BRAINTEASER

ACROSS

1. Provide 4. Droving horseman 7. Char 10. Warm-blooded creature 13. Making believe (4-6) 15. Jingling instrument 17. Flip (coin) 19. Alleviated 21. Philosopher, … Marx 23. Beneath the waves 25. Cuts for examination 28. Hard slog on foot 29. Small earphone 30. Commercial breaks 32. Properties 36. Wildebeest 37. Russian president, Vladimir … 38. Vows 40. Fight … & nail 42. Religious dogma 44. Cul-de-sac, … end 45. Appease 46. … & now 47. IVF cells 49. Transmit (message) 51. Flyer 53. Humans, … sapiens 54. Child’s plastic bricks 55. Termites, white … 56. Granddaughter of the Queen, … Phillips 57. Mishaps 60. Setting free (7,2) 65. Dramatic conclusion 66. Directed 68. One, numero … 69. Purloin 71. Placed 72. Tofu, soya-bean … 73. Shrivelled grape 76. Sticky coal by-product 78. Allowed 83. Give in 85. Big finish 88. Rest 90. Candle string 91. Scoff 92. Taverns 93. Large rodents 96. Cry of applause 97. Ballerina’s skirts 98. 1960s drug (1,1,1) 99. Price rise 100. Britain’s language 101. 2nd Greek letter 102. Australian marsupial 103. Revises 105. Proceed inside 107. Wall recess 108. Lump (of cotton wool) 110. Bag 114. Smidgen 116. Stained 117. Yielded 119. Syrian capital 122. Taxi rank (3,5) 125. Moves (tail) 127. Address crowd 130. Red-rind cheese 131. Twin-hulled boats 132. Hand-me-down (6-4) 133. Surpass in auction 134. Spring-clean (4,2) 135. Rescind 136. Lightly burnt

DOWN

1. Group of seven 2. Young dogs 3. Craved 4. Halt 5. Power units 6. Meditation routine 7. Situate 8. Vestments 9. Home 10. Dampen 11. Humble 12. Lounged 14. Comes towards 16. Muddle 18. Movie stand-in 20. Couch 22. Abridge 23. E African country 24. Fissure 26. Individual performance 27. UFO, flying … 31. Glided 32. Support (cause) 33. Flatten 34. Leaf beverage pourer 35. Becomes involved (5,2) 36. Slum area 37. Well-trodden way 39. Maxims 41. Leather straps 43. Morally corrupt 48. Lyrics 50. Do not (3’1) 52. Hang back 54. Sleep late (3,2) 58. Miner’s stake 59. Baby-bottle tops 61. Fringed 62. Tinned fish 63. Honourable 64. Tear into strips 65. Cracker 67. Infrequent 69. Revolves 70. Work-shy people 74. Mounting 75. Bowed 77. Leading lady 79. Nurture 80. Sex parlour 81. Radiate 82. Famous Austrian river 84. Got rid of 85. Armed (trigger) 86. Scrape (out a living) 87. Nutty confection 89. Embed 94. Unchanged, the … 95. Defrosted 98. Came to shore 104. Curved-bill bird 106. Lowest cards 109. Adjusted 111. Fire crime 112. Caribbean nation 113. Function host 115. Yearly publications 116. South African city 118. Grew faint 120. Own up 121. Preserved (meat) 123. Fellow 124. Dependent on the tides 126. Graze crust 128. Please reply (1,1,1,1) 129. Nicholas or Ivan 130. Garden of Creation