This week’s Big Crossword
ACROSS 1. Decorated with drawings 9. Romantic crush 15. Travel cheats, fare ... 16. Shatter 17. Council vehicle yard 19. Detective’s clues 21. Florida city 22. Church passage 23. Come forth 24. School saying 25. Guide (boat) 27. Be frightened of 29. Watermelon pip 31. Unhitch 33. Spiny succulents 35. Tag 38. Fierce light 40. Palm cereal 42. Aristocratic 43. Overweight 44. In a casual way 46. Ark builder 48. Grumbles 49. Jacket 50. Martial art 51. Aircraft tracking device 53. Stunned, ... aback 55. Beer-glass froth 56. Perfumed burning stick 58. January greeting, Happy ...! (3,4) 61. Dwindle 63. Jogged 65. Anti-riot vapour (4,3) 69. Excused (from tax) 71. Summer or winter 72. Halloween month 74. Feather scarf 75. Sudden outburst (5-2) 76. Uncontrolled blaze 77. Long-necked creature 78. Spotted feline 79. Niggle 80. Authorise 81. Sedative drug 84. Daffodil colour 87. Couches 91. And so on 93. Sixth sense (1,1,1) 94. Approve officially 97. Adjust (knobs) 100. Skilled 101. Grades 103. Grind (teeth) 105. French heroine, ... of Arc 106. Saudi native 107. Surface wound 108. Shredded 109. Was indebted to 110. Small marsh fly 111. Baghdad citizen 113. Etiquette, ... of conduct 115. Formerly Ceylon, Sri ... 117. Expanded (of dough) 120. Perch 122. Shorted out 124. Taverns 127. Ali ... and the 40 Thieves 129. Theatre attendant 131. Pancake topping, ... syrup 133. Bathroom off bedroom 134. Absolute (chaos) 136. Welsh canine 137. Distribute 138. Veneer 139. Circumference 140. Current 141. Regains ownership 142. Capitulated
DOWN 1. Demands 2. Depart 3. North African desert 4. Poles 5. Cheyenne dwelling 6. Put off (from) 7. USA’S neighbour 8. Carbonate 9. Tiny landmasses 10. Picture border 11. Candidates’ assessment 12. Knight’s protection 13. Ill-suited 14. Unworldliness 18. Imp-like 20. Sidestep 26. National finances 28. Fossil resin 30. Vertical 32. Not one or the other 34. Singe 35. Citrus tree 36. Slows down (of car) 37. Is defeated 39. Unknown author 41. Sharp (pain) 45. Andes animal 47. Fur 49. Dollar division 52. Triangle tip 54. AD, ... Domini 56. Major computer firm (1,1,1) 57. Historical period 58. Asian food items 59. Bereft of 60. Welcome (new ideas) 62. Betterment 64. Attacks 66. Expected 67. Higher (than) 68. Paramount 70. Beef cut (1-4) 71. Droopy 73. Dump, get ... of 75. Tuition cost 82. Quick kiss 83. Perform 85. Nautical shelter 86. Unlock 88. Jostle 89. Wide pedal 90. Deck mop 92. Standards of perfection 94. Dili is there, ... Timor 95. Things 96. Witness box 98. Punt 99. Ignore alarm clock (3,2) 101. Drizzle 102. Automobile body type 103. Pink-fleshed tropical
fruit 104. Jolly laugh (2,2) 109. Commissioned soldier 110. Sends (letters) 112. Furious 114. Grounded (appliance) 116. Grants entry to 118. Foot arch 119. People forced abroad 121. Pushed forward 123. Remnant 125. Twig homes 126. Leaks 127. Straps 128. Consumer 130. Renter 132. Mound 135. Honest