THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Tin for storing petrol 5. Milestone periods 9. Kitchen or lounge, eg 11. Radio antenna 16. Lead singer with The Police 17. Imagine, wonder what if 19. Bitter regret 20. Caribbean island nation, St Kitts and … 21. Departure door 22. Mend, patch up 23. Life forms from other planets 25. Fabric, cloth 27. Biting and pungent, … smoke 30. Wells Fargo form of transport, eg 31. Savage, wild 32. Luxury fabric 34. Tall structure 38. Pilot’s control lever 42. Official presiding at an inquest 43. Children’s game using a piece of string (3’1,6) 45. Netting fabric 46. Bundaberg drink, eg 47. Tinned food fish 48. Lowest female singing voice 49. Fashion and fabric designer, … Ashley 51. Safer, move to a … location 52. Chats, natters 55. Row, rank 57. Child’s plaything 58. The two together, … of them 60. Snow vehicle 61. Peter Allen song, Tenterfield … 63. Go astray (3,4) 66. Visualises 68. Indirect indication or suggestion 69. Aspiring young actress 70. Changed position 73. Paths or directions 75. Lager or ale 76. Cigarette flickings 78. Central cathedral section, eg 79. Up-and-coming, an … talent 80. Students’ storage cupboards at school 82. Jeans fabric 83. Cut of beef, … roast 84. Forewarning 86. Military conflict 88. Settee, couch 90. Basket for trapping marine crustaceans (7,3) 93. Put salt on the wound (3,2,2) 95. Rambo actor, Sylvester … 97. Crowd hysteria, mass … 99. Sell 100. Thin, slender 101. Inflammation of muscles and joints 105. Seoul is there, South … 108. Immune-system protein 110. Brown wound tincture 111. Large horned African animals (abbrev) 112. Had offspring 115. Broad or dense 116. Occasionally (2,5) 117. Italian rice dish 118. Port-au-prince is there 119. Sweet 120. In The Air Tonight singer, … Collins 121. Train storage track 122. Wresting power from
DOWN
1. Medieval court clown 2. Sun-dried grapes 3. Jellystone Park bear 4. Stark, sombre 6. Device for measuring angles in geometry 7. Ancient Roman ruler, Julius … 8. Dirty and sleazy 9. Love affair, … relationship 10. Ladies’ finger vegie 12. Bert’s Sesame Street pal 13. Wheedled 14. Finally, in conclusion 15. Decorates walls again 18. Large keyboard instruments 24. Cloth woven from flax 26. Squander 28. Repeated part of a song 29. Star of the movie Churchill, … Cox 32. Might, power 33. Either of soccer’s two uprights 35. Clothing store section 36. Give back, … their money 37. Matching cups and saucers (3,3) 39. Stifle 40. Australian nickname for New Zealand, The Shaky … 41. Quack, fraud 43. Ill-bred dog 44. Crisp Mexican tortilla 47. Bank clerks 50. Hot salad vegie 53. Teeth-cleaning professional 54. By yourself, all … 56. Flesh of a deer 57. Circus company, eg 59. Mock playfully 62. Copy, mimic 64. Political party currently led by Scott Morrison 65. Holding back, … the tide 67. Snubbed 69. Robs, … from 71. Shorten, … the dress (4,2) 72. Northern Territory capital 74. Pacific island nation 77. Cease, halt 80. Available to rent, to … 81. Humorous sarcasm 85. Recurring theme 87. Churchill co-star of 29. Down, Miranda … 89. Flowing, unstable 91. Inhalation and exhalation 92. Remaining, …. amount 94. Relay race stick 96. With a lack of ceremony 98. Pedant, stickler 102. Passionate, loving 103. Vermouth cocktail 104. Religions, belief systems 105. Smooches 106. Brought up 107. Loafing about 109. Bread maker 113. Engrave on metal 114. Norse thunder god
When you’ve solved the crossword, the letters on the shaded squares, reading left to right, top to bottom, spell a mystery word or phrase.