THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Adult tadpoles 4. Fade from sight 8. No Time To Die star, … Craig 12. Hoard secretly 16. Israeli port city 18. Ornate decoration 19. State-of-the-art refit, … of the kitchen 21. Light comic opera 23. Scoundrel, rascal 24. Match officials 26. Julia Roberts movie, Eat … Love 28. Cummerbund 31. All-time low 32. No Time To Die star, … Seydoux 34. Rub out mistake 35. Lascivious looks 36. Degree of slant 37. Extremely, … masculine 38. Rope material 39. Purple stonefruit 41. Failures, flops 44. Japanese organised crime group 45. Bitterness 49. Capital of Angola 51. Legal, lawful 53. Swiss potato cake 54. Ice-cream treat, chocolate … 56. Headstrong 57. Calibrate in advance, … the timer 59. Accidentally strike, … your toe 60. Name as evidence 62. Passport endorsement 63. At a great distance, from … 64. Olivia Newton-john song, Banks Of The … 65. Chemistry workplaces (abbrev) 67. Stylishly elegant 70. Castle-shaped chess piece 73. Tinting, … your hair 75. Complied with, … to standards 76. Narrow water passage, Torres … 77. Mexican farewell, Adios … 78. Wobbegong or great white, eg 79. Gives way, … to pressure 80. Exotic flowers 84. Jerusalem is there 85. White part of citrus skin 88. Coves, inlets 90. Sherwood Forest outlaw, … Hood 92. Skips, excludes 93. Dripping, a … tap 94. Tiny rose-bush pest 96. Looks at lasciviously 97. Belonging to that man 99. Circular 100. Organs which pick up sound 103. Heap, stack 105. George Gershwin composition, … In Blue 107. Small recess 108. Fragments of an artillery shell 109. Informant about dodgy business practices 111. Genuinely 112. Moves fast, … down the road 113. White heron 114. Told stories, … with his mates 115. Squinted, … at 116. Perfect, an … match
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2. Gawking shamelessly 3. 15th-century Spanish warships 4. View, panorama 5. Early Aussie TV soap, … 96 6. Military guard 7. Strike, slap 8. Weir 9. Makes up, … for sins 10. European mountain goats 11. Solitary type 13. Circus swings 14. Lack of resolve 15. Eviction, … from the premises 17. Atypical 20. Feverish illness 22. Ebb and flow, … phases 25. Largest antelope, giant … 26. Baby carriage 27. Predict an outcome, the signs … well 29. Church holy table 30. Skull’s location in the body 32. Low in fat 33. Car-related, … electrician 39. Song, A Whiter Shade Of … 40. Not censored, the … version 42. Disturbed their plans, … the apple-cart 43. Error, … of the tongue 44. Day before today 46. Tee-totaller, eg 47. Close-fitting bonnet 48. Brazen, remorseless 50. Before birth, … classes 52. Cigarette leaves 53. Notes down, … their attendance 55. Extraterrestrial 58. Capital of Morocco 59. Small pouch 61. Very large deer 66. Echoing, … through the canyon 68. Haul up, … the flag 69. Right and left, … hands 71. Nebraska’s largest city 72. Miscellaneous articles 74. Breathe in with shock 76. Travels on snow 80. Willow genus used for wickerwork 81. Notes and coins 82. Misfortunes, woes 83. Hindu teacher 86. Ran in neutral, … the engine 87. Watering pipe 88. Cowshed 89. Younger days, in your … 90. Sketched anew, the plans were … 91. Chocolate made with hazelnuts 94. Made progress 95. Positions forces, … troops 98. Ancient Peruvian 101. Shady plant-covered alcove 102. Hayfever symptom 103. Look through, … the catalogue 104. Froth of soap 106. Small freshwater crayfish 108. Church council 110. Maggie May singer, … Stewart 111. Measure of electrical current