THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Danced playfully 4. Australian actor and star of Seachange,

... Wenham 8. Aussie female basketball team 11. Danger zone 16. Be successful (2,3) 18. Tending to have mishaps (8,5) 19. Like-minded person (7,6)

21. Red patches on the skin 23. Marsh grasses 24. Fruit dessert (5,3) 26. Yield

28. Job to be performed 31. Rodeo rope

32. Pub counter

34. More up to date 35. Used a loom

36. Flat round foodstuff from Italy

37. Go one better than 38. Tender to the touch 40. Depend confidently 42. US singer/songwriter, ... Dylan

43. Clever and knowledgeable 47. Legally responsible 48. Small whirlpool 50. Design on metal 53. Achieve

54. Church council

56. Go in

57. Display ostentatiously 60. Country south of Mexico

61. Naked lifestyle

64. In good health 65. Classification 67. Bonus

70. Emulate 71. Legendary creature of the Himalayas 72. Was of great height 73. Long billed wading bird 74. Fifth sign of the zodiac 76. Cricket practice facilities

79. Pulp Fiction star,

... Travolta

81. Fetch 83. Slumbering

85. Serve yourself restaurant

86. TV host, ... O’keefe 87. Glassed in central courtyards 88. Record making material

89. Drink made from beer and lemonade 90. Coastal inlets

93. Up In The Air actress, ... Farmiga

95. Tree lined street 96. Toboggan 99. Mineral aggregate 100. Players on the bench 102. Breeding stable 104. Possessed 105. Strictly forbidden 106. Marries

108. Leaks slowly

109. In days gone by 111. Sculler 113. Paradise 116. Congeal

118. Do a theatrical run through 120. Large country of south Asia 121. Organises the details of 122. Fraudulent alteration 124. Furnished to a high standard (4,9) 125. TV award 126. Liquid obtained by distillation 127. Lose vital fluid 128. Have faith in 129. Keenly

DOWN

1. One of the houses of a parliament or legislative body 2. Select randomly (4,3,2,1,3) 3. Lampoon

5. Reach your destination 6. Deliberately avoid 7. Female deer 8. Acorn bearing tree 9. Ordained minister 10. Powder room 12. Steady drinkers 13. Miscellaneous belongings

14. Rags

15. Farm vehicles

17. 2nd Greek letter 20. Very large 22. Follow as a consequence

25. Low value chessmen 26. Reproduction 27. Concussed

29. Loft room 30. Recognise 32. Newborn child 33. Dressing gown 39. Coastal rock face 40. Have a break

41. Tall, gangling and lean 44. Bury

45. Gain by work 46. Popular garden statue 48. Brink

49. Fast flying long bodied insect

51. In some measure (2,1,6)

52. Pile up

55. Shows mercy 58. Exists or inhabits 59. Nephew’s sister 62. Workers’ organisation 63. Wild shopping trip 65. Metal container 66. Family animal 68. One’s consciousness 69. Relations

74. Fall away 75. Ancient (3,2,3,5) 77. Weird 78. Wound’s healing cover 79. Large Indonesian island

80. Asian mountain range, ... Kush

81. Female offspring of one’s offspring 82. Micro-blogging message 84. Compensates 86. Expression of grief 91. Musical about an orphan girl 92. Whisky mixer 93. Officially ban

94. Billy Idol song,

... Yell

97. Lounges around 98. Measure of medicine 100. Variety

101. Shady leafy recess 103. Charitable gift 106. Inflicting

107. Tall ruminant 110. Deities 112. Laundry time 114. Pertaining to teeth 115. Australian actress and star of Big Little Lies,

... Kidman

116. 1979 Australian film, My Brilliant ... 117. An abundance

119. All singularly

121. NZ range of which Mount Cook is the highest peak, Southern ... 123. Bending head movement 124. Clever humour