THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Small Asian twowheeled carriage 5. Infant’s cradle

8. Thin and insubstantial 11. Sagittarius star symbol 16. Musical opening (abbrev) 17. Rotation imparted on the ball in tennis, eg 19. Embed surgically 20. Guardians Of The Galaxy

star, … Pratt

21. Travel cost, train … 22. Star of the movie M*A*S*H, … Sutherland 23. Tips over, … the rubbish bin 25. Imperial rulers of ancient Rome

27. More aloof, an … reception 30. Wicked, fiendish 31. Bites between meals 32. Light, ethereal 33. Song, … Of A Clown

37. Parts of a serial 41. Books published in instalments 42. Ramparts

44. Happy cat sound 45. Ancient Egyptian deity 46. Latvian capital 47. Stretching exercise class 48. Meat jelly

50. Acted the fool, … around 51. Documentary voiceover provider

54. Belly (slang) 56. Breakfast item, boiled … 57. Capital of Timor-leste 59. Mimics, copies 61. Watching, noticing 63. More irritating, an … insect bite 66. Swedish car company 68. Screech, shout 69. Rolled dessert, meringue … 70. Invigorated 73. Garment, … of clothing 75. Battery compartment, eg 76. Type of mushroom 78. Casuarina, she … 79. Wrestler (slang) 80. Important mineral for bones

82. Live piece of fuel in a dying fire 84. Burglar’s swag

85. Not quite closed 87. Barbra Streisand movie, Funny …

89. Began to limp, the horse went …

91. Encroached illegally, … on their property 94. Capital of Kyrgyzstan 96. Great fun or mirth 99. Hard rock genre, heavy … 101. Recedes like the tide 102. Attached townhouse, eg 103. Knocks down, … the buildings

106. Make hazy

108. Writer of parodies 110. Great desert of North Africa

111. Come into view, emerge 112. Trim with a knife 115. Dark, an … passageway 116. Stanley Kubrick movie, 2001: A Space …

117. Italian wine style 118. Russian pancakes served with caviar 119. Small red salad vegie 120. Human being 121. Disappear under water 122. Concurring

DOWN

1. Make stronger, … the foundations 2. Provided food, … for a function 3. Socially pretentious person 4. Scientists who study stars

6. Denies, … the claim 7. Capital of the Central African Republic 8. More equitable 9. Obstructing, hindering 10. Travel, sail the seven … 12. Gathered trim 13. Gave shelter to,

… a criminal 14. Ignore, … temptation 15. Spray bottle, perfume … 18. Calm

24. Ancient city in Jordan 26. Swampy land (US) 28. Minister of religion 29. Sheep’s neck 32. Precision, correctness 34. Church passageways 35. With less speed, a … car 36. Old-time moneylender 38. Condition, on the … that 39. Relating to threedimensional area, … distribution 40. Serious play

41. Latin for “so” or “thus” 42. Auction offer 43. Phoned

46. Jogs my memory, … me

49. Middle of the foot 52. Nimble, spry 53. Designer’s garment mock-up 55. Computer’s strip of icons, eg 56. Self-centredness

58. Ozark star, … Linney 60. Portion, part 62. Lamb’s mother 64. Rowdy audience member

65. Star of the movie

M*A*S*H, … Gould 67. Traditional Scottish instruments 69. Entitlements 71. Casualty or injured party

72. Zero, nil

74. Lesson, the … of the story 77. Historical periods 80. Bounder, rotter 81. Gilbert and Sullivan opera set in Japan,

The …

82. European deer 83. Getting rid off, … the opposition

86. Army general purposes vehicles 88. Demotion of a football team to a lower division, eg 90. School subject that includes algebra and geometry

92. Under siege, an … town 93. Accompanying the main event, … attractions 95. Drainage channel for waste

97. Talking loudly, … on 98. Falls ill again 100. Discount voucher 104. East African language 105. Distributor, … of currency

106. Indian fig tree 107. Ridiculous situations 109. Duty lists 113. Computer memory unit 114. Proficient, competent