BRAINTEASER 1
ACROSS
1. Peculiar person
6. Brazilian dance
10. Duchess of York
14. Cone-shaped
18. Camel watering hole
19. Follows directives
20. Caesar or Waldorf
21. Postal inscription
22. Kid
23. Bullfight country
24. Lunar phase (3,4)
25. …, rattle & roll
26. Brushes (off)
27. Mexican farewell
28. Four-door car
30. Input (data)
32. Set of steps
35. Uncontrolled
39. Lobbies
42. Frolicsome
46. Slick
48. Involve
49. Nightstand, bedside …
50. Hire (employee)
51. Mixer drink
53. Paradise
55. Terrace level
57. Seize abruptly
58. Meadow
60. Affiliated
61. Metal pen-points
63. Duty spell
64. Painter's tripod
65. Alternate, every …
66. Crop harvests
70. US Portland state
73. Frenzied
74. The Y of YMCA
75. Possessor
76. Work (dough)
77. Half
78. Jump on one foot 79. Swedish pop group 80. Shogun land 81. Mobile phone company 83. Onion relatives 85. Showed (DVD) again 86. Adjusts
88. Applies therapy to 91. Tolerate 93. Unmarked (paper) 95. Segment 97. Rewrite 98. President Ronald … 99. Before (poetic) 100. Eagerly desire 101. Space agency 103. Printing error 107. Snips (hair) 109. Caught sight of 110. Weave, … & turn 111. Ignoramus
112. Wine bar
114. Make an appearance 116. More chaotic
118. Verb modifiers 121. Fisherman
123. Slaver 127. Moroccan capital 129. Not stylish
131. Viral gland disease 133. Fools
136. Fainted
137. Revolt (against) 138. Outdoor sitting area 139. African wild pig 140. Inclusive of costs (3-2) 141. Anaesthetic 142. Scorn
143. Hotplate
144. Fills suitcase 145. Quick wash 146. Fossilise
DOWN
2. Elude 3. Entombments 4. Failure
5. Flogged
6. Queasy
7. Grey
8. Intrepid
9. Kidnap
10. The Solar … 11. Serpents 12. Oriental
13. Lend a helping … 14. Awning
15. Verses
16. Huge
17. Solo
28. Best protected 29. Without a stitch on 30. Slipped up
31. The Queen & her family 33. Line of Egyptian kings 34. Spring (from) 36. European defence pact 37. Strolls
38. Scraped (out a living) 40. Still happening 41. Goaded (5,2)
43. Map within map 44. Tenor, … Domingo 45. Frown on 47. Cowgirl, … Oakley 52. Inventiveness 54. Improvement 56. Pakistan metropolis 58. Ridiculous 59. Boeing or Airbus 62. Fractures 67. Perfect
68. Telling falsehood 69. Broods 70. Commencement
71. Delete
72. Fly around (globe) 82. Forwards
84. Sect, Hare … 86. Pressurised spray 87. Fantasise 89. Actress, Jennifer … 90. Unique
92. Teeth marks 94. Reach destination 96. Hindu social rank 97. Small earphone
102. In the centre of 104. Danger 105. Pedigree farm 106. Bang (toe) 108. Absolute (nonsense) 113. Dual 115. Double-crosser 117. Absent-minded drawing 119. Leaps over 120. Hip-hop performer 122. Became adult (4,2) 124. Oarsman 125. Dog-like predator 126. Street urchins 128. Unsociable 129. Contract
130. Tap leak 131. Submissive
132. Indian robe
134. Boot base
135. Fully satisfy