THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Graceful horned animal
5. Local accent
8. Hard volcanic rock
11. Clans, groups
16. Live piece of fuel in a dying fire
17. Surpasses in cunning
19. Documents, … the events
20. Wonder star, ... Roberts
21. Property paper, title …
22. Houseboat actress, … Loren
23. Distributed, … the rations
25. Putting on a pretence, … ignorance
27. Educate, instruct
30. Not planned, … consequences
31. Scribble on
32. Milliner’s products 33. Metal fastening
37. Breed of dog, golden …
41. Entrance
42. Mormon place of worship
44. Symbol on a computer screen
45. Conspire against
46. Smallgoods shop (abbrev)
47. Motown-inspired Spice Girls hit from 1998
48. Russian monarchs
50. Cause a callus,
… the skin
51. Transparency
54. Conform, … the line
56. Horror movie, A Nightmare On ... Street
57. Capital of East Timor
59. Breeding stables, … farm
61. Official assessor, health …
63. Coarse fern 66. Extinct bird of Mauritius
68. Preoccupy, … on my mind
69. Games umpire
70. Star-jumps, lunges etc
73. Superfood smoothie, … bowl
75. Without a clue, have no …
76. Belly (slang)
78. Shania Twain hit, …! I Feel Like A Woman!
79. Person from Cairo, eg
80. Obtain, get hold of
82. Cocoa-like bean
84. Matches, … with everything
85. Consign to ruin
87. Product and services exhibition (abbrev)
89. Crafty trick
91. Appreciated, he … my dilemma
94. Engraved timber used in printmaking
96. Wicked, demonic
99. Emotionally distressed
101. Rebound sound
102. Staves off, … disaster
103. School heads
106. Created text, … a book
108. Capital of Sierra Leone
110. Weather study agency, … of Meteorology
111. Relating to government finances, … responsibility
112. Ancient Egyptian goddess
115. Follow as a result
116. Uncooked pickled herring fillet
117. Italian wine style
118. Port-au-Prince is there
119. Herbal infusion
120. Muffle, … the sound
121. Form of meditation and exercise
122. Spinning, rotating
DOWN
1. Based on personal accounts, … evidence
2. Artistic grouping of figures
3. Rendered fat
4. Ratios 6. One-sided, a … decision
7. Sean Connery movie,
From … With Love
8. Church community
9. Broad-bladed jungle knives
10. Houseboat star, … Grant
12. Arrange differently
13. Hit the roof, go …
14. Unlikely story, … dog tale
15. Put together, … the bookshelves
18. Sesame-seed paste
24. Threaded fastener
26. Light purple colour
28. Magazine boss, eg
29. Glenn Close thriller,
… Attraction
32. Golfers rating, a … of 10
34. Embargoes, … the plan
35. Unruly knot
36. From Nairobi, eg
38. Sitting with legs either side, … the horse
39. Rough ocean current
40. Shows tender affection for, … on 41. Sat-nav, eg (1,1,1) 42. Square root of 100 43. Star of The Sinner,
… Pullman
46. Tooth specialist
49. Claim, … your prize
52. Shadow
53. Annoyed, vexed
55. Gun or pistol
56. Printing mistakes
58. Ambitious, … plans
60. Eighth Greek letter
62. Greek letter between upsilon and chi
64. Shrank back in embarrassment
65. Decorative holes in knitting
67. Choral work
69. Species of monkey
71. Cake decorating bauble, silver …
72. Grates, … the carrots
74. Inspire or fill, … with hope
77. Disentangle, … the knot
80. Group of dolphins
81. Apart from, … for that
82. Bed for a baby
83. Unique inventiveness 86. Exuded, seeped
88. Rotting, decaying badly
90. Move furtively
92. Reduces, … the car’s speed
93. Collaboration
95. La Traviata or
Fidelio, eg
97. Pestering, hassling
98. Played guitar casually
100. Altogether, sing in …
104. Japanese sliced
raw fish
105. Influence, have an … on
106. Mel Gibson movie,
Lethal …
107. Uproar
109. Pre-adolescent
113. Ballet movement
114. “Slow” call to horse