THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. President ... Lincoln 6. Storage box 10. Homeless animal 14. Five singers 18. River craft 19. Proprietor 20. Rescreen 21. Opium plants 22. Aircraft 23. All-night watch 24. Fattiest 25. Metal alloy 26. Nod off 27. Crack 28. Four-door car 30. Feats 32. Rue 35. Intervenes (5,2) 39. Descend cliff by rope 42. Difficult question 46. At any rate 48. Wreck 49. Metropolitan 50. Safe 51. Low-pitched voice 53. Light-rail vehicle 55. Sink grime 57. Cavort 58. Frypan cover 60. Furrowing machine 61. Baby’s aprons 63. Fill with wonder 64. Clear 65. Ooze 66. Further down 70. Be present at 73. High cards 74. Fully grown 75. Apple drink 76. Daily journal 77. Scram! 78. Mink pelt 79. Stops 80. Column (of smoke) 81. Brahma follower 83. Extended narrative poems 85. Flow measuring device 86. Stylish 88. Woven container 91. Relative sizes 93. Natural talent 95. Brandish 97. Write with keyboard 98. Level (with) (2,1,3) 99. So far 100. Acapulco is there 101. Waist ribbon 103. Teenage heart-throb 107. Assignment 109. Critically examined 110. Flag, ... Jack 111. Racial 112. Uses fishing rod 114. Swiss cereal 116. Imprison during war 118. Group of three novels 121. Financial holdings 123. Wound crusts 127. Just getting by, ... out a living 129. Aladdin’s magical helper 131. Positioned 133. More competent 136. Paint-removing tool 137. Ancient artefact 138. Walkway between pews 139. Travel to work 140. Room within roof 141. Solo 142. Looks for 143. Legal advisers 144. Disgrace 145. Bra part 146. Beachfront
DOWN
2. Bankrupt 3. Shows up 4. Tennis hotshots 5. Become skilled at 6. Manage 7. Howdy 8. Male heirs 9. Dozen 10. At sixes & ... 11. Stumble 12. Crop up 13. Dog’s shrill howl 14. Rope throwing-hoops 15. Single entity 16. Gullibly 17. Alleviated 28. Indian guitars 29. Requirements 30. Cafe 31. Effluent pipes 33. Clutched 34. Proceed (from) 36. Roughneck 37. Not private 38. Charged particles 40. For that reason 41. Grounded (appliance) 43. Snapshots book 44. Roosted 45. Put in quarantine 47. Muggy 52. Combined 54. Insulting behaviour 56. Small vein 58. Lewdly 59. Cast doubt upon 62. Pals up with 67. Do well (at) 68. Tracks 69. Soft-boiled (egg) 70. Improvise (2-3) 71. Long curl 72. Elbow gently 82. Atolls 84. Provided (for) 86. Trendiest 87. Electric socket converter 89. Camelot warriors 90. Deceive (lover) (3-4) 92. Mimicking 94. TV reception pole 96. Large ponds 97. Special luxuries 102. Disliking 104. Kilns 105. Cat’s contented rumble 106. Close-fitting 108. Excruciating (pain) 113. Literary collection 115. Alaskan natives 117. Strains (oneself) 119. Frozen drip 120. Atlantic & Pacific 122. Flecks 124. Chocolate powder 125. Bloodsucker 126. Lightweight timber 128. Jotted down 129. Belongings 130. Coloured eye membrane 131. Thailand’s former name 132. Meal regimen 134. Timer signal 135. Valentine flower