CHUNKY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Car shelter (6) 4 Opinion surveys (5) 8 Apertures (5)

11 Li le Red --- Hood, fairy tale (6)

13 Joint on which a door or gate moves (5) 14 Hairless (4)

16 Hollow cylinder (4)

18 --- Boots are Made for Walkin’, Nancy Sinatra song (5)

19 Ancient Roman garments (5) 20 Dexterously (6) 21 Depend on (4) 22 Paddles (4) 23 Wearying, exhausting (6) 27 Back country, in slang (6) 30 Jackie ---, martial arts actor (4) 32 Woodwind instrument (4) 34 Bird that lays its eggs in others’ nests (6) 37 Banquet (5) 39 Genuine (4) 40 Powdery particles (4) 41 In few words, brief (5) 42 Wanderer (5)

43 Sturts --- Desert, area of SA (5)

44 Bird’s home (4) 45 Thick slice of something (4)

46 Way in (5)

52 Quickly (music) (6) 55 Muslim holy city (5) 57 Wizardry (5)

58 Move unsteadily (6) 60 Untrue (5)

61 Speed contest (4) 64 Auction offerings (4) 65 Meeting place (5) 66 Bellybu on (5)

67 In this place (4) 68 Norwegian cheese (9) 70 Fight of honour (4) 73 Hint, warning (3-3) 75 Hurl, throw (5) 77 Assists (5) 79 Medical centre (6) 80 Follow as a consequence (5)

83 Competitor (5)

87 Foot levers (6) 88 Grimy (5)

89 Points tally (5) 90 Almost (6) 92 Unlocking implements (4) 95 Ninth month (9) 99 Receptacles (4) 101 Pursue (5) 102 Shoulder wrap (5) 103 Stratagem (4) 105 Blood vessel (4) 106 Exhaust, fumes (5) 107 Loyal (6)

108 Remove facial whiskers (5) 110 Private instructor (5) 112 Protective headgear (6) 113 Rub out (5)

116 Tardy (4)

118 Potato (slang) (4) 120 Sum up (5) 123 Proportion (5) 126 Anorak (5)

129 Subtle emanation (4) 130 Flat tableland (4) 131 Regulations (5) 132 Companion (6) 134 Cipher (4)

135 Jewels (4) 136 Continental sausage (6) 140 Light meals (6) 143 Clothing, a ire (4) 144 Pleads (4) 146 Ten-year period (6) 148 River flowing through Rome (5) 151 Cowboy’s rope (5) 153 Sweet milky tea (4) 154 Wheel sha (4) 155 Course (5) 156 Refrigerator (6) 157 Informs (5)

158 Wrist’s timepiece (5) 159 Sea between Australia and New Zealand (6)

DOWN

2 Account examination (5) 3 Void (5)

4 Sit for a portrait (4) 5 Stratum (5) 6 Hand-held piece of armour (6)

7 Bite persistently, nibble (4) 8 Donkey’s cry (6) 9 Elevators (5) 10 Crooned (4)

11 Perch (5)

12 Put off (5)

15 Ward off, prevent (5) 17 Andrew Paterson’s nickname (5) 24 Happen (5)

25 Sauce made from cooking juices (5) 26 Poison (5)

27 Agile (4)

28 Large string instrument (5) 29 Brackish (5) 31 Poisonous element, symbol As (7)

33 Big cushion for si ing on (7)

34 Sco ish river (5) 35 Military trainee (5) 36 Vow (4)

37 Fish appendages (4) 38 Greenish-blue colour (4) 47 Thinly dispersed (6) 48 Not subject to disease (6) 49 Crease (4)

50 Lively, busy (6) 51 Period of learning (6) 53 Bone frame (8)

54 --- branch, token of peace (5)

56 Later (5)

57 Length measure (5) 58 Past tense of will (5) 59 News report (8) 62 Come together again (6) 63 Swallow up (6) 69 Stitches (4)

71 Chef ’s work place (7) 72 Properly or correctly (7) 74 Point of concentration (5)

75 Lost colour (5)

76 --- Harvey, entrepreneur (5) 77 Feet parts (5)

78 Si (5)

79 Royal headgear (5) 81 Negligent (8) 82 Large sand island (6) 84 Flower holder (4) 85 Husky (6) 86 Festive procession (8) 91 Japanese martial art (6) 93 Frightening (5) 94 Disappear (6) 96 Throb (5)

97 French cap (5) 98 North African desert (6) 99 Flush, redden (5) 100 Highly decorated (6) 104 Casings for peas (4) 109 Permi ed (7) 111 Young frog (7)

114 With the mouth wide open (5)

115 Went wrong (5) 117 Sightseeing trip (4) 119 In addition to (4) 120 Train tracks (5) 121 Bactrian or dromedary (5) 122 Young cow (4) 124 Flashlight (5) 125 Lubricated (5) 127 Cook in an oven (5) 128 Cab (4)

133 Ca le station (5) 137 Athlete’s prize (5) 138 Prickly plants (6) 139 Critical commentary (6) 141 Shed tears (5)

142 Look at fixedly (5) 143 Grate (5)

145 Rain and snow (5) 146 Uncertainty (5) 147 Applauds (5) 149 Boxing contest (4) 150 Number of things in a quartet (4) 152 Broad ribbon (4)

Solutions from page 162