THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Pickled herring fillets

5. The Great Race star, … Curtis 8. Scavenging decapod, ... crab

11. Loud chirping insect 16. Overly self-confident 17. Lacking depth 19. Amass, gather 20. Latin American dance 21. Forearm bone 22. Shoe’s lace-hole 23. Appear, … into view 25. Firmly anchored 27. Senior member, community … 30. Decorative sewing 31. Sound of pretend crying

32. Friends, mates 33. Biting and pungent, … smoke

37. Puts into code 41. Relating to morals, … concerns 42. Difficult to use, unwieldy 44. Tasmania, the Apple … 45. Enthusiastic 46. Large brass instrument 47. Sharp twinge, … of pain 48. Love deeply 50. Broke free

51. Given a better seat on a plane, eg

54. Iced yeast cake, finger …

56. Bach melody, … on a G String

57. Voice range between soprano and tenor 59. Classic sci-fi TV series,

… Trek

61. Disrobes, strips off 63. Bring to life 66. Electrically charged particles 68. Tropical root vegetable 69. Severe disapproval 70. Evidence of, a … to their hard work 73. Capital of Latvia 75. Large circulating current, ocean … 76. Whichever is to hand, … of them

78. Tell untruths

79. Part of a vehicle closest to the kerb 80. Vibrating effect in music 82. Mexican farewell, Adios …

84. Supposed number of a cat’s lives 85. Pensive poems 87. Puts numbers together 89. Metal corrosion 91. Kept in jail 94. Dwells, … at 96. Peacemaker 99. Narrow piece,

… of paper

101. Not any, … of them 102. Debated, … the point 103. Mormon temple 106. Greek woodland god 108. Seven-sided figure 110. Orange-fleshed tropical fruit 111. Supposition, hypothesis 112. Christmas pastries, mince …

115. Arctic area, … Pole 116. Tremendous fire 117. Mournful, an … poem 118. Fertiliser made from bird droppings

119. Put up with, … the pain 120. Cardboard file for documents, manila … 121. Butterfly snares 122. Sports shoes, runners

DOWN

1. Antisocial, living in seclusion

2. Grant a permit to 3. Salad dressing (abbrev) 4. Behave timidly, … about the decision 6. Completely destroy, … all traces 7. Gaped sleepily 8. Person who illegally breaks into computers 9. Islam or Christianity, eg 10. Garment, … of clothing 12. Matter of contention 13. American mammal with protective plates 14. Prizes for merit 15. Nuclear weapon (4,4) 18. Indirectly refer, … to 24. Army first-aider 26. Does as bidden 28. Jelly-like Chinese fruit 29. Low woody plant 32. Painting of a person 34. Cleaned off suds 35. Vandalise, … the property 36. Interfere in people’s affairs

38. The Great Race co-star of 5. Across, … Wood

39. Satin hair ties 40. Blueprints 41. Stretch resources to get by, … out

42. Food chewed repeatedly by cows 43. Hawaiian island 46. Crockery collections 49. Thing infrequently seen 52. Minor crash (slang) 53. Book full of dates 55. College treasurers 56. Yoga retreat, eg 58. Pacific island kingdom 60. Set foot down, … on 62. Aries zodiac symbol 64. Deep purple-red shade 65. Canada’s largest city 67. Glow of our solar star 69. Straight-talking, frank 71. Military forces 72. Cream pastry, chocolate …

74. For all to hear, read … 77. Fluorescent, … yellow 80. Play School bear, Big …

81. Peculiar instance 82. Small horse-like animal

83. Fruit and vegetable seller

86. See fit, … to attend 88. Division of a company, human resources … 90. From that time, … then 92. Flourished, did well 93. Handel’s Messiah, eg 95. Homeless animal, a … dog 97. Electrical-current impeders 98. Mended, patched up 100. Person from Aden, eg 104. Gulf kingdom, eg 105. Probability, the … of winning

106. Relish, … the flavour 107. Old-style pub 109. Detest, loathe 113. Thick curly hairstyle 114. Grapefruit-tangerine cross