BRAINTEASER
ACROSS
1. Ran (of liquid)
4. Enticing
7. Temperature unit
10. Oscar-winner, Diane …
13. Feared alpine slippages
15. Vitamin, dietary …
17. Wrinkle
19. Sagas
21. Fluid-filled pouches
23. Insurance examiner
25. Secret (phone number)
28. Quell
29. Largest desert
30. City, … Paulo
32. Draws back (in horror)
36. Cash point (1,1,1)
37. Young kangaroos
38. Increase
40. Seafood creature
42. Vibrate
44. Alehouses
45. Bed-base cover
46. Now, at …!
47. Lyrical verse
49. Excruciating (pain)
51. Snake, king …
53. Stardom
54. Ladder rung
55. Norwegian municipality
56. Huge
57. Earthquake focus
60. Appears again (2-7)
65. Yellow fruit
66. Saluted with drink
68. White … sheet (2,1)
69. Juries
71. Not commonly found
72. … or stereo
73. Clatter
76. Try, have … (1,2)
78. Inside
83. Cowboy shows
85. Postal recipient
88. Publicity scheme
90. Land measure
91. Black belt sport
92. Darns
93. Kermit animal
96. Audible breaths
97. Ryan or Tatum (1’4)
98. Alien craft (1,1,1)
99. Detest
100. Income cheats, tax … 101. Wind (in)
102. Move sideways 103. Poet, … Allan Poe 105. Live
107. Punctuation mark 108. Performer’s admirer 110. Cruel people
114. Behold
116. Personality features 117. Borderline
119. Attacking viciously 122. Road junctions (4-4) 125. Cultivated (ground) 127. Long-handled spoon 130. India/China continent 131. Clarifies
132. Bold explorer 133. Walk wearily
134. Gradually stop (4,2) 135. Weaves, … and turns 136. Ball
DOWN
1. Lucky breaks
2. Feeble
3. The … Scrolls (4,3)
4. Exit
5. Dashes
6. Shocked inhalation
7. Car brake part
8. Ward off
9. Pitchers
10. Most enthusiastic 11. Cultural pursuits 12. Queasiness 14. Hauntingly frightening 16. Traditional 18. Peeresses
20. Involved in
22. First couple (4,3,3) 23. Australian
24. Hindu dress
26. US state
27. … in distress 31. Elaborately embellished 32. Idolises
33. Bore diameter
34. Kindle
35. Distinct variety 36. Records
37. Actor, … Goldblum 39. Upward slope
41. Take a dive
43. Broad open areas 48. Make tracks
50. Until (2,2) 52. Quagmire
54. Terrify
58. Altogether (2,3) 59. Police speed detector 61. Comedian, … Murphy 62. Robin Hood and … Marian 63. Shaving blade 64. Vietnamese capital 65. Haggles
67. Ones and … 69. Harbours
70. Fall asleep (3,3) 74. Meagre
75. Curled (of smoke)
77. Hot springs
79. Tidies up
80. Resists
81. Fragrant bloom 82. Daubs
84. College registrations 85. Emma writer, Jane … 86. Terrier or poodle 87. String (of pearls)
89. Wise bird’s chicks
94. Pop icon, Lady … 95. Robberies
98. Mouth sores
104. Ghost Town star,
… Kinnear 106. Terrible tsar 109. Normally (2,1,4) 111. Journalist’s slant 112. Portable music device 113. Carried (gun) 115. Attempts 116. Crew-necked top (1-5)
118. Facilitate 120. Burning out of control 121. UK actor, Rhys … 123. Swamp grasses 124. Promises 126. Achievement 128. Urgently (1,1,1,1) 129. Final 130. London’s Marble …