THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Wine bottle stopper 4. Beloved 7. Pertinent

9. Sugar yielding plant 13. Curly

16. Provide food and drink 17. Cavalry unit 19. Sections of the calendar 20. Spicy relish for food cooked outdoors (8,5) 25. Hardly ever 26. Relaxed (2,4) 27. Asian spiritual healer 28. Bedtime drink 30. Reduced military pace (4,5)

31. US actress, ... Cardellini 34. Author of Alice In Wonderland, ... Carroll 35. Hotspot based internet access (2,2) 36. Australian fast running birds 37. Queensland tourist area, Gold ... 39. Female deer

41. Road surfacing material 44. Alleging

46. Brings to a close 48. Passing crazes 49. Remotest places 52. Damages actress,

... Byrne

53. Eyelid hair

54. Off the right path 58. Post carried by plane 59. Trustworthy 62. Friend, mate 63. Briefly summarise 65. Chinese zodiac animal 67. Day before a festival 68. Chronic respiratory illness 69. Christened

71. Mend

73. Grated 74. Controlled calorie intake

76. Took the weight off your feet (3,4) 77. Smart Alec! (4,3) 78. Large marine mammals 80. Inhabit 82. Complete 84. Cowboy’s home 85. Chemical opposite of an acid

87. Caesar salad lettuce 88. Sudden desires 90. Sea’s edge 91. Container for letter of reply (inits) 93. Prompt (2,4)

96. Car radiator fluid 97. Most recent

100. Rubber wheel surround 102. Lap with the tongue 104. Colonists 106. Adolescent 108. Canadian comedy actor, ... Rogen

111. In the open 112. Possess

114. Once surnamed 115. Long eared animals 118. Musical symbol, treble ... 119. Accomplishes 120. Commenced

122. Sea movements 124. Creasing, wrinkling 125. More impolite

127. Be in touch 129. Pencil mark remover 132. The Terminator actor, ... Schwarzenegger 133. Cross country racing horse 136. Archives

137. Dull dark blue 138. Stitched joins 139. Indicates agreement 140. Petty quarrel 141. Large rounded vase 142. Allows

143. Barry Humphries character, Dame ... Everage

DOWN

1. Pitch a tent 2. Become depleted (3,3) 3. Staple Italian food 4. Arguing for and against 5. Epochs

6. Chest bone 8. Hurtle

9. Bikini top 10. Inscribe with acid 11. Pirate’s hoard 12. Ethical 14. Meeting’s list of topics 15. Plaything on a string (2,2) 16. Pandemonium 18. Contagious fear 21. Live permanently 22. Brought to mind 23. Geological layers 24. Wedding attendants 28. Bass stringed instrument

29. Large towns 32. Fictional books 33. Australia/england cricket ‘trophy’ 38. Long jetty 40. Readily available (2,3) 42. Mature person 43. Amaze 44. Farmer’s yield 45. Given no other option (2,1,4,6)

47. Open out

48. Set in an attractive border

50. Too interested in possessions 51. Footwear item 55. Retaliation (3,3,3) 56. Furnish with weapons 57. Fifty two weeks 59. Group of grazing animals 60. Mineral source

61. Dry up

64. Mollify 66. Actually (2,5)

69. On no occasion 70. Drainage channel 72. Venomous snake 75. Antique

78. Used to be 79. Cowboy bar 80. Atlantic and Pacific, eg 81. Spun thread 83. Sailor’s drink 86. Away from the wind 87. Babies’ beds 89. Threaded metal fastener

90. NSW or Victoria, eg

92. Portable icebox

94. Caught

95. Freezes over

98. Spiders’ traps

99. Carved

101. Brewing ingredient

103. Transparent

105. Musicians who

perform alone

106. Chewy caramel

107. Catch in a snare

109. Improve the quality of

110. Bushy fences

111. Makes ready

113. Inventor, originator

116. Autographed

117. Auctions off

120. Destroys by fire

121. Scottish actor, ... Butler

123. Creep crabwise

125. Quantities of paper

126. Garden grass

128. Dance movement

130. Have a break

131. Everest’s continent

134. Julia Roberts film,

... Pray Love

135. Be sick

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