THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Beatles album, … Road
4. Variety of rose
8. Makes safe electrically
12. Jane Fonda sitcom, … And Frankie
16. Among us, in our …
18. Lose your sense of direction, become …
19. Remedial muscle treatment
21. Optometrists 23. Provide with fresh weapons
24. More hoarse, a … voice
26. Podium
28. Stretches resources, … out supplies
31. South American rodent
32. Environmental Protection Authority (1,1,1)
34. Vincent van Gogh painting, The Starry …
35. Gallant and honourable
36. Beneath, under
37. Roy Orbison hit, Blue …
38. Religious splinter groups
39. Puts money on, wagers
41. Developed new hybrids, … roses
44. Essence of bitter orange blossom, … oil
45. Fabric made from closely twisted yarn or thread
49. Sensual
51. Name for grandma
53. Spring, … forward
54. Bitterly regretting,
… the decision
56. Guarded, … about the topic
57. Alternative route
59. Mental spark
60. Healing plant, … vera
62. Small bird, rock …
63. Multicoloured, a … horse
64. Beep, … your horn
65. Social diplomacy
67. Piece of staged banter
70. Light sea-green colour
73. Reflections, mirror …
75. Partially obstructing, … the view
76. Person from Sana’a, eg
77. Coating, tier
78. Additional cricket run
79. Elvis hit, In The …
80. Very crossly
84. Wickerwork material
85. Maori pendant 88. Curse, condemn
90. Closes with vigour, … the door
92. Wild street disturbances
93. Brown edible seaweed
94. Trolleys, wagons
96. Bone of the lower leg
97. Hobart’s state (abbrev.)
99. As before
100. General knowledge test, trivia …
103. Artificially colours
105. People who have finished their working life
107. Famous 1836 Texas battle
108. Liquid factory waste
109. Laboratory gas outlets (6,7)
111. Military medical unit (5,8)
112. Painter’s picture support
113. Operating, … the computer
114. Fiery cooking method
115. Soft French caps
116. Type of writing, literary …
DOWN
2. Cookie container (7,6)
3. Spectacle arm 4. Minor bodywork knocks
5. Noxious atmosphere 6. Coats messily, … on
7. Goat’s young 8. Telepathic power (1,1,1)
9. Happy to receive guests, … to visitors (2,4)
10. Rough-and-tumble struggle
11. Uncomplaining
13. Repeats performance, … the scene (2-6)
14. Further explanation, seek …
15. Break for a while, … the proceedings
17. Type of conifer
20. Pitch a tent
22. Culinary herb
25. Disreputable person
26. Gives a nickname, eg
27. Relation by marriage (2-3)
29. Tense and anxious, all … up
30. Ostracise, cold-shoulder
32. Large water jug
33. Encourage to commit a crime
39. Oscar-winning actor and singer, … Crosby
40. Stopped listening, … out
42. Composition with a recurring theme
43. Property paper, title …
44. Reducing the options, … the field
46. Quiet time for business (3-6)
47. Moral wrongs
48. Chief journalist’s column
50. Orangey-red gemstone
52. Electrical joining device, double …
53. Gradual escape of liquid
55. Body’s sense transmitter, spinal …
58. Compere
59. Details, all the … and outs
61. Seventh letter of Greek alphabet 66. Prehistoric artworks (4,9)
68. Lightweight canoe
69. Contented cat noise
71. Very long foot-race, … marathon
72. In disorderly haste (6-7)
74. Narrow hole for coins
76. Woollen thread, knitting …
80. Garlic mayonnaise
81. Main point
82. Rankles, vexes
83. Delicious, tasty
86. Fill, permeate
87. Baghdad is there
88. Failures, flops
89. Recurring theme
90. Dung beetles
91. Fish source of caviar
94. Cave in, crumble
95. Fireside coal container
98. Irish knitting style, … sweater
101. African country whose capital is Kampala
102. Croatian capital
103. Gentle, mild
104. Develop, change gradually
106. Put out, … the candle
108. Distinctive spirit of a culture
110. Sleeve for return mail (1,1,1) 111. Second month (abbrev.)