THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Marine mammals, leopard …

4. Spider’s trap

8. Cuts deeply

12. Muslim leaders

16. Related to the Moon, … eclipse

18. Spectacular performances

19. At right angles

21. Words with the same meaning

23. Scandinavian steam bath

24. Party word-miming game

26. Captain Marvel star, … Larson

28. Dessert made from palm starch, … pudding

31. Second attempt

32. That female

34. Large black bird

35. Short comic pieces

36. Ongoing score

37. Unpaid, amount …

38. Put into circulation, … a memo

39. Skin sweat gland

41. London police HQ, Scotland …

44. Fleece of the angora goat

45. Afternoon naps

49. Sounded the same

51. Should, … to

53. Shadow

54. Brilliant person

56. Repairs and updates, … the house

57. Snorts like a pig

59. Abominable Snowman

60. Exploited, … his position

62. Parasitic insect

63. Uncontaminated, … water

64. Legendary Motown group, … Tops

65. Ancient Egyptian goddess

67. South American currency

70. Inner part of the hand

73. Foist, … on

75. Mount Gambier region, … Coast

76. Flesh of a nut

77. Military uniform colour

78. Swiss potato cake

79. Comic-strip boy, Dennis the …

80. Fish-eating hawks

84. Gained points in a game

85. Morse code element

88. Pea cases

90. Became sick

92. Inched forward

93. Bit, scrap

94. Car oil reservoirs

96. Bring to mind, … memories

97. Scheming and cunning

99. Run away to wed

100. Song, … Tall Sally

103. Autumn fruit

105. Affecting the appearance, … surgery

107. First letter of the Greek alphabet

108. Vivid violet flowers

109. Things that might happen, cover all the …

111. Secretly listening

112. Car used on sand, beach …

113. Old Russian rulers

114. Produced to order, … made

115. Milky Way, eg

116. Blood vessels

DOWN

2. Putting out, … a fire

3. L-plate drivers

4. Aviaries, bird …

5. Cloth sign

6. Pass, time will …

7. Mode of road transport

8. Space

9. Amphitheatres

10. Wishing for

11. Jet plane sound, … boom

13. Elbow pasta in sauce, … cheese

14. Emotional instability

15. Japanese hostesses

17. Abrupt or blunt, a … manner

20. Captain Marvel co-star of

26. Across, … Law

22. Jewish flatbread

25. Stay airborne in one spot

26. Unit of computing memory

27. Ticks over

29. Mexican farewell, … amigo!

30. Bacchanalian gathering

32. Over-the-top publicity

33. Dishonest bending of the rules, a total …

39. Expert golfers

40. Rascal

42. Walk at an easy pace

43. Pull along the ground

44. Epsom salt, … sulphate

46. Complete fool

47. Put money aside

48. Study of the night sky

50. Put paid to, … their fears

52. Libya’s capital

53. Person who seizes power illegally

55. Hybrid citrus fruits

58. German river

59. Annoying bark

61. Poorly lit, … passageway

66. Lack of courage

68. School tests

69. Soviet Union (1,1,1,1)

71. Cattle-catching rope

72. Impeachment

74. Scraped by, … out your resources

76. Affectionate greeting, … on the cheek

80. Heart or kidney, vital …

81. Jotters, notebooks

82. Behold, spot

83. Person from Stockholm, eg

86. Garlic mayonnaise

87. Back of a shoe

88. Colleague or equivalent

89. Compelled, … me to do it

90. Plane’s personnel

91. Beachcombing tool, metal …

94. Sixfold

95. BBQ snag

98. Bounding stride

101. Makes a speech

102. Garden summerhouse

103. Yellow-green tropical fruit

104. Microscopic organism

106. Baby’s tummy ache

108. Light-headed

110. Small Chinese dishes, dim …

111. Cake ingredient, beaten …