Brainteaser 153
ACROSS
1. Coaching (team) 6. Lost 12. Enthusiasts 17. Onward 18. Mount Fuji’s nation 19. Reword 20. Delights 21. Brutally 22. Uptight 24. Laundry slide 26. Authority (3-2) 29. Furthest down 33. All together, en ... 36. V or X, Roman ... 39. Candidate 41. Unexpected benefit 42. Hardest to find 43. Queasiness 44. Reverie 46. Breeds & raises 48. Lurch 50. Heredity unit 52. Manipulative person 54. Shellfish 56. Tap 58. Frolic 60. Buddies 61. LA suburb, Bel ... 62. Giving disease to 66. Curtly 67. Quivering 70. Bureaucratic restrictions (3,4) 71. ... in distress 72. Election 73. Road vehicle 75. Become blacker 76. Bright (colours) 77. Partial overlay 78. Paradoxical 80. I will (1’2) 81. Pep 82. Christian festival 85. Craftsman 88. Catastrophes 90. Marine bird 93. Most miserly 95. Opposite of aye 96. Ringing instrument 97. Domestic helper 99. Melancholy 100. Revolutionary 102. Unrestricted 104. End piece 105. Controlled 108. Sphere 110. Paints roughly 112. Puzzle 114. Moved (crib) 117. Sprite 118. Providers of loans 119. Skyline 120. Guide 122. Precipitously 126. Not ever 129. Ultimate 132. Borders 135. Celibate (relationship) 136. Genially 137. Reading aloud 138. Relinquishes (territory) 139. Hickory tree nut 140. Performers 141. Acuteness 142. Least flexible
DOWN
1. Istanbul natives 2. Submit resumé 3. Anxious 4. Meaner 5. Indian butter 6. Atlas pictures 7. Lazed 8. Position 9. Entertain 10. Expel 11. Destroy (hopes) 12. Quick 13. Blood disorder 14. Frightened 15. Objects 16. Fashion flair 23. Lucky escape, ... miss 25. Flying saucers (1,1,2) 27. Approximately 28. Nestle 30. Drastic 31. Bike footrest 32. Of the senses 34. Pressurised can 35. Remove whiskers 37. Cloth scrap 38. Prise 39. Naked models 40. Encountered 45. Set of seven 47. Created 48. Boat maker 49. Surprise attack 51. Jotter 53. Sneaky 54. Untruths 55. Grew back (of forest) 57. Explosive substance (1,1,1) 59. Sensible 60. Fossil fuel 61. Upper limb 63. Goes after 64. Close chums 65. Distorts (message) 67. Hand-held computers 68. Raging 69. Bothersome 74. Coronation finery 79. Brief snooze 81. Buildings defacer 83. Aquatic mammal 84. Strive 86. That thing’s 87. Now Thailand 89. Friendly 90. Observe 91. Graceful 92. Sideways 94. Fantasise 96. Boasts 98. Drainage trench 101. Expect 103. Overeat 106. Privileged few 107. An individual 109. For each 111. Priest’s lectures 112. Imposing structure 113. Press 115. China’s Hong ... 116. Disagreement 117. Pope 120. Brown pigment 121. Spot-on 122. Pour clumsily 123. Tribal senior 124. Simple 125. Yaps 127. Express 128. Correct 130. Frosts 131. Top pilots 133. Tints 134. Historical periods