This week’s Big Crossword

ACROSS 1. Disaster 6. Disgusted 12. Forcible persuasion 17. Desert spring 18. Current (licence) 19. Strategic 20. Children’s classic, ... the Willows (3,4,2) 21. Progressed 22. Perceive 24. Duped (3,2) 26. Reduce by 50 per cent 29. Prepares (horse) for riding 33. Belated 36. Unprepared 39. Records file 41. Iridescent gems 42. Become extinct (3,3) 43. Boxes 44. Dance club 46. Public persona 48. Treated badly (3-4) 50. Globes 52. For ... and every 54. Feeblest 56. Truck compartment 58. MP’S electorate 60. Brink 61. Drenched 62. Conifer seed casings (4,5) 66. Interpret (data) 67. Rubbing 70. Unheard-of 71. Graded 72. Increase 73. Career golfer 75. Kitten’s dad 76. Run faster than 77. Sports participants 78. Whisky or gin 80. Cereal grass 81. Two-piece swimsuit 82. More orderly 85. Eight-sided figure 88. Constrains legally 90. Semi-solidify 93. Meanest 95. ... voyage! 96. Thermal underpants, ... johns 97. Destroy 99. Wife’s title 100. Interim measure 102. Entrails 104. Class-conscious person 105. Locked (door) 108. Cardiac organ 110. Disfiguring marks 112. Garden pavilion 114. Wealthier 117. Instructor 118. Not binding 119. Floated in the air 120. Washing machine setting 122. Monday or Wednesday 126. Nonconformist 129. Coat with pan juices 132. Abates 135. Breathing tubes 136. Commendably 137. Conscientious 138. Scraping (out a living) 139. Hickory nut 140. Woolshed workers 141. Pointless 142. Rogue tiger (3-5)

DOWN 1. Capture 2. In the neighbourhood 3. Damsels 4. Grilled (bread) 5. US university 6. Immature lice 7. Cremation remains 8. Cut (wood) 9. Cancel 10. Wicked aspects 11. Denmark native 12. Italian greeting 13. Peculiarity 14. Responded 15. Lay oneself open to 16. Big-ears’ friend 23. Bare 25. Pairs 27. Deeply shock 28. Scavenging bird 30. Craftsman 31. Sleeping vision 32. Goes beyond 34. Emanating 35. Wharves 37. Charitable funding 38. Belonging to you 39. Tennis 40/40 40. Filthy place 45. Endorse (motion) 47. Commencement 48. Feelings 49. Damp-smelling 51. Large ball-filled cushion 53. Grow old 54. Nuisance 55. Miserly 57. Actor, ... Affleck 59. Meddling (with) 60. Revealing experience (3-6) 61. 63. Armed Matrimonial hostilities 64. Wily 65. Calms 67. Tiny time periods 68. Doting on 69. Slant 74. Wool grease 79. Drink sachet 81. Miniature tree cultivation 83. At summit of 84. Roman X 86. Bank cash dispenser (1,1,1) 87. Lass 89. Put at risk 90. Cradle 91. Blowing from ocean 92. Vienna is there 94. Incorporate 96. Decoyed 98. Nick 101. Tawdry 103. Inuit boat 106. Conjure up (memories) 107. Mate 109. Race (motor) 111. Gym shoe 112. Casino regular 113. Fastens (trousers) 115. Appetiser, ... d’oeuvre 116. Greek resin wine 117. White ant 120. Throws (net) 121. Genetic copy 122. Thick slice 123. Ways out 124. Unhurried Texan twang 125.127. PainedBaa barks 128. Even further delayed 130. Poses (question) 131. Turns (hide) into leather 133. Positive votes 134. Dutch cheese

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: