Big crossword

ACROSS

1. Dispelled fears 6. Lose 11. Felines 13. Old Blue Eyes, Frank … 15. Behave, mind your … 17. Idea, notion 18. Machine for lifting heavy objects 20. Discover (4,3) 22. Made of thin pieces of wood, … blind 25. Exams taken a second time 27. Ushered in, … a new era 28. Makes a snakelike noise 29. North African desert 31. Fibber 32. Performs 34. Fault, defect 35. And so on (abbrev) 37. Prophet 38. Composer’s numbered work 40. Exceed 43. Dress fold 45. Eddy 47. Move down a level, go … 48. Affirm positively 50. Listen intently, be all … 52. Employ again 53. For another time, do it … 54. Cloaking 55. Bejewelled headdress 58. Military force 60. Cry of woe 62. Butterfly snare 64. Pass on a disease 67. Move to music 69. Classifies 70. Former Home andAway

actress, Melissa … 71. Experiments 74. Happens 75. Beast 76. Communicate,

… information 77. Evening meal 78. Leases, hires 81. Lobs 82. Film holder 83. Cowboy’s

lariat 86. Spicy Italian sausage 89. Word of

affirmation 91. Civil disorder 93. Pesters 95. Satellite’s path 98. Open to new

ideas 99. Make laugh 101. Jumps 103. Invites 104. Gently drop

into water 105. Fossilised resin 107. Coarse files 109. Part of leg 112. Pulse with pain 114. Heavy weights 115. Exude, ooze 117. Boat’s paddle 118. Supermodel,

Kate … 120. Peaked hats 121. Frankenstein’s

manservant 122. Splash! star,

Daryl … 124. Exist in great

plenty 127. Sad 128. Section of

a desk, eg 130. Welcomed 133. Erased 136. Measuring

device 137. Imposing

building 138. Popular pizza

herb 139. Thick and sticky, … liquid 140. Lazy, bone … 141. Self-obsessed

person 142. Free from

blame

DOWN

1. Phenomenal,

amazing 2. Uncles’ wives 3. Afternoon nap 4. Antarctic

waters, … Sea 5. Protest march

(abbrev) 6. Friends star,

… Perry 7. Short videotape with samples of an actor’s work 8. Crystallised herb used in cake decoration 9. Colony insects

10. Sicilian volcanic mountain 11. Spiny desert plants 12. Amphibious creatures, cane … 13. Mental or emotional tension 14. Tenacious 16. Sped, hurried 19. Put back into the original state, … the property 21. Search, … the internet 23. Wild animal’s den 24. Hurled 26. Magazine edition 30. Annually published calendar of events 31. Smallest amount, … possible 33. UK landmark, … of London 36. Bank employees 39. Large decorative feather 41. Serving platter 42. Former US president, Barack … 43. Program in advance 44. Wimbledon sport 45. Aerated bathtub 46. Modern Persia 49. Evita, … Peron 51. Ancient time, the Stone … 56. Weeping (2,5) 57. Italian rice dish 58. Peru and Chile’s continent, South … 59. Model, … Kerr 61. Reese Witherspoon film, …Blonde 63. Musical vibration 65. Vivid purplish pink flowering shrub 66. Professions 67. Formal letter’s start (4,3) 68. Kenyan capital 72. Night before 73. Dram of whisky 78. Rebel against, … pressure 79. Lagos’ country 80. Six-winged angel 84. If pressed (2,1,4) 85. Crouch down 86. Argue over fine points (5,5) 87. Acquire information 88. Spongy green plant 90. Large deer 92. Unwell 93. Close to 94. Nickname for main Brisbane cricket ground, the … 96. Public transport vehicle 97. Become narrower at one end 100. Ordinary members, the … of the party (5,5) 102. Meadow 106. Chocolate-coffee drink 108. Group of lions 110. Compulsive accumulation of clutter 111. Illegal wall art

113. Impede, hamper 115. Painful 116. Verifies, … the case 118. Least spicy, the

… curry 119. Put money aside

regularly 123. Zealous, an … fan 125. Stared salaciously 126. Cool courage 129. Marine mammal,

blue … 131. Job to be

performed 132. Dreadful fate 134. Extended, a …

break 135. Muriel’sWedding

and UnitedStates

ofTara actress, … Collette

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