Big crossword
ACROSS
1. People who attend horse meetings (4-5) 6. Paris is there 11. Tidy 13. Exact 15. Recover a wrecked ship 17. At constant intervals 18. Arrive 19. TheAdventures ofPriscilla, Queenofthe Desert star, … Stamp 21. US crime agency (1,1,1) 23. Undo, … the knot 25. Partnership 26. Do again 28. Valiant 30. Grain store 31. Free from harm 33. Friend 34. Variety of lettuce 36. Comedy sketch 37. Mop down, … the decks 39. Minimum 42. Goods 44. Lightly fry 46. Gain information 47. Havana’s island 49. Location of Salt Lake City 51. Elevate 52. Stage play 53. Venue of the 1996 Olympics 54. Small branch 57. Movie, Eat… Love
59. Courage 61. Large vase 63. Required 66. Fable writer 68. Odds and ... 69. Act of kindness 70. Not a soul (2-3) 73. Takes force 74. Shout of
appreciation 75. Henry VIII’s
royal house 76. Wildlife tour 77. Apple centres 80. Real … agent 81. Taut 82. Senior member 85. Flashing light 88. Speak 90. Ladies’ finger
vegetable 92. Small whirlpool 94. Golf clubs 97. Cooking utensil 98. Spin 100. Sudden surge 102. Ship’s sail pole 103. Colours 104. Parody 106. Paddock 108. Pips 111. Sniff 113. Sunrise direction 114. Abscond 116. In favour of 117. Watched 119. Lowest female singing voice 120. Lunch or dinner 121. Ireland’s capital 123. Violin 126. Most severe 127. Entire and untouched 129. Clothesline clip 131. Mirror, … the image 134. Enthusiastically, with … 135. Approve, … the plan 136. Thorny flower (3,4) 137. Celebrations 138. Model, Kate … 139. Stage whispers 140. Having no form
DOWN
1. Perpetually agitated, move around … 2. Large stringed instrument 3. Chin beard 4. Eternally, for … 5. Shortly 6. Gun or pistol 7. Herb-flavoured
liqueur 8. Fall in a heap 9. Egotism, …
centredness 10. Very short skirt 11. Sore spot,
hit a … 12. Astound 13. Concise
summary 14. Loaf made from bleached flour (5,5) 16. Artistic
styles 20. Troy actor,
… Bana
22. Fishing enticement 24. See-through, … curtains 26. Shift system 27. Spaghetti or macaroni 29. USA’s “Windy City” 30. Soft sounds of relief, eg 32. Natural ability 35. LordoftheRings
actor, … Bloom 38. Peculiar 40. Hamish Blake’s comedy partner, … Lee 41. TV series about missing persons, Withouta…
42. Beautyandthe
Beast actress, Emma … 43. Medical stitch 44. Knight’s title 45. Strong desire 48. Flying mammal 50. Black road-surfacing material 55. Begged 56. Company offering protective policies 57. Medieval farm labourer 58. Guacamole ingredient 60. Keeps going, … the traditions 62. … and nor 64. Rejoiced 65. Sympathetic reaction 66. Judge 67. Australian singer, … Noll 71. Or nearest offer (1,1,1) 72. Signifies maiden name 77. Burial chambers 78. US cattle thief 79. Berates 83. Caught by a cowboy’s rope 84. Departure points 85. Deception 86. Tops of houses 87. Nip, nibble 89. Beast of burden 91. Former Breakfast presenter, … Gregory 92. Otherwise, or … 93. Amusingly odd 95. Former lover, … flame 96. Little 99. Without exertion, an … motion 101. Positioned 105. Put in the ground, … out the bushes 107. Green citrus fruit 109. Parts of a serial 110. Well-thumbed, a … book (3-5) 112. Spite, ill-will 114. Apparently, on the
… of it 115. Eludes, … capture 117. Dishes on a menu 118. Twofold, …
purpose 122. Latest batch of
recruits, new … 124. 1970s dance
music style 125. Coils, … of wire 128. Cropped up,
occurred 129. Protected bushland, national … 130. Manner of walking 132. Fish flippers 133. Sicilian volcano