BRAINTEASER

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ACROSS

1. Crushing embrace (4,3)

4. Identical

8. Regular

11. Approve

16. Fill canvas

18. Transgressions

19. Carelessly

21. Protect from heat

23. Religious sceptics

26. Ornamental shrub

28. Expressions of contempt

30. Hover (on brink)

32. Divert (train)

34. Chest bone

36. Love passionately

38. Unexpended

39. Ahead of time

42. More competent

45. Coy

47. Cremation remains

49. Predatory bird

50. Assortment

53. Ceremony

55. Bereaved child

56. Newly conceived baby

57. Nuclear weapons (1-5)

59. British songstress, ... Lynn

60. Christmas

61. Smoothed (timber)

63. Thoroughbred sport

66. Ranked

68. Ouija board meeting

70. Heart monitor (1,1,1)

71. Is not (3’1)

72. Occupied

73. Papas

76. ... & feather

77. Infertile

78. Harvested

79. Burgle

81. US/Canadian lake

83. Invasions

85. Meaty Irish dish

86. Snowy peak

88. Perversely apt

90. Pixies

91. Gender discrimination

92. Web-builder

93. Space flight agency

95. Offhand (remark)

96. Compel

97. Smoked fish

100. Pattern

102. Niggling

103. Ore veins

105. Swiss tennis ace, ... Federer 106. Sense

108. Remove cargo

110. Basil sauce for pasta 112. Showy flower

114. Balkan republic

117. Corrupt payment

119. Light brown

121. Delete

124. Quieter

127. Biblical waterway (3,3) 129. Gathers

130. Else 131. Plotters

132. Killing in electric chair 134. Irregularities

135. Surpass

136. Redo (bodywork) 137. Explosion

138. Derisive smile 139. Appoints

DOWN

1. Rougher (ride)

2. Slaying

3. Thoughtless

5. Fixed import quantities

6. Kitchen smocks

7. Nevada’s ... Vegas

8. Tertiary student campus

9. Gibraltar or Malacca seaway

10. Unwilling

12. Became adept at

13. Decoration

14. Infant minding

15. Absorb (4,2)

17. Highly flavoured

20. Italian sparkling wine

22. Dull thumps

24. Car’s transmission part

25. Honeycomb segment

27. Fragrance

29. Navigate

31. Linger

33. Made well

34. Actress, Meg ...

35. Straw bundle

37. The queen & her family

40. Facet

41. Heard (of)

43. Lament

44. Gained

46. Cropped up

48. Huskier

51. Singer, ... Orbison

52. Court attendant

54. Typically scoring

58. Apiarist

62. Stage performer

64. Cowgirl, ... Oakley

65. Festive occasions

66. Violently separates

67. Flits (about)

69. Steel rope

71. Rage

74. Judging

75. Viewed

79. ... mortis

80. Tenpin centres (7,6)

82. Pass (of years)

83. Return to former ways

84. Disjoins

85. Word comparison

86. Giving (treatment)

87. Prudes

89. Roman emperor’s title

92. Thin pieces

94. Also called (1,1,1)

98. Incite to action

99. Source

100. Faculty head

101. Injures with horns 104. Proclamation 107. Sir ... Newton 109. Protester

111. Kidney fat

113. Fingers & ... 115. Cures

116. Hazy

118. Fundamentals 120. Broadcasts on radio 122. Begin again

123. Ill-treats

125. Human

126. Grazing African beasts 127. Rosette

128. Signify

133. Belly

134. TV promotions