THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Gorilla or human, eg (5,3) 5. Electronic junk mail 8. Damp and unpleasant, a … room 11. Wattle plant 16. Walrus’s long teeth 17. Hearing-organ membrane 19. Annoying

20. Sharp aches 21. Weak spot, Achilles … 22. Boxing combo the old … (3-3) 23. Coddled 25. Family keepsake 27. Australian TV host, … Micallef 30. Pyongyang’s country (5,5) 31. Heavy mooring device 32. Harvest ripe crops 33. Runs away 37. Above all, first and … 41. Small chops 42. Eagerness, passion 44. Shortage, a … of resources 45. Haemorrhaged 46. Layer of drifting ice 47. Movie, The Time Traveler’s … 48. Wrote using a keyboard 50. Copenhagen is there 51. Tree-destroying precipitation (4,4) 54. Contend 56. Argument in favour 57. Soccer’s governing body (1,1,1,1) 59. Heavy bang 61. Official assessor, health …

63. Card game similar to rummy 66. Sweet and pretty 68. Aussie greeting, … mate! (1’3) 69. Souvenir 70. Ill-founded, … proposition 73. Absorbent cotton pad used in surgery 75. Excessive publicity 76. Textured vegetable protein (1,1,1)

78. Be in a supine position, … down 79. Forgo, … with 80. Profitable, … employment 82. Eagle’s high nest 84. Novel, A … with a View

DOWN

85. Pour down 87. Butcher’s product 89. Allot, dole out

91. Old anaesthetic compound

94. Fast South American dance 96. Acting against 99. Authority to decide, on her … (3-2)

101. One of four babies born together (abbrev) 102. Agreement, in … 103. Current-carrying conductors

106. Brief and abrupt 108. Mediate, … the discussion 110. Mischievous,

… humour 111. National leader, the … of Brunei 112. Fool, oaf 115. Range, assortment 116. Fish-eating hawks 117. Playhouse, drama … 118. Titivate yourself, primp 119. Walk like an infant 120. Remove from a spool 121. Tiny speck, a … of dust

122. Written laws

1. Cast off (3,4,2) 2. Venomous reptile, … brown snake 3. Balderdash 4. Optimistic but hopeless aim (3,2,3,3) 6. Determined 7. Acacia-like plant 8. Style of earring (4-2) 9. Opposite of acidic 10. Arguable, a … point 12. Foolish escapade 13. Small sausage, pork … 14. Presuppose 15. Background investigation, do your … 18. Proportions 24. Sieved fruit or vegetables 26. Cooking smell 28. Came to a standstill 29. Large African animal 32. Living in, … at 34. Senior members of a community 35. Frustrate,

… their plans 36. Australian radio host, … Keller 38. Mouth or nostril, eg 39. Make higher, raise

40. Group of eight 41. City centre (1,1,1) 42. Moose, large deer 43. Rip, … into shreds 46. Waste carelessly, … away money 49. Arrives, … at the same conclusion (4,2) 52. Night-time drink 53. Analyse chemical composition, … the soil 55. Hanoi’s country 56. Strait-laced and fussy 58. Acrid emissions 60. Calls like an owl 62. Price on application (1,1,1) 64. Sticks fast 65. Cyclone, hurricane 67. Inspired affection, … yourself 69. Army first-aiders 71. Black-clad Japanese assassins 72. Australian wild horse 74. Electronic sound 77. Vote to forbid, … the idea 80. Jewel 81. Rental agreements 82. Estimated time of arrival (1,1,1) 83. Temporary 86. Construct 88. Teenager 90. Sycophant (slang) 92. Washed clothes, … the shirts 93. Scientific proportion, a decimal … 95. Men and boys 97. Salutations, … from home 98. Movie’s first showing 100. American spotted wildcat 104. Least fast 105. Divulge, … information 106. Christmas decoration 107. Steady beat 109. Kingly, regal 113. Turn round fast 114. Notice, espy