in Greek legend

73. Gala occasions, special … 75. Cemetery

76. Spicy cold sausage 77. Blue of the sky 78. Fred Flintstone’s cry, … dabba doo 79. Travelling on snow 80. Ungenerous 84. Spanish rice and seafood dish 85. Paramedic (slang) 88. Fairground rides, dodgem …

90. From Japan or Vietnam, eg 92. Principal religion of Pakistan

93. Of an approximate date

94. Doves’ homes 96. Sign up, … for classes 97. Volcanic residue 99. Sound broadcast receiver

100. Indian dress

103. Small cut

105. Shape of a croissant

107. Fertiliser made from

bird droppings

108. Rendered hard-of

hearing

109. Written records of processes

111. Body of water between America and Europe (8,5) 112. Jewish leader

113. Old Russian monarchs 114. Make miserable 115. Private, confidential 116. Store, stow away

DOWN

2. Hesitancy, indecision 3. Widows co-star of 12. Across, … Rodriguez 4. Dollars and … 5. Marauder

6. Soft and wet, the snow became very … 7. Distress signal (1,1,1) 8. Environmental Impact Statement (1,1,1) 9. Escape clause, … of jail free card (3,3) 10. Determined, … on 11. Indigenous New Zealander 13. Bother, nuisance 14. Apt to steal things (5-8) 15. Disperse, strew around

17. Et cetera (3,2,2) 20. Cocktail, … colada 22. Filament-like Japanese mushroom variety 25. Windfall, … from heaven

26. Recipe abbreviation for “teaspoons” 27. Room under the roof 29. Edible entrails 30. Former lovers, eg 32. Sicilian volcano, Mount …

33. Citrus hybrid 39. Property revenue, eg 40. Snapshot (abbrev) 42. Dance involving a line of people 43. Contemplate, think over 44. Recalls, brings to mind

46. Train in order to change behaviour (2-7) 47. Tina Turner hit, We Don’t … Another Hero 48. People from the United States 50. Earthly paradise (7-2) 52. Large blob, … of paint 53. By this time, … finished 55. Done openly, unconcealed

58. Tall brightly coloured flower, … lily 59. Ed Sheeran song, Shape of …

61. In favour of

66. Fond memories 68. Dud, a damp … 69. Cattle meat 71. Nickname for main Brisbane cricket ground, the … 72. Tutu-wearing performers (6,7) 74. Epic tale

76. Drains of vitality, … strength

80. From the sun, … energy 81. Capital of Peru 82. Movie, The Seven Year …

83. Large grey wading bird 86. Japanese rice wine 87. Artist’s paints 88. Common freshwater fish, European … 89. Long narrow chain of hills

90. Main ingredient of guacamole 91. Recent arrival, a … to the area

94. Face, … your accusers

95. Smoothing timber

98. Remain

101. Eased off, the storm …

102. Overlook or snub

103. Combat mission

104. Enfeeble, weaken

106. Shakespeare play,

… Andronicus

108. Military overthrow, coup … (1’4) 110. Short name for grandmother 111. Belly muscles (abbrev)