THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Rude comments 6. Slump 10. Averts, ... off 14. Catching in the act 18. In what place? 19. Coats (surfboard) 20. Lubricated 21. Computer screen 22. Stomach inflammation 23. Cut down on 24. Revising (text) 25. Prolonged assault 26. Rubs with emery 27. Socially inept teens 28. Commence 30. Boxing match 32. Without risk 35. Smudged 39. Run by sole operator (3-3) 42. Skin disease 46. Beseeching 48. Choux treat, chocolate ... 49. Fly around (globe) 50. Formally argue 51. Most superior 53. Right away (1,1,1,1) 55. Drat! 57. Principles to aim for 58. Gossamer snare 60. Ugly elf 61. U-boats 63. Airwaves medium 64. Foot lever 65. Oral sense 66. Gossip 70. Emerges 73. Backless couch 74. Smell 75. Pressing appliances 76. Throbbed painfully 77. China & Vietnam are there 78. Disc jockeys (1,2) 79. Toy bricks 80. Sawn-off tree trunk 81. Beauty establishment 83. Chapter heading 85. Cold symptom, ... congestion 86. Rank 88. Plane gangways 91. Waterway 93. Consumers 95. Blade 97. Cried 98. Inclined letter style 99. Mobile phone message (1,1,1) 100. Enthusiastically 101. Expel 103. Invitation reply (1,1,1,1) 107. Musical group 109. Request 110. Australian gems 111. Knight’s protection 112. Entwine 114. Goat mammary glands 116. Horsemen 118. Feeblest 121. Liberally 123. Wished 127. Competition application 129. Office fill-ins 131. Thin biscuit 133. Spook 136. Baddie 137. Lavender colour 138. Hunter’s cabin 139. Flinging 140. Torrent 141. Deceived 142. Glowing coal 143. Enlarge 144. Affirmative responses 145. Looks after 146. Rewritten on keyboard
DOWN
2. Lasso loop 3. Put to work 4. Pairs 5. Sacred tomb 6. Narcotic 7. Rent out again 8. Has to repay 9. Street march 10. Metal-fusing tradesman 11. Unchanged (2,2) 12. Accomplishing 13. Location 14. Sewing tool 15. Attaches 16. Fluttering (one’s eyelashes) 17. Eighth, ..., tenth 28. Concocted 29. Nominates 30. Bus fees 31. Striped jungle animals 33. Political clique 34. Boniest 36. Cattle sounds 37. Sauntered 38. Dines 40. Takes small bites 41. Genetic aberrations 43. African equine 44. Exercised (troops) 45. Postpone (court case) 47. Data supplied 52. Terms of affection 54. Affiliation 56. Ceasefire 58. Eeriness 59. Staircase railings 62. Drinks 67. Financial holding 68. Browned bread 69. Coils 70. Major blood vessel 71. Tiny landmasses 72. US bird emblem 82. Aloud 84. Authorise 86. Lost foothold 87. Unpaid athlete 89. Rangier 90. Azure (3,4) 92. Kitchen garment 94. Go aboard ship 96. Chewy confection 97. Miserable creature 102. Dependable 104. Permissible (excuse) 105. Skeleton part 106. Egyptian snakes 108. Befuddle 113. Mischievous imp 115. Ruling family 117. Smoothly 119. Bead calculator 120. Lace hole 122. Good Friday period 124. Spirit contact board 125. Apart (from) 126. Spurred (on) 128. Flush with water 129. Lovers’ row 130. Tactic 131. Splash (through) 132. Cycled 134. Cloth borders 135. Shredded