BRAINTEASER 2

ACROSS

1. Motor repairer 6. Getting 12. Evaluating (6,2) 17. Table & … 18. Artist’s tripod 19. Jubilation 20. Nudity 21. Soothing 22. Shaving cuts 24. Topic 26. Duchess of York 29. Hacks 33. Avid 36. Run amok, go … 39. Weakens 41. Put in (data) 42. Brutality 43. Xmas glitter 44. Enclosures 46. Shopping mall 48. The C of CIA 50. Too 52. Mountain goat 54. Saucepan scrubber 56. Webcast seminar, … Talk 58. Scat! 60. Indistinct shape 61. Tip of grain 62. Without decoration 66. Cake (with mud) 67. Bullies 70. Court sport 71. Movie house 72. Defrosted 73. Alphabet (1,1,1) 75. Thieve 76. Loom operators 77. Unit of land 78. Shrivelled grape 80. Rage 81. French Peter 82. More furious 85. Actress, … Diaz 88. Bestowed (award) 90. Hide 93. Most miserly 95. Uncooked 96. Jotters 97. Formed (conclusion) 99. Include 100. Onion 102. Shetland animal 104. Russian leader 105. Calmed 108. Guru 110. Rest on knees 112. … & splutters 114. Tempt 117. Fabricate (illness) 118. Appease 119. Breathing tube 120. Is convenient to 122. Damascus natives 126. Sorts 129. Sample (food) 132. Implements 135. Official records 136. Wrapped 137. Farm building 138. Pedals (bike) 139. Writer, … Allan Poe 140. Models of virtue 141. Conches 142. Race tie (4,4)

DOWN

1. Encounters 2. Frolic 3. An alternative 4. Coldness 5. Spiced tea 6. Pig’s grunt 7. Orchestra section 8. Stadium 9. Eighth, …, tenth 10. Chicks’ homes 11. Laceration 12. Fabric join 13. Illicit 14. Visual symbolism 15. Leaving 16. Beeper 23. Tarot item 25. Shady trees 27. Cowgirl, … Oakley 28. Aided in crime 30. Send-up 31. Turn outwards 32. Necessitates 34. Normally (2,1,4) 35. Comedian, … Murphy 37. Munch 38. Executes 39. Deduce 40. Stroke gently 45. Intense dislike 47. Skimp 48. Counterbalances 49. Pre-Easter period 51. Postpones 53. Except that 54. Alike, the … 55. Raised from dead 57. Debutante 59. Special events 60. Slaughtered 61. Geological age 63. UAE’s … Desert 64. Former (3-4) 65. Harmed 67. Defuses 68. Hammering (in) 69. Insist upon 74. Frozen drips 79. Taper 81. Mull 83. Darn! 84. Dawn moisture 86. Probable arrival hour (1,1,1) 87. Purges 89. Roundest (figure) 90. Tin container 91. Lengthy adventure 92. Craftsman 94. Absurdly 96. Small & rotund 98. Hospital rooms 101. Brahma follower 103. Tibet’s … Lama 106. Eyrie dweller 107. US city, … Angeles 109. Army corporal (1,1,1) 111. Remaining 112. Water storage tank 113. Alien ships (1,1,2) 115. A law … yourself 116. Complete removal 117. Brought 120. Postage sticker 121. Attract (penalty) 122. Feel 123. Winds (in) 124. On top of 125. Hard alloy 127. Column (of smoke) 128. Squandered 130. Unchanged (2,2) 131. Begins golf, … off 133. … & evens 134. Install (program)