Big crossword
ACROSS
1. Retained 4. Clock face, eg 7. Large vase 9. Sheet of glass 13. Boat’s underside 16. Cut 17. Bequeath money (to) 19. Geological layers 20. Seasonings (4,3,6) 25. Outlaw 26. Motor, car … 27. Loved deeply 28. Laboratory items, test … 30. Rising, in the … 31. Briefly summarise 34. Established,
… in fact 35. Fashion great,
Christian … 36. Scold, … off 37. Alarm sound 39. Move head in
agreement 41. Female sheep 44. Marching up
and down 46. Plant stalk 48. Old Russian
ruler 49. Path to garage 52. Operator 53. List of dishes 54. Interfere 58. Infuriated,
angered 59. Not formal 62. Country,
… Lanka 63. FBI founder,
J … Hoover 65. Got up 67. Falsehood, fib 68. Aromatic spice 69. Works hard 71. Male feline 73. Blackmail 74. Evens up, …
the score 76. Amount
squandered 77. Personal
attendant 78. Secretly
abscond 80. Two-piece
swimsuit 82. Country manor 84. Strode, walked 85. Devastate 87. Food can 88. South American peaks
90. Danger 91. Piece of wood 93. Movie, Snow Fallingon…
96. Operetta, The
… of Penzance 97. Indicate 100. Triangle’s peak 102. Take it easy 104. Purple
climbing plant 106. Fasten
(buttons) (2,2) 108. Fuse metals 111. To a high degree, have talent … (2,6) 112. Every one 114. Comedienne,
… Schumer 115. Laughably
predictable 118. Cast an eye
over 119. Western defence alliance (1,1,1,1) 120. Privileged
clique 122. This 24 hours 124. Vanillaflavoured drink (5,4) 125. Kilns, clay … 127. Insult angrily 129. Yacht harbour 132. Southern Lights, … Australis 133. Chinese broth
(4’1-4,4) 136. Counsel 137. Zodiac ram
sign 138. US actress,
… O’Donnell 139. Boys, youths 140. Collar fastener,
eg 141. Burnt residue 142. Genuine, true 143. Ballet, … Lake
DOWN
1. Smooch 2. Permeable
by fluids 3. Intends to 4. Longing for 5. Tehran’s
country 6. Ignited 8. Rats, mice etc 9. Baby dog 10. Necessity 11. Signed up 12. Sedate, staid 14. Cause affection, … yourself
15. Dallas Buyers
Club Oscar winner, Jared … 16. Faithful horse, trusty … 18. Walks through water 21. Takes lessons 22. Enclosed shopping street 23. Deletes 24. Tapping sound, pitter-… 28. Series of Spanish savoury dishes 29. Word of caution 32. Movie theatre 33. Hickory nut 38. Elvis Presley hit, “Always on my …” 40. Novel, The … Boleyn Girl
42. Hospital rooms 43. Apple seeds, eg 44. Fairytale cat, … in Boots 45. Fond memories
47. Suicide Squad star, … Robbie 48. Wooden button 50. Having journeyed widely (4,9) 51. Christmas season 55. Diminished, … from 56. Late martial arts star, Bruce … 57. Border, rim 59. Babies’ beds 60. Hassle 61. Wavering 64. Teleprompter 66. Afternoon break 69. US President, Donald … 70. Calamari creature 72. Great wonder 75. Pig enclosure 78. Animal lairs 79. Form couple (4,2) 80. Give, grant 81. Coloured part of eye 83. Road surface 86. Boxing great, Muhammad … 87. Defrost, melt 89. Bobbin 90. Devotional hymn 92. Movie, As Good
as it … 94. Increase in length 95. Misaligned 98. General idea 99. Fit for crops 101. Turn on the spot 103. Religious groups 105. Attributes, … to 106. Ballerina, eg 107. Mouth sores, eg 109. Dine in a restaurant (3,3) 110. Energetic person 111. Global police 113. Picnic baskets 116. Yelled, bellowed 117. Melbourne’s river 120. Dodge 121. Visible (2,4) 123. Twelve-month
periods 125. Broadcasting
live (2,3) 126. Wooden bucket 128. Itemise, make a … 130. Energy field around
the body 131. Rowan Atkinson
character, Mr … 134. Father, papa 135. Knight’s title