THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. New Girl star, Zooey … 6. Make up for losses 11. Babies’ beds 13. Isolation, seclusion 15. Jelly and sponge desserts, sherry … 17. Capital of the US State of Georgia 18. Canal cargo boat 19. Privately taught 21. Bashful, modest 23. Top up the tank 25. Smaller part of a group 26. Middle Eastern language 28. Earnings left over after expenses 30. Thin metal sheet, aluminium … 31. Stages in history 33. Large sailing vessel 34. December 31, New Year’s … 36. Dusty Springfield hit, The … Of Love 37. Cheerless, bleak 39. Actress, … Streep 42. Energetic, active 44. Banish abroad 46. Laundry slide 47. Feel concern about 49. Parent’s sister 51. Movie, The … Wears Prada 52. Remove feathers from 53. Movements, gestures 54. Residential building 57. Ties the knot 59. Sicilian volcanic mountain 61. Relaxed in a chair
63. Baywatch star, … Anderson 66. Surrender, wave the … flag 68. Shock greatly 69. US TV personality, Caitlyn … 70. Alleviates the pain 73. Day trip, excursion 74. Objects, pieces 75. Sat for a photograph 76. Darwin to Port Augusta highway 77. Fisherman’s boot 80. 50th wedding anniversary 81. Ralph Fiennes movie,
The Grand Budapest … 82. Soup serving spoon 85. Kitchen duo, mortar and … 88. Casino Royale actress, … Green 90. Change course, swerve 92. Float gently on the breeze 94. Gravity scientist, Sir … Newton 97. Cold infusion (4,3) 98. Edition of a magazine 100. Rule of a monarch 102. Cry of a goose 103. Coat sleeves 104. Small medicine bottle 106. Phantom, spook 108. Take illegally 111. Helicopter blade 113. Ingrid Bergman’s character in
Casablanca, … Lund 114. Cold-shoulder, shun 116. Strange, peculiar 117. Garbage holders 119. Antlered male animal 120. Tube for air or liquid 121. Throat passage, oesophagus 123. US pop star, Britney … 126. Assignments, journeys 127. Put between book pages 129. Extreme annoyance 131. Hitting with the foot 134. TV music talent show,
The … 135. Par for the course 136. Get back into formation 137. Underwater swimmer’s breathing pipe 138. Rubber wheel surround 139. Rate the value of 140. Lacking flavour, bland
DOWN
1. Discouragement 2. Difficult to bend 3. Rope for leading an animal, eg 4. Movie, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s … 5. Deceitful person 6. Driver’s chart (4,3) 7. Vegetable strainer 8. Puts on edge 9. Fits with sails 10. Curly 11. Internet-related 12. Pulse with pain 13. Delicate soft shade 14. Dessert named after a famous opera star (5,5) 16. Oration of praise
20. Dock Of The Bay singer, … Redding 22. Peter Pan’s enemy, Captain … 24. Distraught, disturbed 26. Australian fashion designer, … Perry 27. Corner formed by two lines 29. Cluster of trees 30. Move onwards, go … 32. Entertain, enthral 35. Savage, brutal 38. Skits and sketches show 40. Travelling salesmen (abbrev) 41. Giggle, chuckle 42. Developed into 43. Dorothy’s home State in The Wizard Of Oz 44. Flightless Australian bird 45. Mental spark 48. Sprinted 50. Chicago is there (1,1,1) 55. Stood against 56. Large blob of paint 57. Grapple in a ring 58. Mouse-like Australian marsupial 60. Stretchability, … strength 62. Baby frog 64. Iconic Australian song,
Waltzing … 65. Lengthiest 66. Twists about in agony 67. Lack of activity 71. Star of The Barefoot
Contessa, … Gardner 72. Hole of a needle 77. Strikes with a bat 78. Removed silt 79. Divulge 83. Cropping up 84. TV show, The Biggest … 85. Non-restrictive, broad-minded 86. Quick drinks from a bottle 87. Hard floor covering (abbrev) 89. French for wine 91. Hearing organ 92. Sobbed 93. Be coquettish 95. Towards a boat’s stern 96. Recite repeatedly 99. Paving slabs 101. African country whose capital is Accra 105. Game-show presenters, eg 107. Froth from soap 109. Bread-browning appliances 110. Publicly recommend 112. Connected to the internet 114. Sign of an old wound 115. Matrimonial 117. Street musicians 118. Hang around huffily 122. Talk to, … in conversation
124. Bones star sister of 1. Across 125. US actress, … Witherspoon 128. Specially chosen group 129. Symbol on a computer screen 130. Portable icebox 132. Informal talk 133. Coloured eye part