THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. In the direction of sunrise 5. Red-skinned Dutch cheese 8. Overlooked, the … heroes of the day 11. Korean fermented vegetable pickle 16. Make as one, … the country

17. Star of the movie Fargo,

… Mcdormand

19. Fast South American dance 20. Horrifying or sensational, … crimes 21. Settled up, … the bill 22. Abduct for ransom 23. Cannot, is … to 25. Toddler’s play equipment, … pool 27. Bashful, shy 30. Methodical, a … approach 31. Salad ingredient, cherry … 32. Australian pop group, … Crash Opera 33. Vitality, get-up-and-go 37. Snow transport 41. Aggravated, made cross 42. Mingles at a party, eg 44. Fuel cut from bogs 45. Ancient Egyptian deity 46. Point of entry, front … 47. Become limp and droop 48. Eerie, strange

50. John Steinbeck novel,

… Row

51. Embraced, … the cause 54. Sort, of that … 56. Fleetwood Mac hit,

Go Your … Way

57. Inner part of the hand 59. High-pitched barks 61. Shouted out 63. Produced by a volcano, … rock

66. Castle’s water defence 68. Overly pleased with yourself

69. Star of the movie Fargo,

… H. Macy 70. Countryside, terrain 73. Watches, notices 75. Plead with God

76. At the back of a boat 78. Act as suitor

79. Put off till later, … a decision 80. Japanese hostesses 82. Lift up, elevate 84. Dentist’s request, Open …

85. Senior naval rank, … admiral

87. Bare, naked 89. Income, weekly … 91. Acts as agent for, speaks for 94. Spread messily, … grease over 96. Dwindling, … out 99. Becomes less severe, the pain …

101. Mists up, … the lens 102. Snapshots 103. Physicists and biologists, etc

106. Thin Champagne glass 108. Mondays to Fridays 110. Hunter’s lures 111. Queasy feeling 112. Ancient Peruvian 115. Caterpillar or grub, eg 116. Symbolic, it was a … amount

117. Brief gleam, a … of light 118. Jeer at, ridicule 119. Waterlogged 120. Breathed noisily when asleep

121. Table supports 122. Make hostile, alienate

DOWN

1. Gear, sports … 2. Whisky, gin, vodka, etc 3. Habits or customs, different … of life 4. Preserve by chilling 6. Cover-ups, tricks 7. Artefacts display centre 8. Remove cargo, … the ship

9. Variety of white wine 10. Orderly, tidy

12. Did nothing, … the day away 13. Hallways, passages 14. Blue-purple colour 15. Bent pasta tubes, elbow …

18. Once a year, … event 24. Bitingly cold 26. Customary practice, common … 28. Famous and memorable, an … singer

29. Toy musical instrument 32. Inflated decorations 34. Image made from glass or tile fragments 35. Protruding lump, umbilical … 36. Theatrical whispers 38. Paper-folding art 39. Best possible, … result

40. Clumsy, awkward 41. Emergency medical treatment, first … 42. Sushi condiment, … sauce

43. Aircraft personnel, eg 46. Percussionist 49. Outcome

52. Shoot at from cover 53. Scrub with a brush 55. Wander aimlessly 56. Ukraine port city 58. Lounges, … around 60. Capital of Jordan 62. Crimson resin 64. Bolster courage, … them

65. From Kampala, eg 67. Steady drinkers 69. Car’s rain removers, windscreen … 71. Seeds sprinkled on burger buns

72. Yoga poses 74. Perspiration

77. Plant with leafy fronds 80. Oxygen is one 81. Most certain 82. Jennifer Lawrence movie, … Sparrow 83. Paramours, childhood … 86. Fundamental character 88. Climbing down 90. Honking birds 92. Blazed a trail 93. Removing contents, … the bins

95. Ahead of schedule, finish … 97. Confidently assure,

I … it will happen 98. Ruler

100. Show to be false, … the myth 104. Over-exposure of skin in summer

105. Lives, inhabits 106. Deceived, tricked 107. Handy and beneficial 109. Swathe fabric over 113. Muscat’s country 114. Song, When You Wish Upon A …