Woman's Day PUZZLES
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ACROSS
1. Argumentative 9. Four-sided figures 15. Alpine plain 16. Electronic message 17. Exaggeratedly masculine 19. As a whole (2,3) 21. Stretch (for) 22. Scent 23. Absurd pretence 24. Angers 25. Dormant 27. Raise (eyebrows) 29. Bucket down 31. Diner 33. Oodles 35. Embezzlement 38. Stage of development 40. Seductive 42. Climb (mountain) 43. Stands on hind legs 44. Chafes 46. Spicy honey liquor 48. Stony 49. South-west Pacific nation 50. Chinese gooseberry, ...fruit 51. Oven-load (of scones) 53. Open wounds 55. Quickly (1,1,1,1) 56. Tidal inlet 58. Flippered bird 61. Donkey 63. Rowing paddle 65. Restrained (dog) 69. Level (with) (2,1,3) 71. Purple skin mark 72. Booting (out) 74. From the menu, ... carte (1,2) 75. Renal organs 76. Disentangle 77. Artificial (3-4) 78. Recline (3,4) 79. Science room 80. Nasty sprites 81. Squalid 84. Steam-pressed 87. Queens’ chairs 91. Viper 93. Bank machine
(1,1,1) 94. Scrapes (riverbed) 97. Depart (of
plane) (4-3) 100. Snow-runners 101. Supporting
beam 103. Student’s
composition 105. Greenish-blue 106. In comparison
to 107. Doted on 108. Dusting
powder 109. Soft cheese 110. Inferior 111. Built-up (zone) 113. Repulsive 115. Shaving blade 117. Stomach
crunch (3-2) 120. Artist’s tripod 122. Rupture 124. Sacred vow 127. Mushroomed 129. Liqueur, Tia ... 131. Barn attics 133. Crackpot 134. Cabaret show 136. September/ October zodiac sign 137. Bridle straps 138. Idolise 139. Become ready
to pick 140. Puts into
cipher 141. Yet 142. Led (attack)
DOWN
1. Questions 2. Die down
(of storm) 3. Pertain (to) 4. Luxury vehicle 5. Academy
Award 6. Geological
division 7. Oriental market 8. Seen-before
sensation (4,2) 9. Calm 10. Conscious 11. Tumble 12. Tends
(patients) 13. Sloped 14. Ball shapes 18. Collect 20. Walks painfully 26. Sounding alike 28. Sports trainer 30. End-of-year
finals 32. TV reception
poles
34. Bedouin 35. Maidenhair and bracken 36. Earn (interest) 37. Hair appliance 39. Line of rotation 41. Banishment 45. Dental wire 47. Blast! 49. Touch 52. Scottish family 54. Owned by us 56. Psychic ability (1,1,1) 57. Express gratitude, say thank ... 58. Small pancake 59. Atomic 60. Mythical horned horse 62. Brutes 64. Physical complaint 66. Able to be heard 67. Paying attention to 68. Ceases 70. Car club meeting 71. Disney fawn 73. Cannon 75. Beer barrel 82. Statutes 83. Well-chosen 85. Stupid person 86. Ostrich cousins 88. Backpacker 89. Pearl sources 90. Shortly 92. Plush fabric 94. Bother! 95. Fictional vampire count 96. Even 98. Wheel shafts 99. Browned off
(3,2) 101. Dixieland music 102. Fortune-telling
pack 103. Glowing coal 104. Barks 109. Hanging Gardens
of ... 110. Authored 112. More modern 114. Desired greatly 116. Eventually (2,4) 118. Bring on (birth) 119. East African
country 121. Make an entrance 123. Sherwood Forest’s
... Hood 125. Incidental comment 126. Flexible pipes 127. Champagne flute 128. Undermine
(confidence) 130. Tied with cord 132. Costing nothing 135. Swerve