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ACROSS

1 Bargain, haggle (9) 6 Watched in advance (9) 11 Tiny herring-like fish (7) 15 Intense light beam (5) 16 Australian parrot (7) 17 Produce an egg, like a 144 Down (3) 18 Feeling of unease (5) 19 Apple seed (3) 20 Female pronoun (3) 21 Scorch, char (4) 22 Planetary satellites (5) 23 Freedom fighter (8) 24 Hip-hop genre (3) 27 Tough to eat (5)

29 Hymn (5)

30 At right angles to the keel of a ship (5)

34 --- O'Neill, Australian swimmer (5) 36 Cloudy tempest

brewing in box A (5) 37 Moan (5)

38 --- Dietrich, actress (7) 39 Not as common (5) 40 Overnight hiker's sleeping site (10)

45 Lip hair (9)

49 Wile E. ---, Loony Tunes character (6)

52 Draw closer (8)

54 Adroit, nimble (9)

56 Take place (5)

57 Wading bird (4) 60 Fashion label (5)

62 Field for pasture (7) 64 Do without (5)

66 Burial chamber (4) 68 Male sheep (3) 70 Fragrant tree bark (9) 72 Sir Andrew ---, composer (5,6)

75 Tibia (8)

76 Broom or toothbrush's stiff fibres (8)

81 Pretoria's country (5,6) 85 Future generations (9) 88 --- Chi, Chinese exercises (3)

89 Story, tall tale (4) 90 Play guitar (5) 91 Fried Japanese dish (7) 93 Big Ears' mate (5) 95 Roald ---, author (4) 99 Calcutta's home (5) 100 Employees (9) 103 Sweet-smelling (8) 105 Vessel in box B used

for tinctures (6) 107 Rat-like marsupial (9) 111 Meeting areas (10) 114 Arm joint (5)

116 Walk leisurely (7) 117 Myanmar, formerly (5)

120 The Thinker's creator (5) 121 Enchantment (5) 122 99 Across prince (5) 123 Jackets, cloaks (5)

125 --- Arabia, Middle Eastern state (5)

130 Can metal (3)

132 Reduce staff (8)

135 Ease (3-2)

136 Barley and hops

beverage in box C (4) 137 Floor covering (3)

140 Cheerio, ta-ta (3)

141 Believer in Krishna (5)

142 Small amount (3)

143 Day of rest (7)

145 Graphic picture (5)

146 Patella (7)

147 Ideal, model (9)

148 Frightening dream (9)

DOWN

1 Junior beach surf lifesaver (colloq) (6) 2 Drink deeply (4)

3 Paper hanky (6)

4 Kitchen garment (5) 5 Listening organ (3) 6 Church leader (6)

7 Signs up for (7)

8 'Terrible' Russian tsar (4) 9 Tusked seal-like animal (6) 10 Laundry appliance (5) 11 Be of use (5)

12 French brandy (6) 13 Pledge, promise (4) 14 Annually (6) 25 Hey ---, tada! (6) 26 TV mistakes (8)

28 Not as hard as (6) 30 Wide-eyed with excitement (4)

31 Large wine bottle (6) 32 Tasty (colloq) (5) 33 Single-celled organism (6)

34 Sound system (6) 35 Starter meal (6)

36 Petrol station

(colloq) (5)

40 Issues, radiates (8) 41 Atmosphere (3) 42 Charles Schulz strip (7) 43 Moral code (5)

44 --- Danson, actor (3) 45 Nth degree (3)

46 Turn over (2-3) 47 Available money (4) 48 Environment study (7) 50 --- Gagarin, first man in space (4)

51 Cab (4)

53 Fronded plants (5) 55 Western Texas city (2,4) 58 Water ---, water fight projectile (4)

59 Kilt, eg (5)

61 Citizen of Tel Aviv (7) 63 Brick-baking oven (4) 65 Crude mineral (3) 67 Coffee-making expert

in box D (7)

69 Skill (7)

71 Detached, distant (5)

73 Roy ---, Only the Lonely singer (7)

74 Go by car (5) 77 Inquired (5)

78 Piece, segment (4) 79 Learner driver's placard (1-5)

80 Loots, pillages (8) 82 Salt Lake City's state (4) 83 That man's (3) 84 Dessert vegetable (7) 86 Tall conifer, sequoia (7) 87 Large boat (5) 92 Snapshot (5) 94 Scarlett ---, Vivien Leigh role (1'4) 96 Poker stake (4) 97 Speech problem (4) 98 Onto (4) 101 Louse egg (3) 102 Science workroom (abbrev) (3) 104 Fuss, bother (3) 105 Fads, crazes (6) 106 George ---, author

of 1984 (6) 108 Abandon, strand (6)

109 Witch's pot in box E used for concocting potions (8) 110 Regularly (5)

112 Eraser (6)

113 Thinking organ (5) 115 Dresser (6)

118 Roger ---, cartoon hero (6)

119 Curved entrance (4) 124 High chest of drawers (7)

125 Diminish (6)

126 Wryly funny (6)

127 Bitter (6)

128 Colourless gas (6) 129 Meal (6)

131 Sewing tool (6)

133 Top card of a suit (5) 134 More (5)

136 Existing (5)

138 Clarified butter (4) 139 Small island (4) 140 Alpha's follower (4) 144 Chook (3)