THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1. Scottish comedian, Billy … 5. Line pressed into trouser leg, eg 9. Chest bones 11. Join forces (with) (4,2) 16. Ketchup, tomato … 17. Inopportune, … your words 19. Italian opera singer, Andrea … 20. School composition 21. Reflection of sound 22. Be financially worthwhile (3,3) 23. Attack, assault 25. Make light of significance (4,4) 27. Fertile area in a desert 30. Time-travel TV sitcom,
Goodnight … 31. With enthusiasm 32. Ship’s workforce 34. Manages (with) 38. Court clerks, sheriff’s officers 42. Phil Collins’ old band 43. Shooting practice area (5,5) 45. Doctor Zhivago star, … Sharif 46. Solidify 47. Tea type, … Grey 48. Galvanising metal 49. Author of The Cat In
The Hat, Dr … 51. Firing (staff) 52. Addis Ababa is there 55. Beatles hit, For The Benefit Of Mr … 57. Spoil an occasion 58. Movie, Some … It Hot 60. Liquid mining waste 61. Spanish wine-punch drink 63. Fine breed of horse 66. Colony insects 68. J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy, The … Of The Rings 69. Revitalise, … up 70. Arrogant bluster 73. Purloin 75. Without delay (1,1,1,1) 76. Caesar salad lettuce 78. Macadamias, eg 79. Entombed 80. Ballroom dances, Viennese … 82. Irish playwright, … Wilde 83. Ballerina’s skirt 84. Club membership fees, eg 86. Mediterranean or Aegean, eg 88. Friend, pal 90. Milder terms substituted for harsher or blunter ones 93. Infirmity 95. Deceiving, tricking 97. Mix of rain and snow 99. Firewood blocks 100. Topics 101. Confidence tricksters posing as doctors or other experts 105. Spiny desert plants 108. Letter-transposing puzzles 110. Australian actress, … Griffiths 111. Building for horses 112. Agreement between countries 115. Eva Peron’s nickname 116. Checkout operator 117. Put into a category, sorted 118. Buzzing noise of a machine 119. Vexes, irritates 120. Rocky outcrop 121. Wicker container 122. ID document, … card DOWN 1. More snug 2. Game for two players, … and crosses 3. Finished, it’s … 4. Criticise harshly 6. Strengthens 7. Stadiums, sports … 8. Carve a raised decoration 9. Drew back in horror 10. Having no hair 12. Without exception, each and … one 13. Manage inefficiently 14. Serving abundantly 15. Treacherous 18. Gained points in a game 24. Proposed locations 26. Durable jeans material 28. Makes up for 29. Now broadcasting (2,3) 32. High-ranking Roman Catholic priest 33. Often encountered, a … sight 35. Colourful flower parts 36. Nauseate 37. Keep in custody 39. Photo-holding pendants 40. Goes without food or drink 41. Self-employed (writer) 43. Cloth scrap 44. Dog pest parasite 47. Convert into code 50. Scours with a brush 53. Company brand 54. Matched twosomes 56. PJS 57. Acer trees, Japanese … 59. Rested on knees 62. Assist, help 64. Bragged 65. Altering to suit 67. Hones, whets 69. Did not succeed 71. Movie performers, eg 72. Baby’s sleepsuit 74. Pastoral, rustic 77. Betting chances 80. US horror movie director, … Craven 81. Pick, choose 85. Shade of brown 87. If events move at the current speed (2,4,4) 89. Brass-band instruments 91. Trial period 92. Close relationship 94. Slimy pond organisms, blue-green … 96. Narrating, recounting 98. Snaps, shatters 102. Made reference, … to 103. East African language 104. Comedian-turned psychotherapist wife of 1. Across, … Stephenson 105. Child angel 106. Time-keeping devices 107. Classic torch song, … Weather 109. Prepared, organised 113. Consumer 114. Scottish actor, … Mcgregor