THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Belief, give … to their story
5. Star of Moonstruck
8. Staggered giddily
11. Darkened, … the lights
16. Authoritative book
17. Man-made fibre
19. Commensurate (3,4)
20. Internet search engine
21. Typical, standard
22. Fairies’ cave
23. As one, sing in …
25. Announces, discloses
27. Herbivorous animal with a short trunk
30. Iconic New Zealand frondy plant (6,4)
31. Tyrolean style of gathered skirt
32. Clenched hand
33. Solemn pledges
37. Grow bigger, … in size
41. Signs indicating a novice driver (1-6)
42. Dispirit
44. Oscar-winning Ben Affleck thriller
45. Charlize Theron movie, … Flux
46. Fully occupied
47. Image of a saint, eg
48. Ancient Peruvian people
50. Ground together, … your teeth
51. Sled
54. Dead-end road, … de sac
56. Waveband (1,1,1)
57. Besides
59. English public school
61. Disappearing, … without a trace
63. Transported across a river
66. White mineral salt
68. Trade, buy and …
69. Normally (2,1,4)
70. Supporting, advocating for
73. Sluggishly, lethargically
75. Suggestive look
76. Siege weapon, battering …
78. Spanish cheer
79. Shakes with fear
80. Radical or extreme, … measures
82. Cook on a barbecue
84. Affirm, state
85. Long-billed wading bird
87. Deep-water vessel
89. Makes last, … out supplies
91. Steadied, … the ladder
94. Professional life paths
96. Examines closely
99. Light beam used in surgery
101. Suspend from above
102. Small red stone-fruit
103. Feelings, perceptions
106. Military flutes
108. Giving a prize, … a medal
110. Tiered eastern temple
111. Makes a speech
112. Infant’s cradle
115. Quits, … the habit
116. Granted money to
117. Large tidal wave
118. Perfect, flawless
119. Despite that (4,2)
120. Digestion catalyst, eg
121. Cooking fat used in puddings
122. Disturbed, excited
DOWN
1. Spicy Polish sausage
2. Sets out, … on a journey
3. Female farm animals
4. Company president, eg
6. Vivid purple-pink colour
7. Get back, … your costs
8. Mend, fix
9. Fiscal or monetary, … policies
10. Auction website
12. Depiction of happy innocence
13. Hindu sage
14. Half asleep, dozy
15. Site of Napoleon’s defeat, Battle of …
18. Endorse, … the legislation
24. Christmas carol, Silent …
26. More sickly
28. Not digital, … devices
29. Mid-leg joints
32. Adds a particular taste, … with vanilla
34. Astringent chemical in tea and wine
35. Vision, hearing, touch, etc
36. Listed, … to the side
38. Star of Moonstruck, … Cage
39. Bitter feeling
40. Quick-moving, nimble
41. US city, … Vegas
42. Item that doesn’t work
43. Legend
46. Surround a town during wartime, eg
49. Yolngu area of NT, … Land
52. Animal organs used as food
53. Artfulness
55. Dodgers, tax …
56. Less attractive
58. Oppressed worker, wage …
60. Yonder, over …
62. Details, all the … and outs
64. Set loose, … the hounds
65. Chemical entity
67. Speaking indistinctly
69. Affirm, bear witness
71. Scallywag
72. Coloured parts of the eyes
74. Yellows of eggs
77. In current condition (2,2)
80. Tried hard, … her best
81. Ricotta or feta, eg
82. Satellite-based navigation system (1,1,1)
83. Extending, stretching
86. Slanted edge of a mirror, eg
88. Indecisive
90. Bath soak, … salts
92. Snow landslide
93. Enraged
95. Very quick
97. Wrote quickly or untidily
98. Manhattan’s musical theatre street
100. Capital of Eritrea
104. Garden of Eden snake
105. Laugh like a witch
106. Melted cheese dish
107. Religions, belief systems
109. Flat circular objects, vinyl …
113. Thick Japanese noodle
114. Split, a … in the family