THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Almond paste confectionery
5. Deaden, … your gums
8. Russia’s capital
11. Cows’ milk glands
16. Prolific pale green vegie, … vine
17. Joking around, just …
19. Australian TV newsreader, … Gardner
20. Senseless, an … comment
21. Rodents, water …
22. Lavatory
23. In the forefront of fashion, very …
25. Burning slightly
27. Released, … the pressure
30. Baffling, mysterious
31. Instrumental composition
32. Podium
33. Bill-paying method, direct …
37. Sing to, … your lover
41. Threatened
42. Staying in bed late (8,2)
44. Open-mouthed, … with excitement
45. Prices quoted by a bookie
46. Gobbles up
47. Saucepan covers
48. Went over again, … the work
50. Aviation company
51. Duck-billed monotreme
54. Small child, tiny …
56. Yes vote
57. Go by bicycle
59. Grows old
61. Ruined, wrecked
63. Behaved towards, … me badly
66. Celebration missive, birthday …
68. Greatly regretted, … her decision
69. Affectionate moniker (3,4)
70. Indecipherable, his writing is …
73. Trade fair (abbrev)
75. Slow transfusion, intravenous …
76. Australian Football League (1,1,1)
78. Greek letter between upsilon and chi
79. Coarsely ground wheat
80. Colossal, enormous
82. Took an exam again
84. Thin branch
85. Large reptile, saltwater … (abbrev)
87. Tropical root veggie
89. Name as evidence
91. Rock band instrument (4,6)
94. Type of stocking fabric
96. Car crash, motor vehicle …
99. Quiver of arrows
101. Court summons
102. Took note of, … the warning
103. Pasta sauce with anchovies and capers
106. Finely mashed food, apple …
108. Sneezing and a blocked nose, … of a cold
110. Water container for livestock, cattle …
111. Go in search of, … the answer (4,2)
112. Insect larva
115. Red Sea port
116. Just arrived, … baby
117. Matching cardigan and jumper
118. Filament-like Asian mushroom variety
119. Novel by Gustave Flaubert, … Bovary
120. Completely ready, … to leave (3,3)
121. Israeli martial art, krav …
122. Guiding, … you to a seat
DOWN
1. Sweet coconut biscuits
2. On the upper surface of a building, a … garden
3. Object of adoration
4. Recognise, … the traditional owners
6. Not planned, … consequences
7. Highly prejudiced people
8. Assaulted and robbed
9. Steal underwear from the clothesline (slang)
10. Riotous drunken revel
12. Becoming extinct, … out
13. Looking at, scrutinising
14. Santa’s transport
15. Treat an illness with drugs
18. First-class, high-quality
24. Curio from the past
26. Exhausted, … out
28. List of meeting discussion items
29. Athletics event, pole …
32. Smaller and more delicate
34. Mixing bowls, pudding …
35. Bank cashier
36. In mint condition
38. Imposing structure
39. Hopping marsupial, … grey kangaroo
40. Major blood vessel of the heart
41. 1970s TV show about “hippie cops”, The … Squad
42. Return envelope (1,1,1)
43. Suddenly notice
46. Substances such as amylase and pepsin
49. Infuse into mind,
… new ideas
52. Respite, … in the onslaught (3-2)
53. Australian TV newsreader, … Overton
55. Happily picturesque
56. Stick fast, … to
58. Latin singular of “data”
60. Obtain bit by bit, … information
62. Prefix meaning “three”
64. Checked for financial irregularities, … the books
65. Magazine issue
67. Summer time, … savings
69. Elapse, omit (4,2)
71. Free of cost
72. Noel Coward play,
… Spirit
74. Related to sight, … nerve
77. Item of truth
80. English hill, Glastonbury …
81. Party appetiser
82. Putrefy, decay
83. Highlights, … her best features
86. Bicycle built for speed, eg
88. Refilling the tank, … the aircraft
90. Slightly drunk
92. Breakfast dish, … eggs
93. Cruel, callous
95. Shoulder gesture
97. Pulsing with pain
98. Sleep chambers
100. Bows down, … to clear the doorway
104. Of an assumption, based on theory (1,6)
105. Admiration
106. Small container, a … of strawberries
107. Music style, … and blues
109. Native American sacred symbol, … pole
113. Missing from the army (1,1,1,1)
114. Allot, … out rations
When you’ve solved the crossword, the letters on the shaded squares, reading left to right, top to bottom, spell a mystery word or phrase.