Woman’s Day (New Zealand)

Big crossword

- Christine Lovatt’s

ACROSS

1. Really 6. Unfilled jobs 12. Find it hard going 17. Desert resting place 18. Cherish 19. Bodily 20. Designer, ... Dior 21. Laying waste 22. Native American dwelling 24. Postpone (meeting) 26. Soup-serving spoon 29. Biology or physics 33. ... and females 36. Aged 39. Breathed in 41. Rocky 42. Tossed greens 43. Concurs 44. Move rhythmical­ly 46. Lukewarm 48. Pressing need 50. Ancient Andes Indian 52. Straggly (hair) 54. Acted properly 56. Mausoleum, ... Mahal 58. Painfully inflamed 60. Moistens 61. Lump (of chewing gum) 62. Gazette 66. Unfavourab­le 67. Tea or biscuit tins 70. Foot arches 71. Swiss dish 72. Loose coins 73. Floor covering 75. Cope 76. December, ..., February 77. More imposing 78. Scandinavi­an nation 80. Israeli city, ... Aviv 81. Festival 82. Fairly modern 85. Shut and opened eyes 88. Examiners 90. Vast 93. Nashville’s state 95. Sock end 96. Leave hurriedly 97. Apparel 99. Tiny muscular contractio­n 100. Succumbed 102. Clasped 104. Consumer 105. Occupancy 108. College faculty heads 110. Pesto herb 112. Of church singers 114. Bead calculator 117. Bacteria 118. Bacon strips 119. Frostier 120. Smallest amount 122. Clings (to) 126. Hollywood movie prize 129. Cowboy’s rope 132. Ignore alarm clock (3,2) 135. Compels obedience to 136. Won 137. Long curls 138. Himalayan region 139. Graceland’s iconic owner 140. Unselfish 141. Delivery unit, ... ward 142. Sheep clippers

DOWN

1. Horrify 2. Trifled 3. Nimbly 4. Detests 5. Harvard’s rival 6. Bad habit 7. Blaze remnants 8. Courtroom defence 9. Interrupt (3,2) 10. Dodge 11. Rational 12. Confident 13. Riot-dispersing vapour (4,3) 14. Weaponless 15. Cook under element 16. Outside limits 23. Drag 25. Sunny 27. Following 28. Credit providers 30. Dairy/egg dessert 31. Run off to marry 32. Cribs 34. Insistent

35. Cabaret frontman 37. Fish, manta ... 38. Sighs sleepily 39. Smooths out (shirt creases) 40. Curse 45. Fuel energy rating 47. Monotony 48. Inessentia­l 49. Barks shrilly 51. Of the beach 53. Wolfed down 54. Stripe 55. Franticall­y 57. Plane 59. Always (5,4) 60. Squirming 61. Pale 63. Dilutes 64. Sties 65. Rosiness 67. Duct 68. Ocean shore 69. Slips by 74. Men’s hairdresse­rs 79. Built twig home 81. Enclosed, ... in 83. Timber 84. Rage 86. Trawler’s equipment 87. Make (scarf) 89. Choux pastries 90. Unwell 91. Tampered 92. Frankfurte­r 94. Beard trimmers 96. Misgivings 98. Commenced 101. Mental picture 103. Milky espresso, ... latte 106. Pause punctuatio­n mark 107. Feminine pronoun 109. Baby seal 111. Sideways 112. Alpine cottages 113. Balls 115. Mention as example 116. From Madrid 117. Atlanta is there 120. Welsh vegetables 121. Ghastly 122. Major artery 123. Abode 124. Become mature 125. Slushy hail 127. Liqueur, ... de menthe 128. Wily tricks 130. In existing condition (2,2) 131. Derive (from) 133. Casually 134. Purple flower

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