Woman’s Day (New Zealand)

Big crossword

- Christine Lovatt’s

ACROSS

1. Tenant 9. Jumped over 15. Proceed (from) 16. Mantra 17. Fires (employee) 19. Subsided 21. Vagabond 22. Surpass 23. Road signals, ... lights 24. Happen next 25. Altogether (2,3) 27. Spheres 29. Rabbit relative 31. Radio station selector 33. Finish supply of (3,2) 35. T-bone or sirloin 38. Centre 40. Sleepy sigh 42. Garbage 43. Combine

into one 44. Yoghurt

containers 46. Divine beings 48. Scent 49. Ceramic

paving square 50. Bangkok

cuisine 51. Enclosures 53. Identifies 55. Quantity

of paper 56. From Brussels 58. Caught

(stocking) 61. Motor vehicle 63. Alien spaceship (1,1,1) 65. Cul-de-sac

(4,3) 69. Money-back

offer 71. Generator 72. Inhalation­s 74. Lament 75. Sweet bun 76. Flair 77. Molasses 78. Furiously 79. Snooker stick 80. Fierce feline 81. Solar system

body 84. Genuinely 87. Scrawny 91. Record label

(1,1,1) 93. Cereal grass 94. Stays abreast

(5,2) 97. Ship’s diary 100. Low-fat (milk) 101. Chinese

vessels 103. Frumpy 105. Cowardly

person 106. Perjurer 107. Levels 108. Bad (loser) 109. Rim 110. Improper

(influence) 111. Encourage

(3,2) 113. Ceremony 115. Hairdresse­rs’

workplace 117. Rent out

again (2-3) 120. Foot joint 122. Lifting device 124. Dog parasite 127. Cash dispensers (1,1,2) 129. Befuddle 131. Floor-show

host 133. Instructs 134. Desert water

hole 136. Egypt’s capital 137. Just right 138. Small hill 139. Door pivot 140. Severely

simple 141. Coastal

beacons 142. Unruly

DOWN

1. Fortunatel­y 2. Ethiopia’s Addis ... 3. Praises 4. Expel 5. Interior design 6. Relaxes 7. Unoccupied 8. Hat-weaving

leaves 9. Blood-sucking

worm 10. Beer colour 11. Short-lived

trends 12. Eight-piece

groups 13. Silo contents 14. Exits 18. Take in

(orphan) 20. Adversary 26. Leaping

forward 28. Trumpet metal 30. Japanese or

Sri Lankan 32. Spoke

34. Swirl 35. Window blind 36. Sufficient 37. Malaysia’s ... Lumpur 39. Speaker’s podium 41. White-faced 45. Cerebral organ 47. Stated 49. Started golf match, ... off 52. Spotted cubes 54. Molecule particle 56. Support garment 57. Convent sister 58. Pedestrian tunnels 59. Retributio­n seeker 60. Skimpy underwear (1-6) 62. US president, ... Lincoln 64. Lethally 66. Prized seafood 67. Travel cheats, fare ... 68. Wear fancy costume (5,2) 70. Construct 71. Discourage 73. Watch covertly 75. Israeli’s ... Aviv 82. Escape of gas 83. Nothing 85. Noah’s boat 86. Plastic toy blocks 88. Coated (with mud) 89. Without direction 90. Count ... blessings 92. Climb down rope 94. Gently teases 95. Machine-driven 96. Unfulfille­d 98. External 99. Commenceme­nt 101. Penitentia­ry 102. Move crabwise 103. Numeral 104. The Big Apple, New ... 109. Principled 110. Not given food 112. Cold symptom, ... congestion 114. Tallest mountain 116. Dined at restaurant (3,3) 118. Pass (of years) 119. Repeated 121. Whipped 123. Vanilla slice

topping 125. Lascivious smirks 126. Geography volume 127. Posed (question) 128. Temperamen­ts 130. Impenetrab­le

(jungle) 132. Italian greeting 135. Mortuary stone SOLUTION NEXT WEEK

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