THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Illuminate, enlighten 4. Red glowing coals 8. Smile affectedly 12. Lashes
16. Pig sounds
18. Tiny germ, eg 19. Thoughtless, reckless 21. Star of Dune,
… Chalamet 23. Deport, send into … 24. Principle, religious … 26. Singe
28. Burden carried 31. Salad dressing,
… virgin olive oil 32. Home improvements (1,1,1) 34. Applying, … your expertise
35. Work schedules
36. Din, ruckus
37. Came to a close 38. Ancient land with a biblical queen 39. Plumps, … for
41. New York side of the US, … Coast 44. Six-winged angel 45. Multipurpose blade, … knife
49. Black or green oily fruits 51. Colliery worker 53. Bequeath
54. Actors’ representatives 56. Big-headed 57. Section of a poem, verse 59. Helix, spiral
60. Give for a time 62. Front of a boat 63. Saying, Give them an … and they’ll take a yard 64. Attached house 65. Online auction company
67. Large chisel-like tool 70. Notebooks, jotters 73. Robinson Crusoe
author, … Defoe 75. Lively, a … person 76. Japanese green tea 77. Unconventional and slightly shocking 78. Painting stand 79. Looking-glass on a swivel, … mirror 80. Moved on all fours 84. Adulterated 85. Ice-skating jump 88. Cleansing bar 90. WWII incident in Australia, … breakout 92. Lifeless
93. Long book, War And …
94. OJ, orange …
96. Roil, agitate 97. Hypotheticals, what … 99. Powerful clique 100. Popular ice-cream flavour, … chip 103. Injure, mutilate 105. Excluded, … the possibility (5,3) 107. Swiss potato cake 108. Ruin, it led to his … 109. Lack of courage 111. Law-enforcement agent (6,7)
112. Cabs for hire 113. Quartz and chalcedony gemstone
114. Taking the most optimistic view (2,4) 115. Provides food and drink, … the party 116. Squash flat, … the carton
DOWN
2. Factual films, wildlife … 3. Buoyancy devices for toddlers, eg
4. US bird symbol, bald … 5. Expel, … from school 6. List of shifts 7. Phone insert,
… card (1,1,1)
8. Glide over snow
9. Tel Aviv is there 10. Spanish rice dish 11. Lassoed, … the horse 13. Social media keywords 14. Government employee (6,7) 15. Company with little carbon output, low … 17. Star of Dune,
… Ferguson
20. Very short dress 22. Consume completely (3,2) 25. Excludes
26. Metal containers 27. French for “farewell” 29. In a strange way 30. Man, guy (slang) 32. Cold-cuts shop 33. Creature of Himalayan folklore 39. Measures of electrical resistance 40. Argentinian dance 42. Supplemented item (3-2)
43. Pulls behind a car,
… the caravan 44. Intermittent, irregular 46. Found shelter, … from the storm (4,5)
47. Produced, … an egg 48. Made prominent, pushed … (2,3,4) 50. Flight of steps 52. Allay, … your fears 53. Solar overshadowing 55. Frank Sinatra hit,
… Coins In The Fountain 58. Barter, exchange 59. Country Women’s Association (1,1,1) 61. Midwestern US capital, … Moines 66. Disappointing, an … concert 68. Violent ousting of government, coup … (1’4) 69. Flatboat, barge 71. Club for dancing 72. People you know slightly, passing … 74. Sprawl around lazily 76. Small mistake
80. Set of beliefs 81. Italian wine region 82. Circuits of a track 83. Roman goddess of hunting
86. Central Australian monolith 87. Galvanising metal 88. Appear, it can … serious 89. Protein building blocks, … acids 90. Treasure dearly 91. Decisive experiment (4,4) 94. Star of The Hateful Eight, … Jason Leigh 95. Investigate unknown territory 98. Safeguard in an electric circuit 101. Associate with 102. Crunchy parts of bread 103. Champagne and juice cocktail
104. Politely request,
… him to speak 106. Opera by Puccini 108. Considers, … to be 110. Perched
111. Image (abbrev)