THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Regardless,
… you look at it 4. Loud eager cry,
… of joy
8. Strode up and down
11. Love Child star, … Marais 16. Ultimate, last 18. Conspicuously present (2,5,2,4) 19. Person looking at goods but not buying them (6,7) 21. Repudiated,
… his family 23. Hygienic
24. Taken aback, alarmed 26. One of Henry VIII’S wives, … Boleyn 28. Cummerbund 31. Type of beer 32. Twosome
34. On high 35. Villainous
36. Sulky at times 37. Tooth that grinds food 38. Molten rock of a volcano 40. Showily creative 42. Evita, … Peron 43. Jazz great, … Fitzgerald 47. Rouged parts of the face 48. Legumes, split … 50. Climate phenomenon, La … 53. Immediately! 54. Cutlery item, utility … 56. Batman’s alter ego, Bruce … 57. Spanning the width, … the bridge
60. Sew decoratively 61. Biblical strongman 64. Helium, eg 65. Request to reply (1,1,1,1) 67. Knitting wool 70. Salty oriental sauce 71. Sound system (2-2) 72. Running off, escaping from 73. Brings to a conclusion 74. Soak up
76. Very short skirt 79. Church recess, eg 81. Nourished 83. Named, called
85. Had a chat
86. Study for exams
87. The Nutty Professor star, … Murphy 88. Australian native dog 89. Chutney-like relish
90. ET actress, … Barrymore 93. Acorn trees 95. Exchanges
96. Small drink of whisky, eg
99. Commercials (abbrev)
100. Old stringed
musical instrument
102. Nibble like a mouse
104. Leers at
105. Letting contract
106. Start to unravel,
… at the edges
108. Sherwood Forest
outlaw, … Hood
109. Expert golfer
111. Exuberant enjoyment, with … 113. Crisp tortilla 116. Carefully checks,
… his references 118. Former Love Child co-star of 11. Across, Jonathan …
120. Bit, portion
121. Affirmed
122. Reveal secret information unintentionally (5,3,5)
124. Birth in a new form
or body
125. Spookily strange
126. Nasal cavities
127. Separate, pull …
128. Copper-zinc alloy
129. Thumped, hit with fist
DOWN
1. Stockpiled, … goods 2. Warning to watch out for eavesdroppers (5,4,4) 3. Excellent, … done! (4,4) 5. Australian car make 6. Place of work 7. Crusted dish 8. Dog’s foot, eg
9. Puts into position 10. Senior members, tribal …
12. Actor’s audition tape 13. Hasty behaviour, irresponsibility 14. Shorten a literary work, eg 15. Shaven-headed 17. Night birds, barn … 20. Male admirer 22. Tarzan’s creator,
… Rice Burroughs 25. Nasty internet persecutor 26. Military defence force 27. Nobody, … home (2-3) 29. The Boy from Oz, Peter …
30. Fable, The Tortoise And The …
32. Tints, … her hair 33. Gulf state whose capital is Muscat 39. Sheep’s neck joint
40. Invites to a party, eg 41. Small branches 44. Seam, stratum 45. Copies, imitates 46. Like soft feathers, … texture
48. Look slyly, … at 49. Emergency vehicle 51. Jakarta is there 52. Slightly wrong, things have gone … 55. Shrank back in fear 58. Kayak 59. Playground slippery-dip 62. Tennis great, … Agassi 63. Leaks slowly, … out 65. Edge of a wheel 66. Maggie Smith movie, The Lady In The … 68. Electrical unit 69. Maiden name indicator 74. Prevents, halts 75. Notion formed beforehand 77. Ganges country 78. Frosted, … the cake 79. Tacks on
80. Music duo, … and Cher 81. Criticise (4,5,4) 82. Thick, …forest 84. Action, feat 86. Parrot-like learning 91. Historical artefact 92. Stinging insect 93. Norwegian capital 94. Playing-card jack 97. Jewish religious teacher 98. Highest peak in European Alps, … Blanc
100. Lower limbs
101. Dangers, chances
103. Moves like a worm
106. Advise in advance
107. Books of maps
110. Australian landmark,
Great Barrier …
112. Expanded
114. Slumbering
115. Kitchen tool, can …
116. Surface layer, wood …
117. Elephants’ noses
119. Aid in crime, eg
121. Woe is me!
123. Become solid like a jelly
124. Chest bone