THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Keep nothing hidden, … about your intentions (4,5) 6. US actor and comedian, Steve … 11. Cummerbund 13. Twilight actress, Kristen … 15. Mooring devices 17. Newly enlisted soldier 18. Higher than 20. Calms after disturbance, … down 22. Not synthetic, … products 25. Forest clearings 27. Mercenary soldier (5,3) 28. Puts off, delays 29. Deeply marked 31. Lost vital fluid 32. Deep adoration 34. Pigments 35. Devour 37. Available to buy, on … 38. Company emblem 40. Urge on, force forward 43. Zodiac ram 45. Made a mistake 47. Spicy Mexican sauce 48. Know-all, smart … 50. Cry, shed a … 52. Supplement (3-2) 53. Horde, … of bees 54. Large carrion bird 55. Explosion 58. Hits lightly 60. List component 62. Boxing great, Muhammad … 64. Acquires, … a new skill 67. Consignment 69. 100cm, one … 70. Goal-kicker in soccer 71. Sibling’s daughter 74. Dislodge from the saddle 75. Scrutinised (4,2) 76. Small packet, … of sugar 77. Chronic respiratory disorder 78. Runs like a river 81. Assistant 82. Meryl Streep movie, …Becomesher 83. Romantic flowers, red … 86. Waist-cinching undergarment, girdle 89. Number in a duo 91. Breathe in with shock 93. Crops destroyer 95. Fairytale, …Littlepigs 98. Dignified and graceful 99. Communicate via the internet 101. Joined links of metal 103. Palm-tree fruit 104. Prayer’s conclusion 105. Last Greek letter 107. Top of the head 109. Reside, … at 112. Recorded on cassette, … the concert 114. Jot down 115. Military dining room 117. Wonderment 118. Posted, … a letter 120. Camp shelter 121. Word of woe 122. Whiz round 124. Pleasant surprises 127. Surviving from a previous time, a … from an earlier era 128. Follow, … a career 130. Pink Floyd classic, …Brickinthewall 133. Avers, … to 136. Tough and durable 137. Cream-coloured root vegetable 138. Attack physically 139. Rapture 140. Garden outbuilding 141. Easybeats hit, …Onmymind 142. Beseeched
DOWN
1. Staying the same 2. Chocolate-coffee drink 3. Small cupboard 4. Sunrise direction 5. Metal spike 6. Swamps 7. Wooden wind instrument 8. Flood or overwhelm 9. Body’s blood carrier 10. Segment 11. Look intently, … at 12. Shoulder wrap 13. Plays a guitar casually 14. Nickname for keen journalists 16. Save from danger 19. Mystified 21. Knotted 23. Wheel shaft 24. Cow’s milk sac 26. Considers, regards as 30. Full of energy 31. Book’s advertising copy 33. Ancient Roman house 36. Broadcasting period 39. More peculiar 41. Route between mountains, eg 42. Woolly South American animal 43. Good business sense 44. Attack from the air 45. Evita, … Peron 46. Assess the value of 49. Bette Davis classic movie, Allabout… 51. Snake-like fish, Moray … 56. Locks 57. Private detectives 58. Spanish painter, Pablo … 59. Flashlights 61. Idea 63. Hinders, … her judgement 65. Vindicate, … of guilt 66. Most tidy 67. Distance from one side to the other 68. Adolescence, … years 72. Unwell 73. Dairy animal 78. Duped, deceived 79. Became too big for 80. Indicate, … your intention 84. Aperture 85. Put into operation, … legislation 86. Fruit-hitting fairground stall (7,3) 87. Cook in the oven, … meat 88. Active volcano in eastern Sicily 90. Negative person, … blanket 92. Bank’s cash dispenser (1,1,1) 93. Sound of a stone falling into water, eg 94. Person from Stockholm, eg 96. Shred, … up 97. Rims, borders 100. Abused 102. Reykjavik is its capital 106. Usage-measuring device, gas … 108. Minimum, the … possible 110. Nomad 111. Caused to ferment and rise, … the dough 113. Modifies 115. Horse’s neck hair 116. Loose-fitting sweater, … joe 118. Bitty and thrown together 119. Write using a keyboard, … the assignment 123. Vigorous struggle 125. Our planet 126. Played, … with 129. Dangerous exploit 131. Garden watering tube 132. Lion’s bellow 134. Fork prong, eg 135. Sodium chloride