Big crossword

ACROSS

1. Tormentors 9. Jungles 15. Dream up 16. Fence openings 17. Dark yellow pigment 19. Countries’ pennants 21. Achievement honour 22. Give (orders) 23. Shudder 24. Footways 25. Atmosphere layer 27. Ancestry, family ... 29. Rodents 31. Eight-piece group 33. Rub out 35. Fabric joins 38. Keyboard instrument 40. Lengthy story 42. Contact 43. A long time 44. Mekong valley nation 46. Highway 48. Senior 49. Beaten by tennis serve 50. Prince Edward’s sister 51. Jewish bread roll 53. Trapdoor 55. Historical periods 56. Decisive 58. Greedy eater 61. Brazil’s ... de Janeiro 63. Rowing aid 65. Bliss 69. Silkworm casing 71. Waffling speaker 72. Casualties 74. Cyclone centre 75. Accept as true 76. Person taken

from danger 77. Fall ill again 78. Glint 79. Poorly lit 80. Translated

into cipher 81. Meat skewers,

shish ... 84. Verbal

communication 87. Caters (to

whims) 91. Hurry up,

shake a ... 93. Fire residue 94. Lived 97. Sooner 100. Round handle 101. Wept 103. Garden

ornament 105. Light-rail

vehicle 106. You (archaic) 107. Fashion 108. Bargain sell-off 109. International

trade fair 110. Nocturnal

watch 111. Servants 113. Jot down 115. Mass political

meeting 117. Containing

nothing 120. Ballerina’s

skirts 122. Hold tightly 124. Scamps 127. Equipment 129. Tantalise 131. Ring up 133. Compartment 134. Snooker table

cloth 136. Run away

with lover 137. Concur 138. Choose and

follow (plan) 139. Send (funds) 140. Tense 141. Personal

pride (4-7) 142. Doctor’s

listening tool

DOWN

1. Racing birds 2. Proportion 3. Simpler 4. Alien spacecraft (1,1,2) 5. Different 6. Sifting device 7. Worthless

trinket 8. Remove

weapons 9. Allude 10. Unsuitable 11. Quick 12. Cause 13. Commence 14. Tranquilises

18. More appealing 20. Catches breath 26. Closest 28. Computer correspondence 30. Flooded (of decks) 32. Chilliest 34. Saudi native 35. Clip fleece 36. Junkie 37. Damascus is there 39. Curved span 41. Cancel 45. Endorses 47. Daybreak 49. Land unit 52. EU money 54. Saintly glow 56. Murmuring sound 57. ... Angeles, California 58. Surrenders (5,2) 59. Unshackle 60. Slight flow 62. Frozen block (3,4) 64. Scrapes 66. Picks 67. Revised 68. Submitted 70. Wants 71. Bacteria 73. Look upon 75. Busy insect 82. Alternatively, or ... 83. Saying, ... before beauty 85. Wheat spike 86. Protruding jaw part 88. Attach 89. Borrowers 90. Certain 92. Misbehave (4,2) 94. Cup edges 95. Ardent 96. Word-for-word 98. Aircraft gangway 99. Foe 101. Honeycomb

segment 102. Uncover (facts) (3,2) 103. Craftiness 104. Compass direction 109. Eyrie chicks 110. Competing 112. Leather belt 114. Permit 116. Materialise 118. Sparse 119. Social no-nos 121. Womb 123. Circular coral reef 125. Combine 126. Aroma 127. Sheep pasture 128. Overhead 130. Gibberish, ... jumbo 132. Clumsy louts 135. Prickle