THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Russian monarchs 4. Process food in stomach 8. Loungers, loafers
12. Onward star, … Pratt 16. Designer’s garment mock-up 18. Protection from UVA and UVB rays, … sunscreen (5,8) 19. Carelessly lazy or devoid of enthusiasm 21. Moved up and down 23. Small cove or bay 24. Chatted idly 26. Japanese form of wrestling
28. Potato recipe, … browns 31. Bang on a door
32. Yes vote
34. German WWII submarine (1-4)
35. Is brave enough, … to 36. Legends in their field, … of fashion
37. Colin Firth movie,
The … Speech (4’1) 38. Mistake, an … of judgement
39. Cut with an axe, was … 41. Coriander or dill, eg 44. Scanty, poor 45. Self-centred people 49. Boxing combo, the old … (3-3) 51. Ancient Mexican empire 53. Check of company’s accounts
54. Handy, convenient 56. Fuel-carrying ship (3-6) 57. Courageous
59. Small bird, rock … 60. Celebration missive, birthday …
62. Motor car (US)
63. Tip of lower jaw 64. Very well off 65. Himalayan “Bigfoot” 67. Temuera Morrison film,
Once … Warriors
70. Irish name for Ireland 73. Say it again, … yourself 75. University academic 76. Ocean west of Australia 77. Painting using geometrical forms (2,3) 78. Pulls sharply 79. Forced with a lever, … open
80. Spotted, … land in the distance 84. Pincers for bending wire 85. Birds of the night, barn … 88. Milk components, curds and …
90. Throbbed with pain 92. Opponent, rival 93. Lighter in colour 94. Body’s life fluid 96. Phrase with a figurative meaning 97. Container for return mail (1,1,1)
99. River Phoenix movie,
My Own Private …
100. Facts, data (abbrev) 103. Proficient, adept 105. Glandular nasal tissue 107. Colourless alcoholic drink
108. Political autonomy (4-4) 109. Take a risk (6,4,3) 111. Very tiny creature 112. Curved roofs
113. Willie Nelson song,
Blue …
114. Not spacious, a … street 115. Entirely, … inappropriate 116. Phase, … of life
DOWN
2. Eventually (6,2,5) 3. Venomous spiders with a flash of colour (3-5) 4. Extreme fear, live in … 5. Elaborate layer cake 6. Indoor filming location, television …
7. Wolf Hall star, … Holland 8. Laid up, unwell 9. Shortage, scarcity 10. Picnic cooler boxes 11. African republic whose capital is Khartoum 13. Pause briefly 14. Imprisonment 15. Mortified 17. Moocher, cadger 20. Kill, … the dragon 22. Summon up, … happy memories
25. Stevie Wonder song,
My Cherie … 26. Narrowly, by the … of your teeth
27. Large North American deer
29. Mum’s sisters, eg 30. Silence, a … fell over the crowd
32. Audio stream input/ output (1,1,1,1) 33. Stretches resources, … out supplies 39. Repair, … the rift 40. Irrigate, … the crops 42. Duck used for down 43. Right and left, … hands 44. Rodent snare (5,4) 46. Anzac Cove location
47. Country formerly called Persia 48. Disagree, … with (4,5) 50. Inhabitants 52. Generalised idea or notion 53. Bow-and-arrow sport 55. Hanging part of the palate
58. Dining options, take away or … (3,2) 59. Greatly impress, … the interviewers (slang) 61. Colour-stain fabric 66. Awake and dressed very early (2,4,3,4)
68. Send a letter via computer 69. Interlock, … together 71. US cattle farm 72. Requiring an input of many hours (4-9) 74. Disturbance (2-2) 76. Children’s guessing game (1-3)
80. Ledge used for storage or display 81. Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling film, The Nice … 82. Write using keyboard, … the letter 83. Research deeply, … into 86. Peculiar, bizarre 87. Half-attached house 88. Court summons 89. Escape from, … capture 90. Disapprovingly, look … at 91. Formerly married woman
94. Puffy, a … hairdo
95. Knotty problem
98. Helps, lends a hand
101. Closer, less distant
102. Work too hard, … it
103. Sweet buttery cookie,
… biscuits
104. Relating to flowers,
… emblem
106. Cutlery item, dessert …
108. Covered with chimney dust
110. Cut the grass
111. Cry of a kitten
When you’ve solved the crossword, the letters on the shaded squares, reading left to right, top to bottom, spell a mystery word or phrase.