THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Watered (crops) 6. Inflated, … up 11. Scary shark movie 13. Cold infusion (4,3) 15. Made to order, … tailoring 17. Personal view 18. Laziness deadly sin 20. Aircraft carrier, eg 22. Flowerbed surface layer, eg 25. Extend, make … 27. Momentous, notable 28. Doc Neeson’s rock band, The … 29. Middle Eastern language 31. Replete 32. Without feeling 34. Sweet pastry 35. Fury 37. Birds reputed to be wise 38. Grass clump 40. Amend, change 43. Cut drastically 45. Consumed, was … 47. Go into (competition) 48. List component 50. Forearm bone 52. Mumbai’s country 53. Precise 54. Pick the wrong moment, … your entrance 55. Shoulder wrap 58. Saturate, drench 60. Have a common boundary with 62. Wager 64. Flush 67. Bountiful 69. Long-barrelled firearm 70. Ligament wrench 71. Blockade 74. Guarantee 75. King of the fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream 76. Text of a play 77. Go away, leave 78. Electrical wire 81. Young cow 82. Port-au-prince is there 83. Roles in a movie 86. Comfort in distress, provide … 89. Australian Taxation Office (1,1,1) 91. Time gone by 93. Leather waist strap 95. Cooking smell 98. In writing, put it … (2,5) 99. Largest artery in the human body 101. Take (a child) into the family 103. Friend, chum 104. First man on the moon, … Armstrong 105. Sudden increase 107. Stingy person 109. Fathered (horse) 112. Extremely overweight 114. Cathedral recess 115. Charter, hire 117. Colloquial term for inside information 118. Richly verdant 120. Spindle joining two wheels 121. Pale ale or stout 122. Dazed, … stars 124. Biceps or triceps 127. Small group teaching sessions at university 128. Become extinct (3,3) 130. Going along the correct path, … in the right direction 133. Sheltered hot spot 136. Grilled sliced bread 137. On account of (5,2) 138. Llama-like animals 139. Describe 140. Indistinct moving object 141. Entraps 142. Watchers
DOWN
1. Disparities, … of power 2. Gone higher, had … 3. Stare hard and angrily 4. Layer of a cake, eg 5. Rush, run 6. Oracle 7. Principal canvas of ship 8. Serial instalments 9. Air outlet 10. Ladder rung
11. The Italian Job remake star, … Statham 12. In one piece 13. Dark purplish blue 14. Eerie funfair ride (5,5) 16. Japanese martial art 19. Make blonder (hair) 21. Rotisserie, … roast 23. Weight, … of responsibility 24. Latin American dance 26. Movie legend, Clark … 30. Country’s main city 31. Jumping parasites 33. Jewish flatbread 36. Extreme delight 39. Opened (knot) 41. Cult TV series, Star … 42. Royal dominion 43. Old-style metalworkers 44. Unpretentious 45. Geological period 46. Scrabble piece, eg 49. John Williams song,
Old Man … 51. Protected side 56. Weightier, heavier
57. Floral tributes 58. All-powerful leader 59. Reese Witherspoon movie, Sweet Home … 61. Decorative flower 63. Arm muscle 65. Regardless of 66. Intensely serious 67. Queen hit, … One Bites The Dust 68. Insurance payment 72. Media maven and TV personality, … Buttrose 73. Hairstyling goo 78. Genetically identical copies 79. Outlandishly strange 80. Use up, … energy 84. Perplexed (2,1,4) 85. Body trunk 86. Icicle-shaped rock growth in cave 87. Appears threateningly 88. Felines 90. Infant, tiny … 92. 007 movie, Diamonds … Forever 93. Bottom 94. Glittering metallic fabric 96. Rower’s implement 97. Middle traffic light 100. Fatalists 102. Punctures 106. Ongoing function 108. Anchor firmly 110. Car’s starting mechanism 111. Apparatus for producing bigger photographs 113. Honeymooners’ hotel rooms, ... suite 115. Bridle strap
116. The Italian Job co-star of 11. Down, Charlize … 118. Tuition periods 119. Division of a contest 123. Young trainee surf lifesaver 125. Song from The King And I, … We Dance? 126. Afterwards 129. Exactly on time, right … (2,3) 131. Mischievous children 132. Spur (into action) 134. Clownfish movie, Finding … 135. Odd scraps of cloth