THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Footpath chalk squares game 6. Racehorse’s rider 11. Desire, wish 13. Placate 15. Cosmetic product for the lashes 17. Realising, grasping (slang) 18. The Practice and American Horror Story star, … Mcdermott 19. Insurance estimators 21. Tree juice, eg 23. Cause loss of hearing 25. Lacking knowledge 26. Feel incensed 28. Enquiring 30. Abscond 31. US gold store, … Knox 33. Operatic solo 34. Animal doctor 36. Talented, competent 37. Entry permit 39. Passes, gives 42. Bored and dispirited 44. Queues up 46. Expel, banish 47. Cone-bearing tree 49. Roe, fish … 51. Powerful clique 52. Game played on Anzac Day (3-2) 53. Rigidly 54. Appears to be 57. Wedding promises 59. Statutes 61. Unit of electrical current 63. View, facet 66. Absolute, total 68. Ceremonial acts 69. Invisible 70. Encounters 73. Ski run with obstacles 74. Crowd of people 75. Roman goddess of hunting 76. Buddhist chant, eg 77. Jots down 80. Fairytale pair, Hansel and … 81. Red wine style, … noir 82. Formal designation 85. Botch (4,2) 88. Hunt For The Wilderpeople star, … Neill 90. Prayer ending 92. Air vent, flue 94. Church council, … of bishops 97. Collided with (3,4) 98. Become narrow 100. Playground slippery dip 102. Was indebted to 103. Affectedly cute 104. Crop up, occur 106. Hospital sister 108. Cheeky, lively and bold 111. Monkey-like Madagascan animal 113. Temper, fury 114. Shellfish soup, … chowder 116. Animal lair 117. Garden plots 119. Electrically charged atoms 120. Menageries 121. Pink-fleshed fish 123. In residence (2,4) 126. Suspends court proceedings 127. Risky 129. Song, I Did It My … 131. Visualise 134. Frequency selector 135. Greed 136. Public speech 137. Sergeant’s stripe 138. Morse code elements, dot and … 139. Measurement of heaviness 140. List of each player’s strokes in golf, eg
DOWN
1. Moistens dry air 2. Spaghetti, eg 3. Yearns for 4. Blue-green shade 5. Very large 6. American Horror Story co-star of 18. Across, … Lange 7. Famous 18th-century Italian lover 8. Move overseas to work 9. Gorillas 10. Angel’s musical instrument 11. Bushy divider 12. Aviator 13. List of items to be discussed at meeting 14. Paid out too little 16. Assigned to a grade 20. Forearm bone 22. Wheel shaft 24. Deadly 26. House joined to another 27. Throw out of school 29. Wrestle with 30. Spun-sugar treat, fairy … 32. African or Asian pachyderm (abbrev) 35. Grand building 38. In reserve 40. Snares 41. Reconnaissance person 42. Cargo thrown overboard 43. Makes later 44. Recline, … back 45. Al Capone’s nemesis, Eliot … 48. Sydney’s State (1,1,1) 50. Work-out room 55. Remove or take out 56. Body rub 57. Season’s wine yield 58. Circlets of flowers and foliage 60. Apprehends 62. Be earlier than (3-4) 64. High flat region 65. Least warm 66. Downcast 67. Canadian city on Lake Ontario 71. Sense of self 72. Finish level 77. Wanderers 78. Walk wearily 79. Absent-minded and disorganised 83. Has in mind to 84. Collar extension 85. People behaving badly 86. Song, … Low Sweet Chariot 87. Consumer 89. 007 movie, Diamonds … Forever 91. Cut, trim (grass) 92. Whisky measure 93. Egypt’s capital 95. Called before marriage 96. Marlon Brando musical movie, Guys and … 99. Appraised again 101. As a result of (3,2) 105. Old remains of buildings 107. Dimensions 109. One who pleads the case of another 110. Sounding like an angry dog 112. Everest hero, Sir … Hillary 114. State of deep unconsciousness 115. Middle score in a series 117. Most occupied 118. Chirruped, trilled 122. Apprehensive (2,4) 124. Red hair colouring 125. Walk in step 128. Amphitheatre 129. Remove unwanted plants 130. Far North Queensland area, Cape … 132. Family insignia, coat of …
133. Othello villain