BRAINTEASER
ACROSS
1. Wear out (one’s welcome) 4. Work (dough) 8. Surprised, taken ... 11. Panther 16. Jig or waltz 18. Misdeed 19. Of natural habitat 21. Friendly 23. Scenic painting 26. Robbie Williams’s former boy band (4,4) 28. Goat milk sacs 30. Portable steps 32. Intimate (thoughts) 34. Martini spirit 36. Pass (law) 38. Tile-chip artwork 39. Public persona 42. Singer, Paula ... 45. Baas 47. S American nation 49. Bulky 50. Neither ... nor those 53. Grab 55. Smart 56. Garment glitter spot 57. Nursery songs 59. Abominable Snowman 60. Inch (along) 61. Punctuation marks 63. Washes 66. Faculty heads 68. Gaped tiredly 70. Dry fodder 71. Smudge 72. Polish hard 73. Retrench (staff) 76. Before (poetic) 77. Tally-keeper 78. Loses consciousness 79. ... & hers 81. Makes request 83. Slight impressions 85. Advance a loan 86. Edible sea fish 88. Additionally (2,4) 90. Tendon 91. Game park tour 92. Designer, ... Cardin 93. Meat cut, leg of ... 95. Egyptian river 96. Person dying for faith 97. Unashamedly 100. Apprentice 102. Pencil rubber 103. Female fox 105. Roof overhangs 106. Snooped 108. Pressure line on map 110. Complete (contrast) 112. Socially unacceptable 114. Tennis champ, Andre ... 117. Sloped 119. Mobile phone message (1,1,1) 121. Light-bodied beer 124. Hired (4,2) 127. Paper hanky 129. Metal tea caddy 130. Describe in detail 131. Gripping (tale) 132. Teachers 134. Dirty Harry actor (5,8) 135. Surpass 136. Overthrows 137. Recognised 138. Sugary 139. Tooth
DOWN
1. Exterior 2. Customarily 3. Australian island state 5. Lie snugly 6. Decorates 7. Downton Abbey actor, ... Stevens 8. Hotshot 9. India’s Bay of ... 10. Rang (of bell) 12. Egg meal 13. Allergy-fighting drug 14. Cancelled 15. Abate 17. Lava, ... rock 20. Italian sparkling wine 22. Midday food break 24. Tenor’s solo 25. Spent 27. Saudi natives 29. Boring tool 31. Subcontinent capital, New ... 33. Recesses 34. Equipment 35. Bothers 37. Churchmen 40. Humbler 41. Gathers bit by bit 43. Pager 44. Policy reversals (1-5) 46. Talk (oneself into) 48. Frozen water spikes 51. East-northeast (1,1,1) 52. Incidental comment 54. Disbelievingly 58. In better condition 62. Desert spring 64. Hides 65. Spiral nail 66. Musical pairs 67. More secure 69. Mistake 71. Lingerie item 74. Dogs 75. Hoodwink 79. Hurts 80. Skill at fencing 82. Noiseless 83. Buyer & seller 84. Triangular spicy pastry 85. Hispanic US resident 86. Random samples (5,8) 87. Denounce 89. Undeveloped insects 92. Solemn promise 94. Carton 98. Parmesan & basil sauce 99. Chatters 100. Mesh traps 101. Chills 104. Very angry 107. Avid 109. Flowers 111. Missing from base 113. Angler’s worm 115. Fragrant 116. Adjusted lens 118. Usual 120. Cattle sounds 122. Oscar winner, ... Hepburn 123. Play-off 125. Annie Hall star, Diane ... 126. Slender 127. Candle wax 128. Ouija board meeting 133. Solar object 134. Audio discs (1,2)