Chunky CROSSWORD

Here’s a meaty puzzle to get the grey matter working!

ACROSS

1 – Homes and Gardens, magazine (6) 4 French word for cake (6) 8 Sour (6)

11 Line on a weather map (6) 14 Sydney zoo (7) 17 Able to pay debts (7) 18 West African republic (7) 20 Function, party (5)

21 In –, briefly passing through (7) 23 Devilish (7)

25 Dye (5)

26 Caped comic strip crime fighter (9) 27 Capital of Iraq (7) 31 Hateful (9)

32 Motor hotel (5) 34 Harbour vessel (7) 36 Endorse (7) 38 Modernise (5) 41 Embrace that lifts spirits (3) 42 Varnish (7)

44 US New England state (5) 45 Hospital employee (5) 46 Leather factory (7) 48 Muslim religion (5) 49 People (4) 50 Recycle (5)

51 Hit hard (4) 53 Eighth Greek letter (5) 56 Merit (7) 57 Blushing (4) 58 Clarified butter (4) 59 Be victorious (7) 63 Fertilised egg (6) 65 Ocean (8)

67 Tie together (4) 69 Spurious (6) 73 Roofing slate (7) 75 Chocolate and cream delicacy (6) 76 Enduring literary work (7)

77 Sea bird (4) 80 Deride (5)

81 Inhale and exhale (7) 83 Repudiate (7) 84 Back tooth (5) 86 European mountain range (4) 88 Foresee (7) 89 Nonsense (6) 91 Ballroom dance (7) 94 Bad-tempered (6) 96 Administered by mouth (4) 97 Soaked (8)

98 Pub, inn (6)

102 Place for storing goods (7)

103 Sprint (4) 104 Caribbean nation (4) 106 Weird, unnaturally strange (7) 110 Granny Smith or Pink Lady, eg (5) 112 Period of seven days (4) 113 Reef organism (5) 114 Slip, slop, –, sun care slogan (4) 115 – Simpson, cartoon dad (5) 119 Bram Stoker’s vampire (7)

121 – Polo, Venetian traveller (5)

122 Nasal tone (5)

123 Not loaded (7) 124 Caviar, eg (3)

125 Puff, the – Dragon, Peter, Paul and Mary song (5) 127 Coffee professional (7) 128 Reorganise, especially after dispersal (7) 129 Go by bike (5) 130 Stage lamp (9) 133 Request inventory again (7)

136 Rust (9)

138 Encore (5)

139 First letter (7) 142 Agave booze (7) 144 – salts, bath salts (5) 146 Fabric with a colourful swirled pattern (7) 148 Contain, comprise (7)

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149 Caesar or Tsar, eg (7) 151 Capable of being done, achievable (6) 152 Creature, beast (6) 153 Be suitable, fit in (6) 154 – Rose, Australian boxer (6)

DOWN

1 Swimming costume, togs (7) 2 Rich dessert (5)

3 Oil platform (3) 5 Alligator pear (7) 6 Abates, alleviates (5) 7 Not illuminated (5) 8 Mix (5)

9 Sacred tribal object (5) 10 Everlasting (7) 11 Frozen water (3) 12 Imaginary thing causing worry (7) 13 Alleviate, soothe (7) 15 Free of additives (7) 16 Real, true (9) 18 Communion offering (9) 19 Also not (7) 22 Mount –, Queensland mining area (3) 24 Age, period (3) 27 Dance, jive (6) 28 Amassed, mustered (8) 29 Identify an illness (8) 30 Expel from a country (6) 32 African tribe (5) 33 Vine climbing frame (7) 35 Punter (7) 37 Perform a surgical procedure (7) 39 Brother’s daughter (5) 40 Unpredictable (7) 43 Eel-like fish (7) 47 Becomes aware of (7) 49 Perceive by touch (4) 52 Snake sound (4) 54 Jerusalem’s country (6) 55 Running of –, event held in Pamplona (3,5) 56 Performances by two (5)

60 Ooze, seep (5)

61 - glass, coloured depictions in church windows (7) 62 Gelid, frosty (3)

64 Salt solution (5) 66 Follow –, copycat game (3,6)

68 US country music capital (9) 70 Possessor (5) 71 Daisy-like flower (7) 72 Person assisting with childbirth (7) 74 Attire (4) 78 Decorated (7) 79 Huge cinema screen (4) 80 Colloquial jargon (5) 82 Not diplomatic (8) 85 Big, oversized (5) 87 Mickey Mouse’s dog (5) 90 Airless space (6) 92 Jessica –, Driving Miss Daisy star (5) 93 Wedding words (1,2) 95 Flat-topped mountain (7) 99 Beer or wine, eg (7) 100 Cat’s noise (4)

101 Juice refuse (4) 102 Celebrity status (7) 103 Visionary (7) 105 Rapid music tempo (7) 107 Having a wandering lifestyle (7) 108 Denver’s state (8) 109 Covered in tempura, eg (8) 111 Car accident (5) 116 – Geyer, Australian singer (5)

117 Pencil rubber (6) 118 Cattle trough (6) 120 Lack of clarity in meaning (9) 123 Capital letter (5,4) 126 Military rank (7) 129 Picture taken at near range (5-2) 130 Stomped (7) 131 Egg-shaped musical instrument (7) 132 Grow dense (7) 134 – Gabor, actress (3) 135 Before (3)

136 Bruce Jenner’s new name (7) 137 Number (7) 140 Figure of speech (5) 141 Customer from the nearby region (5)

142 Tom –, fairy tale character (5) 143 Subdue (5) 145 Alarm signal (5) 147 Supplement

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150 – Gibson, Mad Max star (3)