THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Capital of South Australia 5. The Princess Diaries star, … Hathaway 8. Legal soccer position 11. Compassionate, caring 16. Disparaging term for a country dweller 17. Wrinkles in clothes 19. Condition, on the … that 20. Release from bonds 21. Identical, exactly the … 22. California surf beach 23. Alpaca-like animals 25. Brought upon herself, … a fine 27. Synthetic silk-like material 30. Tapering column rising from a cave floor 31. Japanese organised crime group 32. Missing from the army (1,1,1,1) 33. Really cross 37. Huge northern ocean 41. Catastrophic 42. Black and white Chinese animal (5,5) 44. Tropical root vegetable 45. Arabian Gulf state 46. Require, be in … of 47. Curve over, … your back 48. Chill, put it … (2,3) 50. Get beaten by a competitor (4,3) 51. Underground prison cells 54. Fish, conger … 56. Estimated (abbrev) 57. Ricky Martin hit, Livin’ La … Loca 59. Flowing molten rock 61. Quit drinking, … from alcohol 63. Brings together, … the factions 66. Accepted standard 68. Porridge grains 69. Grubbier 70. French-style restaurant 73. Electrically charged particles 75. Soviet Union (1,1,1,1) 76. Plaything 78. Candle material 79. Small Asian twowheeled carriage 80. Artificial tanning device 82. Be in accord 84. Katharine Hepburn movie, On Golden … 85. Minim or quaver, eg 87. Curving lines 89. Tibetan monk 91. In a slapdash way 94. Social outcasts 96. Loathed, hated 99. Unexpected benefit, … from heaven 101. Theirs, his and … 102. Pastures livestock for payment 103. Visa or American Express (6,4) 106. Drive off, … an attack 108. Casino game with a ball on a spinning wheel 110. From Aden, eg 111. South American river 112. Mouth the words along with a recorded song, lip … 115. Skilled occupation, learn a … 116. Territory within another country, political … 117. Smoked pork sausage 118. Bogart and Bacall movie, Key … 119. Ignores the rules, … at cards 120. Handel’s coronation anthem, Zadok The … 121. Flick, … a coin 122. Dockets
DOWN
1. Former name for the Ethiopian Empire 2. Inuits 3. New Year’s Eve song, … Lang Syne 4. Formal statement 6. Sprawling plant with bright flowers 7. Without difficulty, … done 8. Child who has lost both parents 9. Illegal traveller on a ship 10. Leak water slowly 12. Sacred Central Australian monolith 13. Period between lunch and dinner 14. Revises and corrects, … the date 15. Everest or Kilimanjaro, eg 18. Famous Wwll cypher, … code 24. Numbers game 26. Tall brightly coloured flower, … lily 28. Radio antenna 29. The Princess Diaries co-star of 5. Across, … Andrews 32. Rapid succession of musical notes 34. Vexes, irritates 35. 1854 miners’ uprising, … Stockade 36. Brings about, … a stir 38. End-of-route depots 39. Fundamentally (2,5) 40. Cave-dwelling creature from Norse mythology 41. Caviar, fish … 42. Acquire, obtain 43. Puts in more 46. Subtle shades of meaning 49. Irascible, grumpy 52. Complete reversal of direction (1-4) 53. Leaves out, excludes 55. North African monkey, Barbary … 56. Border round a garment 58. Greek column style 60. Major blood vessel of the heart 62. Digit on the foot 64. Tactless social gaffe (4,3) 65. Cake flavouring, vanilla … 67. Atomic weapons, nuclear … 69. Straight, the … route 71. Muslim greeting 72. Stay in place 74. Perspiration 77. Possesses 80. Building for pigs 81. Gambol, cavort 82. Donkey 83. Sports drink component 86. Favourite from the past, golden … 88. Confidence tricksters posing as doctors or other experts 90. Bravery award such as Victoria Cross 92. Train in order to change behaviour (2-7) 93. More absent-minded 95. Crow-like bird 97. People who switch sides 98. Cheap sea travel 100. High values or principles 104. Short excursion (3,4) 105. White lupine animal, … wolf 106. In the near past, … events 107. Pointed fence paling 109. Straight-backed 113. Sign of a former injury 114. Succulent plant genus