THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Idiom or way of speaking, common ... 5. Australian TV journalist, ... Grant 8. Present for consideration
11. Hits with force 16. Period of darkness 17. Incompetent person, a real ... (2-5)
19. Noisy American snake 20. Bring upon yourself, ... a fine
21. Invalid, ... and void 22. Grieves for, ... their passing
23. Tall spearlike flowers, flag ... 25. Pestered, interrupted 27. Unspoken but understood,
... agreement 30. Pre-dinner nibbles, hors d’oeuvres 31. Chemical opposite of an acid
32. Long low cry of pain 33. Yearning to travel,
... feet 37. Cartoon-film creator 41. Oxygenated 42. Intensified, ... sense of smell 44. Modern Persia
45. Old Russian leader 46. Tree branch 47. Large native trees with buttress roots, Moreton Bay ... 48. Sacred song or hymn 50. Confectionery treat, mixed ...
51. Kept in quarantine 54. Female rabbit 56. Disapproving noise 57. Indian flatbread 59. Long-extinct bird 61. Home, place of ... 63. Chilliness 66. Feathery scarfs
68. Lois & Clark actor, Dean ... 69. College certificate 70. PM period 73. Finished with an even score, a ... match 75. Plonk 76. Japanese dramatic theatre 78. Omelette ingredient 79. Tiny organisms, germs 80. In place of 82. Coffee with stimulant removed (abbrev) 84. Rubs up the wrong way 85. Performed vocally
87. Story, yarn 89. Gull-like seabird 91. Uncurl, ... the wire 94. Regiment’s commander 96. Hard-fought battle, a ... for first place 99. Anzac biscuit ingredient, golden ... 101. Walking speed 102. Large horned African animals (abbrev) 103. Brightness, radiance 106. Buying trip, shopping ... 108. Most furious 110. South American cape 111. College grounds and buildings
112. Old form of “you” 115. Jewelled headdress 116. Passage selected from a book
117. East African language 118. Planet’s path in space 119. Boat’s steering blade 120. Gradual increase, a ... in numbers 121. Beach grains 122. Protest instigator
DOWN
1. Piece of land projecting into the sea 2. Insignia of royalty 3. Pretentiously cultured 4. Elaborate mixtures of ingredients 6. Ornate handwoven fabric pictures 7. Combined crosscountry and jumping event, ... skiing 8. Narrow sea channel, Bass ...
9. Angrily and resentfully, complained ... 10. Sluggishly, lethargically 12. Australian TV journalist, ... Sales 13. In doubt, the result is ... 14. Grates, ... the cheese 15. Wilting 18. Unorthodox belief 24. Correct, the ... answer 26. Long pointed weapon 28. Related to the stars 29. Group of concubines 32. Tinny, ... sounding 34. Christmas songs 35. Shouted loudly 36. Sportswear company 38. Capital of Kenya 39. Ring the wrong number 40. Recorded, ... a message 41. Bank cash machine (1,1,1) 42. HMV, ... Master’s Voice 43. Long-billed wading bird
46. Italian landmark,
... Tower of Pisa 49. Natural bathtime scrubber
52. Avoid work, ... off 53. Movie, A League of
... Own
55. Metal latticework, window ...
56. Grow molars 58. Subject for discussion, theme
60. Person from Muscat, eg 62. Electrically charged atom 64. Persistent, a ... headache 65. Swimmer’s breathing tube
67. One day, ... in the future 69. Cheapen 71. Proportions 72. Skilful speaker 74. Delay until later,
... the decision
77. Malt kiln 80. Old-style pub 81. River running through Vienna and Budapest
82. Runaway singer,
... Shannon 83. Giving credit for, ... the quotation to him 86. Protection or patronage, under his ... 88. Irish sprite
90. Cold symptom, ... nose 92. Soldiers at the back of an army 93. Pesters, hassles 95. One of the glands of the human body, ... node 97. Come across, meet 98. Day after today 100. Former students, school ... 104. Display of paintings, art ...
105. Grumpy Old Men actor, ... Matthau
106. Steak cut, ... fillet 107. Birds’ sleeping perches 109. Exact likeness, spitting ...
113. Trace of an old wound 114. Burglar’s swag