THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Labor or National, … party
6. Goes by bike 11. Snug and warm 13. Image to the outside world, public … 15. Analyse minutely, … the problem 17. Bodily vigour 18. Church singing group 19. Ornamental thread bunches
21. In days gone by, long … 23. Emphasise,
… the importance 25. Rusts iron, … the metal 26. Hopes for 28. Caught in a trawl 30. Cougar 31. Surprise attack 33. Job to be done 34. Small rug 36. Horse’s brisk pace 37. Elvis hit, … Las Vegas 39. Hospital worker 42. Spicy Mexican sauce 44. Very pale, …faced 46. Open-mouthed
47. Put through a sieve 49. Almost too late, just in the … of time 51. Spoken exams 52. Section of a poem 53. Ceremonial speech 54. Deep hole, chasm 57. Queensland rugby union team 59. Impulse, get the … 61. Animated movie, Monsters … 63. Tried, sampled 66. Fashion or design reminiscent of things past
68. Great pain
69. Soft light cake, jam … 70. Pressed fold in fabric 73. Box, carton 74. Championship match, grand …
75. Small cove
76. BOM, … of Meteorology 77. Person who has moved overseas to work 80. Inborn, hereditary 81. Narrow to a point 82. Eye-related, … nerve 85. Boil, fume 88. Knight’s title 90. In addition 92. Former Russian emperor 94. Purpose
97. Rough ocean current 98. Ocean giant, humpback …
100. Normal, as …
102. US actor, … Baldwin
103. Margin, the … of the
page
104. Proverb 106. Demean, humiliate
108. Horse’s height measure
111. Bike-wheel spoke 113. Lost and Secret City star, Alan …
114. Cole Porter song, Miss … Regrets
116. Open-back van
117. Used a weeding tool
119. Tidy, orderly
120. Pulped potato, eg
121. Gentle-tempered
123. Annoying problem
126. Vehicle damaged
beyond repair (5-3)
127. Light shade, … colour
129. Shout of disapproval
131. To begin with, initially
134. Comedian, stand-up …
135. Extreme self-interest
136. Stood fast, … for a better deal (4,3) 137. Broke down, the arrangement came …
138. Inner part of hand
139. Nautically aft
140. Carbonated mixer
drink (4,5)
DOWN
1. Footpath user 2. Reality TV show,
The Biggest … 3. Sleeping sickness fly 4. Slashes 5. Superman’s girlfriend, Lois ...
6. Clergy robe 7. Quality that attracts others
8. Those who favour the chosen few 9. Opera solo
10. Reel and string toy (2-2)
11. Desert plants 12. Deadly sin of laziness 13. Faintest, lightest 14. Encroached illegally, … on their property 16. Indian social divisions 20. Hard animal fat 22. Excessive supply 24. Arrive, … at the same conclusion (3,2) 26. Rolls of banknotes, eg 27. Beach safety officer, surf life …
29. Male ballet performer 30. Spot pattern, … dots 32. Mindless, … comment 35. Unsurpassed, an … record (3-4) 38. Ill-suited 40. Increases an engine’s speed 41. Uncanny, spooky
42. Kramer vs Kramer star, Meryl … 43. Bless, using oil 44. Whichever one,
... of them
45. Garden watering tube 48. Thick mist
50. Old pub, tavern 55. Pamphlet 56. Blood-flow stauncher, … pencil 57. Ecstasy, delight 58. Thickest, … part of the bush
60. Hair curlers 62. Gambling houses 64. Parts of a minute 65. Voter
66. Says no, … the offer 67. Camping fastener (4,3) 71. Lacking diligence 72. Movie legend, … Gardner
77. Add to, improve 78. Evil omen
79. Buys and sells 83. Driven, turbo … 84. Islamic leaders 85. 1-2-3 pre-concert activity, eg (5-5) 86. Level pegging, on … terms 87. Hawaiian dance 89. Fury, wrath
91. Went in front
92. Cry, shed a … 93. Ease, the storm will soon … 95. Tailless primate 96. Third planet from the Sun 99. Appliance for artificial respiration 101. Assists criminally, aids and ...
105. Sand hills
107. Identical, exactly the …
109. Sells by lot
110. Portray as wicked
112. Threefold, a … layer
114. Norway’s capital
115. Scream wildly
117. Kramer vs Kramer
co-star Dustin …
118. Pooches
122. Stayed in hiding (3,3)
124. Apia is its capital
125. Stand-in doctor
128. Fish, rainbow …
129. Most excellent
130. Numbered musical
work
132. Steals from
133. Heavy bang