Woman’s Day (New Zealand)

Big crossword

- Christine Lovatt’s

ACROSS

1. Ancient Nile kings 6. Huge spider 12. Ferociousl­y 17. Additional 18. Early Peruvians 19. Frankly 20. Compass direction (5-4) 21. Drink chillers (3,5) 22. Stools or benches 24. Book’s name 26. Valleys 29. Inexhausti­ble 33. Rabbit relatives 36. GP, … practition­er 39. Queen’s residence, … Castle 41. Knocks loudly 42. Slender sword 43. Tongues of fire 44. Boughs 46. Raise a glass to 48. Fields 50. Bill of fare 52. Devours 54. Marzipan nuts 56. Forty winks 58. Repair (socks) 60. Poker stake 61. CD brand (1,1,1) 62. Unseen area (5,4) 66. True-to-life quality 67. Too enthusiast­ic 70. More corroded 71. Happenings 72. Notebook computer 73. Electric fish 75. Playwright’s text 76. Dropped in on 77. Guts 78. Foreshadow 80. Insane, … compos mentis

81. Choice 82. Wears down 85. Regenerate 88. Tuneful 90. Breathing hole 93. Mentally

pictures 95. Liquid fuel

(1,1,1) 96. Pistols 97. Tread 99. Price ticket 100. Strappy shoes 102. Do not (3’1) 104. Paradise 105. Reptiles 108. Danger alert 110. Plait 112. Weight

watcher 114. Sloping (font) 117. Finely chops 118. Independen­t

states 119. Maniac 120. Coke’s rival 122. Mattered 126. Transmits 129. Small handbill 132. US bird

emblem 135. Fascinate 136. Offering 137. Coordinate 138. Paris river 139. Good judgment, common … 140. Evil-looking 141. Marked

(envelope) 142. Estate

guardians

DOWN

1. Strode 2. Cancel (marriage) 3. False IDs 4. Six-shooter holder 5. Eyelid swelling 6. Cricket match 7. Emanated 8. Performed role 9. If … walls

could talk 10. Catalogues 11. Opposed to 12. Travel by boat 13. Climbs up 14. Liquor 15. Glowing coal 16. Affirmativ­es 23. Quickly

(1,1,1,1) 25. Pare 27. Wane 28. Goaded (5,2) 30. Feed 31. Legitimate 32. Tenderises 34. Phoenix

is there 35. Dwindled 37. Smash into 38. Enjoyed 39. Squander 40. Fresh

45. Confesses (4,2) 47. Teases amorously 48. Caravans (6,5) 49. Drains 51. Tell 53. Cash point (1,1,1) 54. Prayer’s final word 55. Inspects closely 57. Leprechaun’s treasure, … of gold 59. Nudity 60. Passenger jets 61. Biblical first woman 63. Jeopardise 64. Salivated 65. Disposable hankies 67. Excessive utilisatio­n 68. Evades 69. Escorting 74. Growled 79. Dental tools 81. Source 83. Oh no! 84. Burrowed 86. Explosive substance (1,1,1) 87. White House’s … Office 89. Consecrate­s as priest 90. Convent sister 91. Toronto’s province 92. Check off one by one 94. Greed 96. Mountainsi­de animals 98. Flower part 101. Concur 103. Entry (3,2) 106. Terror 107. Brazilian metropolis 109. Singapore Sling spirit 111. Milk farms 112. Scatter 113. Deadly sin 115. Respirator­y organ 116. Food supplier 117. Disappoint­s 120. Hurts 121. Feign (3,2) 122. Doctrine 123. Beneath 124. Paint thinner 125. Thick (fog) 127. Gullible 128. Garden buildings 130. Sleazy gaze 131. Sicilian volcano 133. Matured 134. Misplaced

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