THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Fails to resist 5. Factually inaccurate 9. Quick kiss
11. UK actress who starred in Everest, Emily … 16. Location for an event 17. Caught on a sharp projection
19. Large ape, mountain … 20. Paris cathedral, … Dame 21. Secluded spot, cosy … 22. Catlike
23. Stirs milk to make butter 25. Co-operate, … with (4,4) 27. Move silently or furtively 30. Make worse,
… the situation 31. Abduct 32. Carpentry pin 34. Thermos, vacuum … 38. Actors’ wardrobe assistants
42. Person who gives up easily
43. Gusty space (4,6) 45. Misplace 46. Available for rent, to … 47. Dole out (punishment) 48. Cab for hire 49. Discarded metal 51. Recessed, … eyes (4-3) 52. Celebrated
55. Ditch surrounding a castle
57. Boston baseball team, Red …
58. Refuse to budge, stand …
60. Chatter, natter 61. Baby frog
63. On edge, nervous 66. Is dazed, … stars
68. Star Wars hero, Han … 69. Compass reading 70. Blissful state, … heaven 73. Saying, A friend in need is a friend …
75. Ghost actress, … Moore 76. Put a match to
78. Be polite, … your manners 79. Adopted a particular attitude to impress 80. Painters
82. Crack open, … the atom 83. Logie-winning actress, … Mccune 84. Listen attentively, be all …
86. Delved 88. Affliction of the eyelid 90. Persuasive language (6,4) 93. Monarchs’ seats
95. Was distinctive,
… from the crowd (5,3) 97. TV show, Married At First … 99. Requirement 100. Earnings over expenses 101. Layers of gas around Earth, the … 105. Measurement across 108. Resembling cowhide 110. Angry outburst 111. Moral principles 112. Inlets, coves 115. Horse-riding straps 116. Puts in order, tidies 117. Hard bath sponges 118. Beijing’s country 119. Large birds of prey 120. Necklace ball, eg 121. Gentle heat
122. Brow
DOWN
1. Tom Hanks movie, … Private Ryan 2. Comfort in a time of grief 3. Open-back vans 4. Surround a town during wartime, eg 6. Careless
7. Bring down (price) 8. Boiled-food holder (3-3) 9. Abnormally suspicious 10. Young male horse 12. Irritate
13. State of affairs 14. Stylus, gramophone … 15. Raced on a horse 18. With your hands on your hips, arms … 24. Robbery 26. Authority to decide (3-2) 28. Depended
29. Not suitable, … for duty 32. Anxiety disorder 33. Dissertation
35. State in court 36. Burglar-alarm control unit, eg 37. Willingly, happily
39. More slender 40. Written school assignment 41. Oblong shape 43. Soggy, moist 44. Infamous Roman emperor 47. Harmonious 50. Looking on the bright side (2,4) 53. Political radical, fanatic 54. Ride a bike 56. Vehicle users 57. Lampoon (4,2) 59. Peruses a book 62. Canberra region (1,1,1) 64. Walked like a baby 65. Simple and unsophisticated 67. Placed
69. Detour a city centre 71. Whinnies 72. Frankfurter in a bun (3,3) 74. Same as before 77. Notion, thought 80. Noah’s boat 81. Beach bonnet (3,3) 85. Metal mixture such as brass
87. Be sacked (3,3,4) 89. Harness frames for oxen 91. Functioning velocity, … speed 92. Gradually narrowing 94. Stiff, inflexible
96. Sum payable to investors
98. Italian actress, ... Loren
102. Example of 80. Across,
Pablo …
103. Look at carefully
104. Australian co-star of 11. Across in Everest, Jason …
105. Poland’s capital
106. Wholesaler, trader
107. Christine Anu hit,
My … Home
109. Hurriedly, in …
113. Destiny, karma
114. Pimples condition