THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Speeches 6. Radio audience 12. Addictive substance 17. Stomach sore 18. Artist’s tripod 19. Beach 20. Supplying funds for 21. Squid 22. Whacks (fly) 24. Sets of playing cards 26. Lion handler 29. Wardrobe utensils, coat ... 33. Marsh plants 36. Indications 39. Smudged 41. Foremost 42. Aegean nation 43. Sombre 44. Couch 46. Nectarine relative 48. Twisting 50. Liquefy 52. Sicilian volcano 54. Cats 56. Swiss mountain 58. Movie part 60. Alcohol 61. Constrictor snake 62. Moisturiser (4,5) 66. Parallel bars athlete 67. Chivalry 70. Leasing 71. Aggravate 72. Eluded 73. Niggle 75. Live wire 76. Measure of (food) energy 77. Playground apparatuses 78. Sharp-tasting 80. Negative adverb 81. Seize (aircraft) 82. Taxi driver 85. Liberty 88. Liked better than 90. Magnify 93. Declaration 95. Help 96. Swing to & fro 97. Hessian bag 99. Count up 100. Impart knowledge 102. Adversaries 104. Hotpot 105. Recovered from drinking bout, ... up 108. Garbage 110. Pale violet 112. Actress, ... Goldberg 114. Least busy 117. From Houston or Dallas 118. Foams 119. Fashion accessories 120. Brooch fastener 122. Organise 126. Stockpile secretly 129. Little 132. Tubers 135. Stagnate 136. Manoeuvring space (5,4) 137. Outlook 138. Lariat 139. Tennis 40-40 140. Walked 141. World leaders 142. Jack Russell & Australian Silky
DOWN
1. Start (of illness) 2. Warning bell 3. Gain through will 4. Hospital career 5. Killed 6. Right & ... hands 7. From Galway 8. Choo-choo 9. Alcove 10. Splits apart 11. Wise man 12. T-shirt opening 13. Dog, ... malamute 14. Conducted (meeting) 15. Copy outline of 16. Cradles 23. Wheel shaft 25. Return, ... back 27. Farewell 28. Concentrated flavour 30. Adroitly 31. Superb 32. Bacon slices 34. Version 35. Duck’s mate 37. Noah’s vessel 38. Lop off 39. Broken-arm support 40. CD brand (1,1,1) 45. Captured 47. Cured 48. Fruit confection on a stick (6-5) 49. Scottish valley 51. Lumberjacks 53. Kid 54. Pleat 55. Abruptly shot upwards 57. Friendly tap 59. Famously 60. Racketeers 61. Sinful 63. Deadly poison 64. Narrow fissure 65. Lost 67. Automobile repair shops 68. Whenever 69. Sweet bun 74. Faultless 79. Gem weight units 81. Frankfurter snack (3,3) 83. Soft cheese 84. Bunk 86. Probable arrival hour (1,1,1) 87. Mums & ... 89. Beauty treatments 90. Female sheep 91. More spiteful 92. Slashing 94. Most timid 96. Individual performances 98. Yachts’ bottoms 101. Bore (hole) 103. Mediterranean island republic 106. End-of-year finals 107. That woman 109. Uncle Sam (1,1,1) 111. Country’s principal city 112. Spotless, clean as a ... 113. Black & white ocean predator 115. Resound 116. Bequest administrator 117. Touchier 120. Protected bays 121. Wrath 122. Apportion 123. Perch 124. Social misfits 125. Grind down 127. Entertain 128. Cads 130. Honey liquor 131. Minus 133. Premonition 134. Diplomacy