THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Memento
5. Musical threesome
8. Swimsuit, togs (slang)
11. Cropped up, had …
16. Cinema walkway, eg
17. Painted the town red, … all night
19. Dizzy condition
20. Public gardens
21. Exposed
22. Design marked on the skin
23. Cocktail snacks, stuffed …
25. Illustriousness
27. Room on board a ship
30. Gusty space (4,6)
31. Pattern, dress …
32. Herb often used with smoked salmon
33. Latin American dance
37. String for tying footwear
41. Unspecified person, … stole my car
42. Fortune-teller’s pack (5,5)
44. Brown soft drink
45. Rodgers and Hart song, … It Romantic? (3’1)
46. Vanuatu’s currency
47. Bounders
48. Book of photos
50. Heist movie, The … Job
51. Eleventh month
54. Home Improvement star, … Allen
56. Another name for the Greek goddess Demeter
57. Greek salad cheese
59. Spoken rather than written
61. Casualty department, … room
63. Pictures made of tile shards, etc
66. TV show compere
68. Unsettling and exciting
69. Imitating
70. Feelings of hunger, hearty …
73. Be painful
75. Unable to hear
76. Song, If I … A Hammer
78. Hairstyling product
79. Embeds surgically
80. Israeli city (3,4)
82. Religious doctrine
84. Ancient Egyptian goddess
85. Debt notes (abbrev)
87. Italian town famous for its leaning tower 89. Yemeni port
91. Discovering (7,3)
94. Made from merino, a … garment
96. Take issue with
99. Pre-adolescent
101. Pacific island
102. Worse for wear, down … (2,4)
103. Overawed by a celebrity
106. Estimate the cost, … for the repairs
108. Wild and uncontrolled, … activity
110. Sudden, came to an … end
111. Vitamin B3
112. Joined with stitches, … by hand
115. Misbehave (3,2)
116. NZ hot-springs city
117. Art of paper-folding
118. Less dangerous, a … route
119. Written assignments
120. Voluntarily and openly
121. Souffle ingredients
122. Religious sceptic
DOWN
1. Sheaths for knives
2. Open a jar, … the lid
3. Level, scores are …
4. Unrealistic, unworkable
6. Horned African animal
7. Handyperson, … man (3-3)
8. Yield suddenly, … to their demands (4,2)
9. Let out a high-pitched scream
10. Coloured part of eye
12. Come to maturity
13. Lawn watering device
14. Person whose children have left home, empty …
15. Special Forces soldier
18. Light-sensitive membrane
24. Dance under a pole
26. Historical period in England, …-Saxon
28. Former students, school …
29. Indian cricketer, … Kohli
32. Reduction, price …
34. Quality or strength of character
35. Not digital, … devices
36. Takes over by force, … power
38. Be dismissed, get the … (5-2)
39. Euphoria, delight
40. Famous Texas battle
41. Mobile phone insert, … card (1,1,1)
42. Treat, … leather
43. Magical symbol
46. Shiny coating, nail …
49. Remove cargo, … the ship
52. Vitality, get-up-and-go
53. Very light brown
55. Australian sheep dogs
56. Energetic and forceful person
58. Replenish, … your glass (3,2)
60. Correct, the … answer
62. Return on investment (1,1,1)
64. Confusing, mixing up
65. Poison in bitter almonds
67. Lustrous silvery metal
69. Tribal heads, eg
71. Beverage-brewing vessel
72. Multiply by three
74. Old-fashioned swear word
77. Australia’s intelligence service (1,1,1,1) 80. Disapproving noise
81. Most loathsome
82. Rock band, Steely …
83. Keeping in good condition, … the property
86. Should be, … to be congratulated
88. Pronouncing judgement, … the criminal 90. Consume completely (3,2)
92. Sickens, makes queasy
93. Rivers of ice
95. Admit responsibility for misdoings (3,2) 97. Quirky, unconventional
98. Transported by ship, … cargo
100. Large war fleet
104. Stay healthy (4,3)
105. Delete, expunge
106. Feeling sick in the tummy
107. Functionless
109. Without contents
113. Agitate, … up trouble
114. Italian veal dish, … buco
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.