THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1.

Star of Molly’s Game,

… Elba Sensual

4. 8. Milestone periods 12. Guzzle greedily,

… the food

16. As a consequence of (3,2)

18. Cookie container (7,6) 19. Distance round 21. Wrenched,

… your ankle 23. Slang for jargon or language 24. Flight companies 26. Units of electrical resistance 28. Australian actress, … Collette 31. Possessed 32. Veneration 34. Synthetic stocking material 35. Material made from flax 36. Quacking birds 37. Skulk, creep 38. Serious play, eg 39. Contends

41. Mixer drink, … water 44. Verse of poetry 45. US term for a psychiatrist 49. Scanned medically (1-5) 51. Failure, a damp … 53. Apple founder, … Jobs 54. Consider it correct, … to (3,3)

56. Song, Don’t Cry For Me …

57. Site, venue 59. Gusto, liveliness 60. Strike, beat up 62. Aristocratic title 63. Leak water slowly 64. Glutinous lump 65. Voice range

67. Felicity star, … Russell 70. Australian golfer, … Scott

73. Subtle shade of meaning 75. Medication or therapy 76. Piquant, highly … 77. Itemised records 78. Supposedly laughing scavenger 79. Unpleasant pressure, under … 80. Bizarre, peculiar 84. Make up for,

… your losses 85. Genus of maple tree 88. Italian sparkling wine, … spumante

90. Momentary failure, … of concentration 92. Adult butterfly 93. Broadcasting live (2,3) 94. Lacking animation or interest

96. Legal 97. Australian artist, … Done

99. Short-legged dog breed

100. Bluish-white metal

103. Prickly sensation

105. With excise already

charged (4-4)

107. Small islands

108. The Poseidon Adventure actor, Ernest …

109. Expert who coaches dogs to appear in films, eg (6,7) 111. Frankness, bluntness 112. Former 007 star, Roger … 113. Banded gemstone 114. Operetta,

The … Of The Guard 115. Regard, respect 116. Long narrow cuts

DOWN

2.

Lose your sense of direction, become … 3. All at the same time (2,6) 4. Receded 5. Sudden surge, stampede 6. Notions of perfection 7. Partly closed street, …-de-sac

8. And the rest (abbrev) 9. Agatha Christie’s Belgian detective, Hercule … 10. Pupa’s silky covering 11. Pacific island nation 13. Romance novelist, Barbara …

14. Tax period (9,4) 15. Terrible, dreadful 17. Co-star of 1 across, … Chastain 20. Flaky precipitation 22. Feeling of listlessness 25. Lounged, lazed 26. Bookie’s prices 27. Holy city of Islam 29. Done openly, unconcealed 30. Tattooist’s colorants 32. Bali’s continent 33. Behold, spot 39. Immense, huge 40. The same amount, … to 42. Follows orders

43. Figure skating jump, triple …

44. Kept alive,

… your interest 46. Remiss 47. Railway route, eg 48. Jaws director, Steven … 50. Put on your best clothes, get … (7,2) 52. Robbers operating in lawless gangs 53. Religious day of rest 55. Gravity scientist,

Sir … Newton 58. Readily available (2,3) 59. Large moose

61. Pork product 66. Nit-picking (4-9) 68. Happen next 69. Volcanic peak in Sicily 71. Helps in crime 72. Musical backing for a soloist 74. Anna’s sister in the movie Frozen

76. Hindu dress 80. Killed, murdered 81. Castle-shaped chess piece 82. Advertising signs, … lights 83. Perform, portray 86. Desert plants

87. Fred Astaire song, Puttin’ on the …

88. Curved doorway 89. Body trunk

90. The Magic Pudding

author, Norman … 91. Largest land mammal 94. Chaste and unspoiled 95. Illness, ailment 98. Conger fishes 101. Deep blue shade 102. Movie theatre 103. Magazine editions, eg 104. Fictional castaway, Robinson …

106. Pride And Prejudice

hero, Mr … 108. Flourish, thrive 110. Movie director, … Howard 111. Bauxite, eg