THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Striped semi-precious stone
4. Furniture items, coffee … 8. Threads, filaments 12. Drawbacks 16. Impersonate 18. Eventually (6,2,5) 19. Chinese broth (4’1-4,4) 21. Italian almondflavoured liqueur 23. Movie, Monty Python And The Holy … 24. Substance that aids a chemical reaction
26. Mary Poppins star, Dick van …
28. Battle Of The Sexes star, … Stone
31. My Fair Lady heroine, … Doolittle
32. Native alpine parrot
34. Animal Kingdom actress, … Weaver 35. Travelled on snow 36. Book about a little Swiss girl 37. Country, … Rica
38. Eat away at 39. Divulge, … the secret 41. Speedily, at a good
… of knots 44. Fairground ride, … coaster
45. Words such as “slowly” and “frequently” 49. Morse code elements, dots and …
51. Small imperial measure of weight 53. Sidestep
54. Military shelter, eg 56. Term relating to a legal obligation, due … 57. That is to say 59. Italian sparkling wine, … spumante 60. Butter and lard, eg 62. Ice-hockey disk 63. Flee, turn … and run 64. Fencing sword 65. Eager, keen 67. Female singing voice 70. World’s longest river 73. Mushroom or toadstool, eg 75. Dispelled their fears, … them all would be well 76. Change text, … the speech
77. Killer whales 78. Committed theft, … from 79. Dynamism 80. Animal trainer 84. Winner of a battle
85. Kiwi cricket legend, … Parore
88. Baby goats
90. Battle Of The Sexes star, … Carell 92. Languor
93. Gone higher, had … 94. Exude perspiration 96. Lightly grilled bread used in canapés, … toast 97. Boy, youth
99. Novel in digital form (1-4) 100. Produced, … an egg 103. Perform a charade 105. Celtic dance (5,3) 107. Last letter of the Greek alphabet 108. Mountain transport (5-3) 109. From Europe to North America, … flight 111. Huge amount of money, win … (1,5,7) 112. Controversial supermodel, … Campbell 113. Poke fun at 114. Silhouette cast by sunlight 115. Jam-setting agent 116. Australian actress, … Keddie
DOWN
2. Our world as an integrated unit (6,7) 3. Swayed dangerously 4. Car engine enhancer, … charger 5. Veteran Hollywood actor, Warren … 6. Slowly appear,
… into view 7. Knight’s title
8. Little lie
9. Frozen spike
10. Make up for a mistake, … yourself
11. Jet plane sound, … boom
13. Game Of Thrones
actress, … Emmanuel 14. Affectedly virtuous person (5,3,5) 15. Song, … In The Stream
17. Take the limelight from 20. Cover with slabs 22. Patterned linen fabric 25. UK race meeting, Royal …
26. Author, Roald ...
27. Pirates Of The Caribbean
actress, … Knightley 29. Face disguises 30. Partially open 32. Ukraine’s capital 33. Genus of maple tree 39. Horse’s pace
40. Gives temporarily
42. Company’s financial check
43. Biblical paradise
44. Harry Potter actor, Daniel … 46. Buddhist leader (5,4) 47. Chocolate Easter goodies 48. French military leader, Napoleon …
50. Star Wars hero, Luke … 52. Magazine chiefs 53. Protects 55. Formerly Ayers Rock 58. Burning
59. Also known as (1,1,1) 61. Container for return mail (1,1,1)
66. Give too little weight to, … the importance 68. Stretchy fabric 69. Second-hand, … vehicle 71. Star of Madam Secretary, Téa … 72. Grasped what it’s all about (3,3,7)
74. Tofu bean 76. Increases an engine’s speed 80. Indian language 81. Kiwi singer, … Finn 82. Tolkien trilogy, The
… Of The Rings
83. Swiss fried potato cake 86. Capital of India, New … 87. Breakfast or lunch, eg 88. Leg joint
89. Duvet, quilt
90. Peers short-sightedly 91. Stress, put an … on 94. Plays tricks or pranks, … around
95. Breed of dog, Skye … 98. Kiwi NCIS: Hawai’i actor, … Tarrant
101. List of business for discussion
102. Dotted playing-piece
103. Novel and movie,
What … Knew
104. Composer, Wolfgang
Amadeus …
106. Festivals
108. Rugby great, ... Meads
110. Crow’s raucous cry
111. Domestic fuse unit