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THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1. Flower shops 6. Medicated creams 12. Poised 17. Attacks 18. Bloodier (steak) 19. Sheets, etc (3,5) 20. Space to move (5,4) 21. Wrestles (with problem) 22. Good judgment, common ... 24. Poke fun at 26. Register 29. Couches 33. Ran 36. National (government) 39. Beautified 41. Homeless kids 42. North African desert 43. As against 44. Jitterbug or jive 46. Florida resort city 48. Climbs up 50. TV melodrama, ... opera 52. Carry out orders 54. Fiasco 56. Fell trees for timber 58. Worm-spun fibre 60. Sought damages from 61. Mink pelt 62. ... Riding Hood (6,3) 66. Catch on 67. Gateau platter (4,5) 70. Regards highly 71. Mouse 72. Fancy necktie 73. Shade 75. Less difficult 76. Play the part of 77. Spoken defamation 78. Bulk-liquid freighter 80. Geometric design style, ... Deco 81. Satisfy 82. Buy back 85. Gospel story 88. Supervisors 90. Probing (interview) (2-5) 93. Set of steps 95. Meadow 96. German woman 97. Scram! 99. Frittata ingredient 100. Mauled ferociously 102. Slimming plan 104. Clothes presser 105. Type of onion 108. Callous opportunists 110. Sanctuary 112. Bend 114. Twitter posts 117. Beginning 118. Refashions 119. Child-minding (centre) 120. Sumptuous repast 122. Blocked (up) 126. Conflict 129. Coalface worker 132. Bonus 135. Mull over 136. Silvery metallic element 137. Positive thinking 138. Nasal bone cavity 139. Kayak 140. Enchants 141. Footwear cartons 142. Guardians DOWN 1. Tale 2. More ancient 3. Frozen drops 4. Ringlets 5. Mentally sound 6. Poems 7. Tiny landmasses 8. Freshwater fish 9. Creepy 10. Jogs 11. Equivalent 12. Pleads with 13. Unpaid sum 14. Hoped (to) 15. Baby’s tummy trouble 16. Treated with prescription drug 23. Biblical ark builder 25. Tallies 27. Approaches 28. Out-of-the-ordinary 30. Specimen 31. Roman robes 32. Jealous 34. Insistent 35. Do well (at) 37. Fabric scrap 38. Nigeria’s principal port 39. Short-circuited 40. Belonging to us 45. Laziest 47. Tranquil 48. Allotments 49. Classify 51. Flying display 53. Swarming insect 54. ... & duchess 55. Official approval 57. Wow!
59. Nepalese capital 60. Neatly dodges 61. Nine days’ wonder 63. Apprentice 64. Chiefs 65. University awards 67. Large vultures 68. Document-joining device 69. ... and the Forty
Thieves (3,4) 74. Moth repellent 79. Staggered 81. Predicament 83. Action 84. Chapter in history 86. Gobbled 87. Luggage items 89. Newspaper subscribers 90. Anger 91. Unspoilt 92. Scottish plant 94. Senior army rank 96. Helsinki natives 98. Leaked slowly 101. Astir 103. Person, human ... 106. Kilns 107. Chinese stir-fry pan 109. Swine enclosure 111. Earning after tax 112. Most placid 113. Horse strap 115. Compass point 116. Paint-removing tool 117. Hothouse blooms 120. Confronted 121. Cancel (marriage) 122. Pile-up 123. Weight unit 124. Enthusiasm 125. Tennis score 127. Similar 128. Camel’s lumps 130. Pigmented eye membrane 131. Tall birds 133. The festive season 134. Origin