THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Striped semi-precious stone
4. Furniture items, coffee …
8. Threads, filaments
12. Drawbacks
16. Impersonate
18. Eventually (6,2,5)
19. Chinese broth (4’1-4,4)
21. Italian almondflavoured liqueur
23. Movie, Monty Python And The Holy …
24. Substance that aids a chemical reaction
26. Mary Poppins star, Dick van …
28. Battle Of The Sexes star, … Stone
31. My Fair Lady heroine, … Doolittle
32. Parrot of New Zealand
34. Animal Kingdom star, … Weaver 35. Travelled on snow
36. Book about a little Swiss girl
37. Country, … Rica
38. Eat away at
39. Divulge, … the secret
41. Speedily, at a good … of knots
44. Fairground ride, … coaster
45. Words such as “slowly” and “frequently” 49. Morse code elements, dots and …
51. Small imperial measure of weight
53. Sidestep
54. Military shelter, eg
56. Term relating to a legal obligation, due …
57. That is to say
59. Italian sparkling wine, … spumante
60. Butter and lard, eg
62. Ice-hockey disk
63. Flee, turn … and run
64. Fencing sword 65. Eager, keen
67. Female singing voice
70. World’s longest river
73. Mushroom or toadstool, eg
75. Dispelled their fears, … them all would be well 76. Change text, … the speech
77. Killer whales
78. Committed theft, … from
79. Dynamism
80. Animal trainer
84. Winner of a battle
85. Australian host of
The Last Leg, … Hills
88. Baby goats
90. Battle Of The Sexes star, … Carell
92. Languor
93. Gone higher, had …
94. Exude perspiration 96. Lightly grilled bread used in canapés, … toast
97. Boy, youth
99. Novel in digital form (1-4)
100. Produced, … an egg
103. Perform a charade
105. Celtic dance (5,3)
107. Last letter of the Greek alphabet
108. Mountain transport (5-3)
109. From Europe to North America, … flight
111. Huge amount of money, win … (1,5,7)
112. Controversial supermodel, … Campbell
113. Poke fun at
114. Silhouette cast by sunlight
115. Jam-setting agent
116. Australian actress, … Keddie
DOWN
2. Our world as an integrated unit (6,7) 3. Swayed dangerously 4. Car engine enhancer, … charger 5. Veteran US actor, Warren …
6. Slowly appear,
… into view 7. Knight’s title
8. Little lie
9. Frozen spike
10. Make up for a mistake, … yourself
11. Jet plane sound, … boom
13. Game Of Thrones
actress, … Emmanuel 14. Affectedly virtuous person (5,3,5) 15. Song, … In The Stream
17. Take the limelight from 20. Cover with slabs 22. Patterned linen fabric 25. UK race meeting, Royal …
26. Author, Roald ...
27. Pirates Of The Caribbean
actress, … Knightley 29. Face disguises 30. Partially open 32. Ukraine’s capital 33. Genus of maple tree 39. Horse’s pace
40. Gives temporarily
42. Company’s financial check
43. Biblical paradise
44. Harry Potter actor, Daniel …
46. Buddhist leader (5,4)
47. Chocolate Easter goodies 48. French military leader, Napoleon …
50. Star Wars hero, Luke …
52. Magazine chiefs
53. Protects
55. Formerly Ayers Rock
58. Burning
59. Also known as (1,1,1)
61. Container for return mail (1,1,1)
66. Give too little weight to, … the importance 68. Stretchy fabric
69. Second-hand, … vehicle
71. Star of Madam Secretary, Téa …
72. Grasped what it’s all about (3,3,7)
74. Tofu bean
76. Increases an engine’s speed
80. Indian language
81. US singer, … Diamond
82. Tolkien trilogy, The … Of The Rings
83. Swiss fried potato cake
86. Capital of India, New …
87. Breakfast or lunch, eg
88. Leg joint
89. Duvet, quilt
90. Peers short-sightedly
91. Stress, put an … on
94. Plays tricks or pranks, … around
95. Breed of dog, Skye …
98. Australian designer, … Perry
101. List of business for discussion
102. Dotted playing-piece
103. Novel and movie,
What … Knew
104. Composer, Wolfgang Amadeus …
106. Festivals
108. Australian actor, … Friels 110. Crow’s raucous cry
111. Domestic fuse unit
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