THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Antlered male animals 4. Membrane at back of eye 8. European expanse of water, ... Sea 12. Direct the course of 16. Ostentatiously Australian

18. New configuration 19. From Europe to North America, ... flight 21. Needed

23. Toss

24. Star of The African Queen, ... Bogart 26. Cole Porter song,

Miss ... Regrets

28. WA bird emblem, black ...

31. Play set to music 32. Emirates capital,

... Dhabi

34. Suffuse

35. Bird's sharp claw 36. Strongboxes

37. Pop band, rock ... 38. Uncomplaining person 39. Internal sac of fluid 41. Become submerged 44. German emperor 45. Lifting, elevating 49. Ocean west of Australia 51. Speak off the cuff,

... a speech (2-3) 53. Sheraton or Hilton, eg 54. Organising, ... up 56. Snow landslide 57. Seasoned speaker 59. Correct or improve text for publication

60. Rise early, up with the ... 62. Middle of the leg 63. Road-use charge, motorway ... 64. Stonework structure 65. Old-style pubs 67. Dark green leafy vegetable 70. Chilled drink, ... tea 73. Australian Eurovision singer, ... Firebrace 75. Thefts

76. Famous swimwear brand

77. Surface decoration 78. Short Japanese poem 79. Watching, looking over 80. Put in a different sequence 84. Circles, squares, etc 85. Boaters, Stetsons, etc 88. Professional charges 90. Army first-aider 92. Dickens novel, The Mystery Of ... Drood

DOWN

93. Popular Japanese snack, ... roll

94. Cut up a joint of meat 96. Rubbery material 97. Observe

99. Lower surface of a room

100. London police HQ, Scotland ...

103. Fixed price, standard ... 105. Members of an urban, alternative-styled counterculture 107. Portray feelings 108. Castigates

109. Local area, community 111. Shared out again,

... wealth

112. 007 movie, Tomorrow ... Dies 113. Old-fashioned swear word

114. Trouble, annoy continually 115. Colourful flower parts 116. Soldiers' marching practice

2. Sedative or calming drug

3. Fortified military base 4. Ranted angrily 5. Male moggie 6. Compositions for nine voices 7. Statute, law

8. Have a flutter 9. Archer's missiles 10. Permanently frozen Arctic plain 11. Financial collapse, market ... 13. Treads on carelessly, ... the garden 14. Blackmailers 15. Chair side piece 17. Man-made fibre 20. Insect larva

22. Nail file, ... board 25. Related to cities 26. Malt-drying kiln 27. Draw as a conclusion 29. Inaccurate

30. Bites sharply 32. Italian sparkling wine, ... spumante 33. Tangerine-grapefruit citrus cross

39. Steep rugged rock 40. Sturdy, firm

42. Bury 43. Thousand grams (abbrev)

44. The African Queen star, ... Hepburn