Big crossword
ACROSS
1. Plant starter 4. Wild hog 7. Movie, … FramedRoger Rabbit
9. Be boastful 13. Revise article before use 16. Woollen cloth, Harris … 17. Bruce Willis film, The… Sense
19. Actress, ... Silverstone 20. Phrase meaning “same old story!” (4,2,2,5) 25. In a risk-free way 26. Wrinkle in clothes 27. Delicate shade 28. Slow down, put on the … 30. Brine (4,5) 31. Photo book 34. Ridges on a guitar 35. Baseball glove 36. Olivia NewtonJohn song, “On the Banks of the …” 37. Stay-there protest (3-2) 39. Australian flightless bird 41. Heavy weight 44. Looking up to 46. Hurry, sprint 48. Pleads 49. Horticulturist 52. Hindmost part 53. Chile’s neighbour 54. Alsatian dog, … shepherd 58. Curved inwards 59. Confound, muddle 62. Loud annoying noise 63. Actress, Raquel … 65. Throwing weapon 67. Father 68. Coloured parts of eyes 69. Informs 71. Legal 73. Summer shoe 74. Avoided, evaded 76. Cardigan combo (4-3) 77. Lubricates
78. Beer-maker 80. Rotten, an … egg 82. Make possible 84. Thick 85. Oppose, … change 87. Be victorious 88. Bordered 90. Lopsided 91. Hooting bird 93. Steps on 96. Petroleum bore (3,4) 97. Triangular sections 100. Indolent, lazy 102. Title 104. Deadpool
actor, Ryan … 106. Jennifer Lopez’s beau, .... Rodriguez 108. Fasteners, safety … 111. Reply to a sneeze (5,3) 112. Animal enclosure 114. Adult males 115. Goes up 118. Jazz great, … Fitzgerald 119. Light and spacious 120. Furnishings in a room 122. Pulsate with pain 124. Docile 125. Henry Vlll’s royal house 127. Quirky fixation 129. Laundry slides 132. Creature 133. Gain advantage by early action (5,1,5,2) 136. Rub lightly 137. Grey roof-tile rock 138. Curiously 139. Tells fibs 140. Bend to and fro 141. Sydney’s State (1,1,1) 142. Physique 143. Successor
DOWN
1. Join in side of skirt 2. Political refugee 3. In the know 4. Acting properly 5. Reflective poems 6. Cereal grass
8. Main route 9. Plastic carrier, eg 10. China’s continent 11. US cocktail (3,5) 12. Bewildered (2,3) 14. Fade away (3,3) 15. Playthings 16. Clock sounds 18. Meeting places 21. Took a break 22. Beatles hit, “I am the …” 23. Canny, shrewd 24. Kitchen pinafores 28. Groom’s partner 29. Clothing 32. Arm muscles 33. Stingy person 38. TheHungerGames star, … Hemsworth 40. Sports fixture 42. Leers at 43. Clip into shape 44. Barren 45. In a splendid manner 47. Duo, … and Gretel 48. Long-eared dog 50. Self-evidently (8,2,3) 51. Regretted 55. Put back in office 56. Veneration 57. Fabled Scottish loch 59. Lacking hair 60. Historical period 61. Lacking in sympathy 64. Call a formal meeting 66. Oars 69. Domesticated 70. Playground slippery-dip 72. Eroded, … away 75. Put questions to 78. Flower plots 79. Instinctive action 80. Snoozing 81. Charlie’sAngels
star, … Barrymore 83. Guided 86. Female sheep 87. Dam across a river 89. Sherlock Holmes creator, Sir Arthur Conan … 90. Solitary 92. Instead of, in … 94. Wall plaster, eg 95. Brother-in-arms 98. Consider 99. Followed on 101. Take out money 103. Car engine 105. Single musicians 106. Geronimo’s tribe 107. Tooth coating 109. Diminish in strength 110. Grab 111. Type of French
red wine 113. Pillars, posts 116. Holy tomb 117. Couches 120. County singer,
Slim .. 121. Prairie wolf 123. Heroine of Beauty andtheBeast
125. Electric car brand 126. St Vincent de ... 128. Casserole-like dish 130. Head-covering 131. Phobia 134. Whichever, … of
them 135. Baby bear, eg