MASTERCROSS
ACROSS
1. Fixes securely, … tightly
4. TV music talent show,
The …
8. Talk, … your mind 11. Adult (5-2) 16. Church’s holy table 18. Awake and dressed very early (2,4,3,4) 19. Red sauce (6,7) 21. Funded, … the scheme 23. Explode like a volcano 24. Regular complainer 26. Short comic piece 28. Poems
31. Psycho actress, Janet ... 32. Logie-winning The Project co-host, Waleed ... (pictured) 34. Wastes time 35. Cut-flowers holder 36. Path of a planet 37. Article of kitchen clothing
38. Hollow pipe 40. Book, Dr Jekyll And Mr …
42. Admit, … up 43. Spiritual guide 47. Stick to
48. Ray of light 50. Deities
53. Sunset Boulevard star, … Swanson 54. Away from land (2,3) 56. Foot lever 57. Prohibited
60. Small dog breed from Mexico
61. Hinder, obstruct
64. Be in arrears
65. Old folk tale or fable 67. Designer, … Jacobs 70. Useless object 71. Work schedule 72. Metalworkers 73. Prices quoted by a bookie 74. Animal’s pelt 76. Sharp pull
79. Gives help to 81. Friend, mate 83. Avoids, shirks 85. Products or emissions 86. Logie-winning The Project co-host of 32. Across, … Bickmore (pictured) 87. Diplomatic messenger 88. Bellybutton 89. Self-centred person 90. Soap bubbles
93. At this place 95. Repellent, nasty 96. Traded, bought and … 99. Calm area of a cyclone 100. Criss-cross of lines 102. Dock Of The Bay
singer, … Redding 104. Tennis great, … Agassi 105. 1950s film tenor,
Mario …
106. Somehow manage 108. Close-fitting
109. Female parent
111. Beatles hit, … Lane 113. High cards in pack 116. Al Capone’s nemesis,
Eliot …
118. Wrestling
120. “Laughing” African
scavenger
121. Boring a hole
122. Very brief fling (3-5,5) 124. Conspicuously present
(2,5,2,4)
125. Dawson’s Creek
actress, … Holmes 126. Japanese robes
127. Cacophonous
128. Elevate
129. Ornamental cluster of
dangling threads
DOWN
1. Bungled (in sport) 2. Electrical device for the dressmaker (6,7) 3. Get into a knot 5. Midday, 12 … (1’5) 6. Floor covering, wall to wall …
7. Large deer 8. Relaxed in a chair, … back
9. At once!
10. Fit for ploughing 12. Ever-hopeful person 13. Open and unrestrained (2,5,6) 14. Early Egyptian writing sheets
15. Heavy bang
17. Elton John hit, Your … 20. Crammed to capacity 22. The Devil Wears Prada star, … Blunt 25. Guide for drawing lines 26. Sneaker or moccasin, eg 27. Permeate, … with 29. Braved, … to 30. Warble, serenade 32. Minute particle 33. Philosophical opposites, yin and ... 39. Cuban musical form and dance style 40. School principal 41. Country music great, Slim … 44. Beneath 45. Tangerine-grapefruit citrus cross 46. Batman, The … Crusader 48. Brandenburg Concertos composer,
JS …
49. Hair accessory (5,4) 51. Or else 52. Junk electronic mail 55. Natural-light timepiece
58. Terrible 59. Wear away gradually 62. TV and radio, mass … 63. Small Gulf state
65. The Gumnut Babies author, … Gibbs 66. Paint container 68. Boxing great, Muhammad … 69. Long-leafed lettuce 74. Celebrates, honours 75. Lose enthusiasm (3,3,2,5) 77. Blacksmith’s block 78. Piano levers
79. The Princess Royal 80. Scuba user 81. Conclusive confirmation (5,8) 82. Hire agreement 84. Complete collections 86. Lump of earth
91. Not necessary, … force 92. Appear (to be) 93. Ship’s steering apparatus 94. Cowboy song, Home On The … 97. Harmonica, mouth … 98. Facts and figures 100. Blank spaces 101. More profound, … meaning
103. Adult male horse 106. Bike riders 107. Equine leg joint 110. Second-hand, … car 112. Military trumpeters 114. Former Cuban leader, Fidel …
115. Lower parts of legs, lamb …, eg 116. Feeling of sickness 117. Beef cuts, porterhouse …
119. Fence opening 121. Uses a spade 123. 24-hour period 124. Vent, … duct