THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Without pause 6. Message in code 11. Canine animals 13. High flat land 15. Settlement smaller than a town 17. Augmentation 18. Actress, ... Barkin 20. Animal hunter 22. Unceasing (3,4) 25. Disposable hanky 27. Legal authorisations 28. Hairstyling foam 29. Apparatus for warming a room 31. Courtroom declaration 32. Uncommon 34. Heavy bluish grey metal 35. Frozen water 37. Agile and nimble 38. Airport departure point 40. Senior member 43. Property contract 45. Hurled 47. Genuinely 48. Ponder
50. Appear (to be) 52. Espouse (a method) 53. Banishment 54. Concentrated extract 55. Water as vapour 58. Give nourishment to 60. Divisions of a play 62. In the style of (1,2) 64. Extend in all directions 67. Voting kiosk 69. Adjust slightly 70. Picturesque cave 71. Famous Parisian cathedral, ... Dame 74. Examines accounts 75. Charity store (2,4) 76. Offer shelter to (4,2) 77. Taxi Driver star,
... De Niro 78. Beneath
81. Swiss timepiece, ... clock 82. Baggy
83. Sense of style 86. Cross through 89. Carpenter’s implement 91. Clint Eastwood 2008 film ... Torino
93. Friendly country 95. Fairytale monsters 98. Civilians trained as soldiers
99. Annual prize for peace 101. Gap
103. Atlas pictures
104. A single time 105. Reprimand 107. Comedienne,
... O’donnell
109. Singer, songwriter and pianist, ... John 112. Prickle on a rose 114. Taverns
115. Large shellfish 117. Horned viper 118. Specks
120. Nation of Khrushchev and Brezhnev (inits) 121. Chair or stool, eg 122. Captivate
124. Steep (herbal tea, eg) 127. Lively Spanish dance 128. Ballot participants 130. Copy
133. Beaten, as cream 136. Ventilated
137. Fast massage from a physiotherapist (3,4) 138. Ease
139. Uplift
140. Betting prices 141. Adorned 142. Scatters lightly
DOWN
1. Firmly established by custom 2. Young male horses 3. Sculpted figure 4. Neighbourhood 5. Fall over something 6. Bewitched
7. Flan with a nut and syrup topping (5,3) 8. Teaches
9. Chief in importance 10. Bridle strap
11. As a result of (3,2) 12. Swallows loudly 13. Pincers for bending wire
14. Showing curiosity 16. Lubricant
19. Sat lazily 21. Remove the rind from 23. Barely
24. Shatter
26. Snail’s outer case 30. Food such as beef and lamb (3,4)
31. Infant carriages 33. Employ again 36. Legendary court of King Arthur 39. Came out of slumber 41. Colour stained 42. Horned African animal 43. Make smaller 44. Break out of jail 45. Golf ball support 46. Slope between two levels
49. Become solid 51. Snake like fish
56. Wobbles
57. (Look) disapprovingly 58. Pine fruit (3,4) 59. Drastic
61. Settles upon 63. Georgia city that hosted the 1996 Summer Olympics 65. Revolutionary
66. The Silence Of The Lambs star, ... Hopkins 67. Illicit (liquor) 68. Coming from the water towards the land 72. Possess 73. Sturgeon’s eggs
78. Ill advised 79. Portrays
80. District
84. American Beauty
actress, ... Bening
85. Himalayan province
86. Far from the same
87. Gain knowledge
88. Foot digits
90. Unit of electrical current
92. Sprinted
93. As well
94. Large African cats
96. Have regret for
97. Sensed with the nose
100. Those in receipt of mail
102. Outfit
106. Condiment stand
108. Small picture inside another 110. Praiseworthy 111. Person who is easily understood (4,4)
113. Pulls hard
115. Company of actors
116. Insubstantial
118. Perished at sea
119. Quick cut
123. Male baptismal charge
125. Baked in a kiln
126. Sporting teams
129. Message sent online
131. Highest point of an
arch
132. Steve Carell 2007 film
... Almighty
134. Electrically charged
atoms
135. Twosome