THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1. Break into pieces 4. Fermented soybean cake 8. Governs as monarch 12. Tease, torment 16. Machine used for photocopying 18. Guided sightseeing (9,4) 19. Composer of dance performances 21. Heedless of danger, a … move

23. More accurate or real, a … representation 24. Green precious stones 26. Checks carefully, … the applicants 28. Armoured vehicle 31. Ill-treatment

32. Paint container, eg 34. Small bar of metal 35. Hunch over

36. Not smooth

37. Stares at

38. Small freshwater crayfish 39. Armed sea force 41. Swedish car company 44. Stew gently, … the meat 45. UK actor and director, … Branagh

49. Oak tree nuts 51. Explain briefly,

… the series

53. Bewitched actress, … Moorehead 54. Banished abroad 56. Shopkeepers 57. First-rate, a … performance 59. Mongolia’s continent 60. Move slowly on a runway 62. Small horse, Shetland … 63. 52 weeks, one … 64. Large water jug 65. Musical work usually titled with a number 67. Different, ask for something … 70. Computer desktop symbol

73. Bushy fences 75. Learned to do a different job 76. Adjusting the frequency, … the radio 77. Leaders, … of departments

78. Fill in a form,

… your details

79. Mark of social disgrace 80. Partially bake beforehand 84. Examines the accounts 85. Tiny flying insect 88. Baby kangaroo 90. Saying, … waters run deep

92. Flooded, the decks are … 93. Filament-like Asian mushroom variety 94. Layered ballet skirts 96. Perfect, … solution

97. All alone, on your … 99. Cartoon rabbit, Bugs … 100. Comes to a close 103. Haul, carry 105. Trapped in a desperate position

107. Type of knot, clove … 108. Building with insufficient escape routes (4,4) 109. Transformation of a tadpole into a frog 111. From Europe to North America, … flight 112. Intersections on a grid or diagram

113. Salty, … water 114. Drive off or dissipate, … the rumours 115. Relating to racial or cultural origins, … background 116. Store, stow away

DOWN

2. Using only one colour, a … design 3. Yarmulke 4. Youthful years, in your … 5. Full-grown, … trees 6. Rejoices greatly 7. Meryl Streep movie, Death Becomes …

8. Huge mythical bird in The Arabian Nights 9. Strongly urge,

… him to leave 10. House’s planted yard, our front … 11. Gradient 13. Willingly and promptly, with …

14. Without restraints (2,5,6) 15. Beetles revered in ancient Egypt 17. Coarse and prickly 20. Veteran UK actress, … Dench

22. Diving equipment, … tanks

25. Molten volcanic rock 26. Hectic, … busy 27. Elephant’s snout 29. God of the Koran 30. Elton John song,

… The Bride 32. Occasionally, now and… 33. Minim or quaver, eg 39. Geeky person 40. Carpentry clamps 42. Appropriate as your own, … territory

43. Instrument like a large cello, double … 44. Flaws, defects 46. Kitchen ventilating device, … fan 47. Finger-tip varnish, … polish

48. Korean martial art 50. Wrecks from within, … the project 52. Appeals to God 53. Sitting with legs either side, … the horse 55. Run away to wed 58. Australian monolith 59. Yes vote 61. Charged atomic particle 66. Business manager, hospital …

68. Woolly South American animal 69. After-bath dusting powder 71. Surpass, … the others 72. Falls apart 74. Another name for a cormorant 76. Serving salver 80. Cloth with a checked pattern 81. Reflection of sound 82. Bovine beasts of burden 83. Former capital of Japan 86. Nephew’s sister 87. TV series,

The Handmaid’s … 88. Cutting remark 89. Feeling of bored weariness

90. Fall prey to, … to disease 91. Male official on a sports pitch

94. Stuck in the same sort of acting roles 95. Person believed to be guilty

98. U2 hit, … Or Without You 101. Sheer stockings 102. Hallowed place 103. Craving for water 104. Astringent chemical in tea and wine 106. Tricked, fooled 108. Former French currency 110. Roman Sun god 111. Arrange, … up