BRAINTEASER

ACROSS

1. ‘Copacabana’ singer, Barry...

6. Thieve

10. Ewe’s young

14. Capsicum sauce

18. Indian instrument

19. Tied (shoes)

20. Relaxed

21. Timber-cutting factory

22. Decoys

23. Gallantry award

24. Roaming (over)

25. Frequently

26. Family vehicle

27. Tempest

28. Persists

30. Moans wearily

32. Coat-of-arms picture

35. Lends a hand

39. Bow missiles

42. Tidbit

46. Conduct oneself

48. Docked

49. Scientist, ... Newton

50. Inflame

51. Censors (film)

53. Petroleum cartel

55. Severe defeat

57. Commute

58. Oscar-winner, ... Basinger

60. Campaign motto

61. Want

63. Serious offence

64. Attract (penalty)

65. Covers with gold

66. Sprinted

70. Heartbeats

73. Cosa Nostra

74. Exhaust supply of (3,2)

75. Undulating (of landscape)

76. Peaches & ...

77. Put in the cooler

78. Title of respect

79. Edge (forward)

80. Polyps colony

81. Buddhist fate

83. Bygone (days)

85. Long-limbed (colt)

86. Dairy cattle breed

88. Slumped

91. Stage whisper

93. Economise

95. Occasion

97. Lowest female voice

98. Turkish ruler

99. Mayday signal (1,1,1) 100. Fish roe

101. Famous monster loch 103. Responsibility

107. Towards the inside of 109. Bite

110. Colloquial saying

111. Bouffant or beehive

112. Tile-chip artwork

114. Inventor, Thomas ...

116. Attainable

118. Cotton strands

121. Exchanged

123. Disclose (3,2)

127. Transmits 129. Bloom segment 131. Debating chamber 133. Country byroads 136. Mail deliverer

137. Contented cat sounds 138. Stomach crunch (3-2) 139. Statement of regret 140. Recluse

141. Anaesthetic gas 142. Nairobi is there 143. Acupuncture spikes 144. Catches sight of 145. Geld

146. Feeling jealous of

DOWN

2. Ethiopia’s Addis ...

3. Prisoners

4. Norway’s capital

5. Headstrong

6. Auction

7. Piece of heavy luggage

8. Alcoholic brews

9. Light beams

10. 24-hour car race (2,4)

11. Yemen port

12. Nonchalant

13. Sodium chloride

14. Great fear

15. Eve’s mate

16. Grief

17. Easy task

28. Malaysia’s Kuala ...

29. Refine (ore) by heat

30. Brush

31. Sifted

33. Dynamited

34. Makes beloved

36. Glides on snow

37. Inclined letter style

38. Stitch roughly

40. Welshes

41. Rectangles

43. Return (of symptoms)

44. Clings (to)

45. Competent

47. Shorted out

52. Mode of employment

54. Big snapshot

56. Having eight angles

58. Backpacks

59. Fungi

62. Edible snails

67. Very alert, wide ...

68. Dismasted ships

69. Publicly denounce

70. Trudges

71. Telling untruths

72. Compere

82. Carbonated

84. Hearing-canal throb

86. The Illusionist actress, ... Biel

87. Rename

89. Filthier

90. Ridiculed

92. Packs neatly (away)

94. Abrasion disinfectant

96. Fluorescent colours

97. Vet’s patient

102. Hurls 104. Workers’ body 105. Hope

106. Between

108. Plant stem lumps 113. Took in (child) 115. In perfect conditions 117. Argentina’s ... Aires 119. Perches

120. Shouted insults at 122. Sailor’s yes (3,3) 124. Summon up (memories) 125. Suck noisily

126. Lucky chance

128. Hunker down (3,2) 129. Grow dull

130. Primates

131. Liberate

132. Mud

134. Peak

135. Spotless, spick & ...