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ACROSS 1. Checkers game 6. Malicious damage 12. Flusters 17. Roof overhangs 18. Weight units 19. OK, fair to … 20. Discover 21. Teapot filter 22. Desk 24. River-mouth land 26. Sister’s girl 29. Depresses 33. Nailfile, … board 36. Overdue debts 39. Giveaway item 41. Animal hides 42. Extracts (information) 43. Classifies 44. Of warships 46. Expending, … up 48. Promos 50. Reproductive cell 52. Tarries 54. Rude comments 56. Expected arrival (1,1,1) 58. Raw metals 60. Sales agents 61. On behalf of 62. Fluctuating 66. Straddling 67. Muffin fruit 70. Definite 71. Whipped dessert 72. Insert more bullets 73. Cane spirit 75. Runway surface 76. Snail or oyster 77. Versus 78. Immersed 80. That female 81. Part of eye 82. Town bosses 85. Sabotaging sprite 88. All and sundry 90. Entwines 93. Put back in old job 95. Unopened bloom 96. Sovereign 97. Third-largest birds 99. Non-verbal yes 100. Cheekier 102. West Indies’ Puerto … 104. Milky gem 105. Sewing tools 108. Larceny 110. Jeans material 112. Improve (soil) 114. Embedded (in) 117. Misty 118. Match readiness 119. Wither 120. Remains 122. Mythical flying reptiles 126. Sloped 129. Abundant 132. Suez country 135. Startle 136. Irrational 137. Garment industry (3,5) 138. Steam bath 139. Cantaloupe 140. Recently married (5,3) 141. Oppress 142. Office fasteners
DOWN 1. Fiend 2. Confuse 3. Links sportsmen 4. Camping anchor (4,3) 5. Epic tale 6. Calf meat 7. Beasts of burden 8. Terror 9. Flexible 10. Slips sideways 11. Belonging to me 12. Sentry’s position 13. Properties 14. Partial exchange (5-2) 15. Wash out 16. Sullen 23. Uncovered 25. Baron’s title 27. Riled 28. Gallops slowly 30. Takes for granted 31. Tennis trophy, … Cup 32. Worried 34. Size up 35. Sunday joint 37. Mountain 38. Barrage 39. Long teeth 40. Snake-like fish 45. Braised 47. Disturbance 48. Confidence 49. Rouse 51. Radioactive element 53. Gorilla 54. Lender’s receipts (1,1,2) 55. Very tall buildings 57. Tiny insect 59. Stiffening (fabric) 60. Complicated procedure 61. Common virus 63. Outshine 64. Oscar, … Award 65. Art showroom 67. Nightclub security guard 68. Signal fires 69. Bucharest is there 74. Bands together (5,2) 79. Sponged 81. Charred fragment 83. The Y of BYO 84. Puzzling 86. Blokes 87. Leo symbol 89. Amend 90. Facial twitch 91. An alternative 92. Anger or love 94. Juvenile frog 96. New Zealanders 98. Ship’s canvases 101. Prevent (disaster) 103. Person, human … 106. Goad (3,2) 107. …, two, buckle my shoe 109. Voice publicly 111. Tightfisted 112. As a group (2,5) 113. Invitation reply (1,1,1,1) 115. Nautical greeting 116. Far-flung 117. Type of pen (4-3) 120. Revolving tray, lazy … 121. Direction sign 122. Hold off 123. Smell 124. French … soup 125. Coal veins 127. Conscious (of) 128. Tough walks 130. Honey wine 131. Fluff 133. Joy 134. Specialists
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: