THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Determine a metal’s composition
4. Wait upon, … to her every need 8. Muscle tics, eg 12. Break into pieces 16. Blunder 18. Roughly, round about 19. Electrical device for a dressmaker (6,7) 21. Able, proficient 23. Related to sight, … nerve
24. Ran naked at sports match, eg
26. Star of Milk and Mystic River, Sean …
28. The Greatest Showman star, … Jackman 31. Register for a course 32. Whichever is to hand 34. Come to an agreement, make … (1,4) 35. Implore 36. Exterior, … surface 37. Style of bay window 38. Eulogise, praise 39. Harvest ripe crops 41. Ballerina’s stiff skirt 44. Unable to understand, slow on the … 45. Education institutions 49. Sounded alike, the words … 51. Australian native dog 53. First Greek letter 54. Slow and mournful tunes 56. Happening too soon, a … birth
57. The Naked Gun actor, … Nielsen
59. Star Wars character, Princess … 60. Barely cooked,
… steak 62. Ballpoint pen 63. South African city, … Town
64. Greek singer, … Mouskouri 65. Disapproving calls 67. Former Formula One driver, … Lauda 70. Mausoleum 73. Peruse again,
… the instructions
75. In a prominent position (2,3,4) 76. Necessitate 77. Blend of two metals 78. Cook lightly in oil 79. Late evening meal 80. Ambushes, accosts 84. Fabricated (4,2)
DOWN
2. Auxiliary, reserve 3. Consecrated with oil 4. Toting weapons 5. Gossip, tittle … 6. US country singer, Willie … 7. Evaporate, … up 8. Mayday call (1,1,1) 9. Give a sermon 10. Travelling on snow 11. Wise people
13. The Greatest Showman
co-star of 28. Across, … Williams
14. Be very obvious (5,3,1,4) 15. Outing, visit (3,4) 17. Plant’s wispy climber 20. Shock into silence 22. Strange and spooky 25. Delightful surprise, a real …
26. Gently fall into water 27. Musical symbols 29. Modules, … of study 30. Come to a standstill 32. Curved entrance 33. Reel and string toy (2-2) 39. Scarlet and crimson, etc 40. Musical, … Get Your Gun
42. Top part of boot 43. Russian range, … Mountains
85. Irritate 88. Courageous person 90. Robber 92. Swashbuckling Tassie-born movie legend, … Flynn
93. In a frosty manner 94. Ate in a restaurant, … out
96. Judi Dench movie,
Victoria & …
97. Historical age, a new … 99. Exaggeratedly masculine
100. Pastry dishes 103. Omen
105. Convent head, Mother … 107. Gentleman’s gentleman 108. Glandular nasal tissue 109. Prestigious dinner place on a cruise (7’1,5) 111. From Europe to North America, … flight
112. Magic Mike star, Channing …
113. More accurate or real, a … representation
114. As a substitute (2,4) 115. Pantyhose
116. Basis of soups
44. Rolf Boldrewood novel, Robbery … (5,4) 46. Famous Egyptian queen 47. Arabian Gulf state 48. Praising, a … speech 50. Put on your best clothes, get … (7,2)
52. Lack of transparency, the … of the glass 53. Oxygenates
55. Eva Peron’s nickname 58. Wear away gradually 59. Classic horror movie actor, … Chaney 61. Backward flow 66. Festive covering for gifts (8,5)
68. Lazy person 69. Scold, … off
71. Small rodent 72. Fatherly
74. Patch up socks, eg 76. Protest march (abbrev) 80. More unfavourable 81. Prestigious US university 82. Operatic piece 83. Futuristic fiction (3-2) 86. AV, … visual 87. Seaweed 88. Religious song 89. Competed at speed 90. Bunchy clump of grass 91. Legitimate object for attack (4,4)
94. Sad, miserable 95. Analyse minutely,
… the problem 98. Bread bun
101. Jaffa’s country 102. Graceful, lithe 103. Torch song, … Weather 104. South American term for a foreigner
106. Swiss potato cake 108. Pure-bred racehorses 110. Perfume, … de Cologne 111. Brewer’s vat