THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Wormwood-based strong French spirit 5. Film of impurities on a liquid
8. As a precaution (2,4)
11. Mischievous children
16. Australian actress, … Cornish
17. Strong emotion
19. Nickname for a scuba diver
20. Henry VIII’s royal house
21. Capricorn symbol
22. Eucalyptus scrub
23. White herons
25. Faster route (5,3)
27. Shoo!
30. Strange collection (5-5)
31. Scottish actor, … Butler 32. European peak, … Blanc
33. Deserves, … praise
37. Victorian coast landmark, the Twelve …
41. Demands forcefully, … on
42. Straight up
44. Top of baby’s bottle
45. Casual employee (abbrev)
46. Sound in mind
47. Little horse, Shetland …
48. Spirits used for cleaning (abbrev)
50. Extended, lengthened (4,3)
51. Elizabeth Taylor movie,
… Velvet
54. Young dog
56. Watch chain
57. Item of truth
59. Petty quarrel, tiff
61. Happening too soon, a … birth
63. Clear precious gem
66. Exhausting labour 68. The best, second to …
69. Moon River composer, Henry …
70. TV chef, Ben … (1’8)
73. Large bundle of hay
75. Durable timber
76. Cricketing great, … Walker
78. Feline
79. Medieval musician, wandering …
80. Court fools
82. Carnivorous marsupial, Tasmanian …
84. Falsehoods
85. Poke with a finger
87. Calf-length garment, … skirt
89. Masculine 91. Fruit-hitting fairground stall (7,3)
94. Checked for financial irregularities, … the books
96. Fully briefed (2-2-4)
99. Add together, calculate (3,2)
101. Scalp strands 102. Agile, spry 103. Unrivalled, … in his field of expertise (3-7)
106. Balance, composure
108. Hotel licencee
110. Ringed planet
111. Walk casually but ostentatiously
112. Horseback sport
115. Breaking Bad actor, … Paul
116. Australian actress, Portia … (2,5)
117. Famous Hawaiian surf beach
118. Spoke angrily
119. Tumbling laundry machines
120. Athletic
121. Jellystone Park bear
122. Innovator, creator
DOWN
1. Pain-relief medication 2. Day of worship 3. Yuletide 4. Competitor in a seven-event track and field contest
6. Site of a felony (5,5) 7. Meat-grinding machine 8. Apprise, tell 9. Laughed gleefully 10. Amounts, … of money 12. Provide food and drink 13. Curative, … properties 14. Pixie
15. Very punctual (2,3,3) 18. Rarely, hardly ever 24. Gets faster, … speed 26. Tasmania or Queensland 28. Gorges
29. Black carrion bird 32. Chicago’s Great Lake 34. Small wave
35. Verse of a song, eg 36. Rode a bike 38. Commensurately (3,4) 39. Blood-flow stauncher, … pencil 40. Sources of light
41. Tom Jones song,
… Not Unusual (2’1) 42. Large tank 43. Nevada city famous for quick divorces
46. Medical stitches 49. Milliner’s carton 52. Judi Dench movie,
Victoria & …
53. Not anybody (2-3) 55. Stood against 56. Weak and ineffectual, a … attempt 58. Sherlock Holmes creator, Arthur … Doyle 60. PM, … Minister 62. Large cup, coffee … 64. Blotchy, speckled 65. Closest
67. Member of radio audience
69. Copies, imitates 71. Production 72. Anchorite
74. Showy splendour 77. European mountain range
80. Glee, delight 81. Tummy-trimming exercises (3-3)
82. Tried hard, … her best 83. Indirect allusion, by … 86. Piece of verse 88. Lowering the spirits, that is … news
90. Further down 92. Roast turkey condiment, … sauce
93. Large beer mugs
95. One who gives blood
97. Sew decoratively
98. Detergent, eg
100. Water-sport vehicle (3,3)
104. Take a break to consider,
pause for …
105. High-lying country
106. Freedom from
contamination, water …
107. To some extent (2,1,3)
109. More profound, … meaning 113. Clutch, grasp 114. Accurate and genuine, a … story