THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Zaniest 6. Was composed of 12. Plunderer 17. Hawk’s claw 18. Wildly excited 19. Motor repairer 20. Cast doubt upon 21. Infuriated 22. ... and Juliet 24. Brought under control 26. Nephew and ... 29. Bare-skin advocates 33. Fragrant timber 36. By this time 39. Surrenders 41. Opium source 42. Anticipates with horror 43. Expenditure 44. Leftover bit 46. Knowledge tests 48. Mortified 50. Ancient Andes Indian 52. Stare lasciviously at 54. Resumes business 56. Delivery vehicle 58. Single 60. Rampage, run ... 61. Distillery tank 62. Musical, The ... The Opera (7,2) 66. Took for granted 67. Became quiet (5,4) 70. Airstrips 71. Debacle 72. Shoelace hole 73. No ... or buts 75. School fete sweet 76. Pizza herb 77. Frozen floating mass 78. Suit-maker 80. Convent sister 81. Quick look 82. Save 85. Financial guardian 88. Ballet style 90. Swallows up 93. Old maids 95. Babble 96. French cheese 97. Belonging to you 99. Perform on stage 100. Downhill path 102. Unsightly fat 104. Bridge length 105. Loosely 108. Brag 110. Lukewarm 112. Vet’s patient 114. Facilitate 117. Title documents 118. Distant planet 119. Fellow-feeling 120. Does’ mates 122. Worship 126. Pale-faced 129. Stoneworker 132. Yacht poles 135. Exceed 136. Fixes (mistake) 137. Green-fleshed melon 138. Lop off 139. Annoyed 140. Moral hesitations 141. Barb-tailed fish 142. Gents’ apparel
DOWN
1. Adult girl 2. Dishwasher setting 3. Crossly 4. Agitated, ... up 5. Mexican food shell 6. Etiquette, ... of conduct 7. Pungent vegetable 8. Strode impatiently 9. Concepts 10. Lets out (shriek) 11. Statistics 12. Charade 13. Police college 14. Drug abusers 15. Feasted 16. More insolent 23. Created 25. Handle roughly 27. Presses (clothes) 28. Navy rank 30. Unfastens 31. Spouse’s parent (2-3) 32. Pair 34. Fled 35. Encore! 37. Crescent 38. Involved stories 39. Follow stealthily 40. Awful 45. Deeply religious 47. Discover 48. Placed for on-the-job training 49. Drat! 51. Beachside 53. Deity 54. Sharp knocks 55. Pointlessly 57. Immediately 59. Spy game 60. Entertainingly 61. By way of 63. Continent, South ... 64. Minor quakes 65. Momentous (day) 67. Wretched 68. Scribbles 69. Breach of law 74. Raises temperature of (5,2) 79. Occupies the throne 81. Mildly 83. Shoo! 84. Truck compartment 86. Health resort 87. Twitches 89. Drinking through straw 90. Chapter in history 91. Chewed daintily 92. Rears another’s child 94. Travel dockets 96. Reproach 98. Speed trap 101. Wield (influence) 103. Silent Night is one 106. Hand in (tax return) 107. Wildebeest 109. Swiss peak 111. Computer’s main screen 112. Vaporise 113. Pubs 115. Coves 116. Soapie session 117. Bedroom’s chest of ... 120. Coin openings 121. Adjust 122. Still 123. Repeatedly 124. Deduce 125. Abrasive paper 127. Plant fence 128. Fresher 130. Gorillas or orangutans 131. Raw metals 133. In existing condition (2,2) 134. Those people