THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. It goes without saying, naturally (2,6) 5. Our top Olympian, Dame … Carrington 8. Plump and lacking muscle tone 11. Mexican farewell, Adios, … 16. Lethal, a … dose 17. Provided with fresh weapons 19. Kenyan capital 20. Ongoing score 21. Rotating wheel shaft 22. Design made from glass or tile fragments 23. Lure into danger 25. Bonding or allegiance 27. Not called for, … force 30. Cinquefoil genus 31. Abate, flow back 32. Protective footwear, hiking … 33. Gather, … wealth 37. Extra piece of intestine 41. Hi-fi systems 42. Plant life, dense … 44. Body’s outer covering 45. Grasped and kept 46. Light, ethereal 47. Bits and pieces, … -a-brac 48. Striped semi-precious stone 50. Video-clips website 51. Killed deliberately 54. Aussie rules (1,1,1) 56. Donkey 57. Inelegant dive, belly … 59. Cold-shoulder 61. Vehicle seller (3,6) 63. Take the limelight from 66. All square, scores are … 68. Place out of sight 69. Coat with rust 70. Generally (2,3,4) 73. Children’s game, Simon … 75. Cowshed 76. Continuous, … stop 78. Signal, hint 79. From Canada or the US, North … 80. Pleading with 82. Historical period in England, …-Saxon 84. Rain heavily, pour down 85. Movie series, How To Train … Dragon 87. Fibre made from cannabis plant 89. US Midwest state 91. People from Kyiv, eg 94. Baby hare 96. Communications aerials 99. Latin American dance 101. Try again, have another … 102. Short-sighted 103. Admit formally to office, … as President 106. Use, … a sword 108. Turncoats 110. Aussie national park 111. Self-centredness 112. Eager, avid 115. Barrels, wine … 116. Served with ice cream (US), pie … (1,2,4) 117. Paper-folding art 118. Tendency or drift, an upwards … 119. Swagger 120. Metal fastenings, pop … 121. Breakfast dish, … Benedict 122. Affirmed
DOWN
1. Out of shot, an … comment (3-6) 2. Door for a feline pet (3,4) 3. Hybrid citrus fruit 4. Encircling 6. Spotless 7. Confused, … her wits 8. Having limits, a … problem 9. Energetic and lively, an … narrator 10. Forehead 12. 100cm measurement of length 13. Anzac Cove location 14. Watching secretly, … on 15. Sharp Aussie weed (5-3) 18. Middle Eastern language 24. Ocean predator, grey … shark 26. Commotion, kick up a … (slang) 28. Specifically 29. Heavenly Creatures director, Sir … Jackson 32. Flaunt or wield, … a knife 34. Passion 35. Military raid 36. Apprehensive (2,4) 38. Mystify, confound 39. Broke free 40. Clock faces 41. Stevie Wonder song, Isn’t … Lovely 42. Be in competition 43. Fitness centres 46. Prized marine mollusc 49. Astringent chemical in tea and wine 52. Loan shark’s practice 53. Starter’s call, …, set, go! 55. Plant by strewing, … the seeds 56. Cropped up, had … 58. Relating to sheep 60. African dog-like animal 62. Chinese yum cha bite, … sum 64. From Lhasa, eg 65. Large brightly coloured daisy 67. Person who believes life is meaningless 69. Not see-through 71. Large birds of prey, wedge-tailed … 72. Remote part of Oz, east of Darwin, … Land 74. Leave quickly 77. Slang for “Well done!” or “Good for you!” 80. Public transport vehicle 81. Desert rodent 82. Relevant 83. Study of language 86. Tear-inducing vegetable 88. Following a winding course 90. Large NZ insects 92. Practises lines, eg 93. Able to live forever 95. Lacking animation or interest 97. Sang under the window of a lover, eg 98. Kitchen apron 100. Concave ceiling 104. Kettle’s heating coil 105. Long-handled sports bats, hockey … 106. Thin crisp biscuits 107. Belgium’s continent 109. Puccini opera 113. Kuta is there 114. Eye swelling