This week’s Big Crossword

ACROSS 1. Sovereign ruler 6. Crowbar 10. Tulips and daffodils 14. Storm 18. Coat collar part 19. Cut-flower holders 20. Delight (in) 21. Computer screen 22. Stated further 23. Aged photo hue 24. Accompanies 25. Hum tunelessly 26. Unyielding 27. Dessert, … brulee 28. Hard-wearing trousers 30. Joy ride 32. Comes to rest (4,2) 35. Faded celebrity (3-4) 39. Confer holy orders on 42. Portable staircase 46. Launders 48. Carbonate 49. Vestige 50. Vertical measurement 51. Riles 53. Tiny island 55. US space organisation 57. Sailor 58. Meat and three … 60. Plan 61. Colony insects 63. Ride bike 64. Kept us going, … us over 65. Clergyman 66. Smelled strongly 70. From Sydney or Darwin 73. Stagger 74. Vigilant 75. Entice 76. Super 77. Intended victim 78. Fossil fuel 79. 12-month period 80. Stroke (guitar) 81. Pursuing 83. Painting support 85. Stem 86. Trembles 88. Roman XI 91. Malicious fire-setting 93. Affirmative replies 95. Decorate 97. Run away 98. Is in store for 99. Solar object 100. Fight against 101. Worn-out horses 103. As soon as possible (1,1,1,1) 107. Chore 109. … and down dale (2,4) 110. Royal headwear 111. Glaze 112. Messy (bed) 114. Puzzling rhyme 116. Fiddle 118. Resenting 121. Tricky question 123. Robbery 127. Bellybutton 129. Mount Fuji’s nation 131. Untamed 133. Deduce 136. Champagne fizz 137. Recluse 138. Fairly 139. Unprocessed 140. Asparagus shoot 141. Ancient remnant 142. Corrosive fluids 143. Promos 144. Witness box 145. Lurk 146. Clothes DOWN 2. Atmospheric layer 3. Straightened 4. Clay lump 5. Actor, Neil Patrick … 6. Gravitate (towards) 7. Tribal senior 8. Always 9. Half-diameter 10. Adjacent to 11. Second-hand 12. Building block 13. Scorch 14. Swarmed 15. Otherwise 16. Sacrilegious 17. Peaceful demo occupation (3-2) 28. Wikileaks’ … Assange 29. Creep stealthily 30. Forsakes at altar 31. Samples 33. Sideboard 34. Unconscious 36. University faculty 37. Prejudiced 38. Needle holes 40. Invaders 41. Attain 43. Donald Duck’s girlfriend 44. Rebrand 45. Routine examination (5-2) 47. Rink 52. Bookmakers’ haunts 54. Jagged wounds 56. “Not guilty” verdict 58. Triumphs 59. Courteous guys 62. Testing out 67. Third planet 68. Inuit boat 69. Car bump marks 70. Cause laughter 71. Fashion flair 72. Angry 82. Rich (soil) 84. Jabbed 86. Broke sharply 87. Greed 89. Shudder 90. Chatters idly 92. Domain 94. Excessively sweet 96. Sloped (ceiling) 97. Show off 102. High-pitched cry 104. Business books review 105. Shock 106. Drat! 108. UFO pilot 113. Genial 115. Fictional vampire, Count … 117. Holds 119. Steered off course 120. Baghdad natives 122. Conference timetable 124. Hunting dog 125. Exhale noisily through nose 126. Crucial 128. Rub out 129. Witticism 130. Woe is me! 131. Rainforest plant 132. Chance 134. Canoodle 135. Abrade

When you’ve solved the crossword, the letters on the shaded squares, reading left to right, top to bottom, spell a mystery word or phrase. The mystery word or phrase: