ACROSS
1 Affording most
protection (6)
5 Possession,
proprietorship (9)
10 Impenetrable by light (6)
13 Frequently (5)
15 Take On Me pop group (3)
17 Performer on ice (6)
18 Total manpower (9)
19 Expression of surprise (6)
20 Martial arts mercenary (5)
21 Cavalry spear (5)
22 Trade association (5)
25 Follow as a
consequence (5)
26 Midday meal (5)
28 Spreads out, unfurls (7)
29 West Indian music style (7)
32 Hand armour item (6)
35 Comment, mention (6)
37 Parentless child (6)
39 Insult, affront (6)
42 Is present at (7)
43 Toboggan (4)
44 Measure the duration (4)
45 Tales, anecdotes (7)
47 Cowboy rope (5)
49 Personal –, one’s
cleanliness (7)
50 Couple (3)
51 Mongrel dog (3)
52 Competitor (7)
55 Freight (5)
56 Prayer ending (4)
58 Hut (5)
60 Restrict, confine (5)
62 Hold in esteem, have
respect for(6)
64 Type of vehicle (3)
65 Successor (4)
66 Remain (4)
67 Warehousing (7)
70 In front (5)
71 Musical note (5)
73 Creek (6)
75 Ocean liner voyage (6)
77 All people (9)
78 Large diving seabird (6)
81 Shooting star (6)
84 Prizes, medals (6)
85 Unfit for human
consumption (8)
86 Harvest, reap (4)
88 Trouser strap (4)
89 Squabbled (8)
90 Plaster wall rendering (6)
91 Play around with, tinker (6)
92 Largest continent (4)
94 Translate (9)
96 Lack of interest (6)
98 Child-minding centre (6)
100 Roof overhangs (5)
102 Reddish brown hair dye (5)
103 Romeo and Juliet is this
type of play (7)
105 Chilly (4)
106 Commotion, hullabaloo (4)
108 Blood-sucking parasite (5)
109 Hand coverings (6)
111 Forbidden (5)
114 Ability, talent (5)
116 Absent (4)
117 Underground burial
chamber (5)
118 Century (7)
119 Heavy beer (3)
120 Decay, decompose (3)
121 Judy –, Liza’s mum (7)
123 Adversary (3)
124 Obviously, evidently (7)
127 Stylish (4)
128 Geek, dweeb (4)
129 Rooftop rain troughs (7)
133 Supernatural, mystical (6)
135 Eighth month (6)
136 Frustrate, thwart (6)
137 Chore, task (6)
139 Make clear or easier to
understand (7)
142 Uncontaminated (7)
144 Orderly pile (5)
146 Glisten, shine (5)
148 Hangs over menacingly (5)
150 Unadorned (5)
151 Utter obscenities (5)
153 Perfect world (6)
155 Nameless (9)
156 Prophet, seer (6)
158 Hard outer casing (5)
159 Up to the time of (5)
160 Struck by terror (6)
161 Costly, dear (9)
162 Written compositions (6)DOWN
2 Enquire (3)
3 Praise highly (5)
4 Natalie Imbruglia hit (4)
5 – Christian Soldiers,
hymn (6)
6 Gall, impudence (5)
7 Rubbish, trash (6)
8 Vast crowd (5)9 Spanish rice dish (6)
10 One time (4)
11 French farewell (5)
12 Small farm truck (3)
14 Indian oven cooking style
(8)
16 Irritating (8)
23 Final result, outcome (6)
24 Boring, tedious (4)
26 Bread mass (4)
27 Alter (6)
30 Heavy traffic standstill (8)
31 Diplomatic etiquette (8)
33 Urgent crisis (9)
34 Evade, avoid (5)
36 Citizen’s army (7)
38 Mundane, routine (7)
39 Not at home (3)
40 Part between wrist and
elbow (7)
41 Higgledy-piggledy (10)
46 Sackcloth (7)
48 Climatic conditions (7)
49 Rodent pet (7)
53 Person from Bangkok (4)
54 Row of joined houses (7)
57 Picture surround (5)
59 Type of lettuce (3)
61 Frozen water (3)
63 – queen, someone
who gets in a flap over
nothing (5)
68 Fashion leader (11)
69 Kind-hearted, amiable
(4-7)
72 Animal collection (9)
73 Association, consortium
(9)
74 Concurred (6)
76 Lack of impetus (7)
79 Tennis game (5)
80 Hate, detest (5)
82 Organ of sight (3)
83 Thief, mugger (6)
86 Hooded snake (5)
87 Olive –, Popeye’s gal (3)
93 Furtive action or
behaviour (7)
95 Scruffy urchin (10)
96 Crooked, twisted (5)
97 The Netherlands (7)
98 Bistro, diner (4)
99 Guarded detention (7)
101 Small township (7)
103 Also (3)
104 Tibetan ox (3)
105 Individual personality (9)107 Formerly Soviet Union
(1,1,1,1)
110 Port Vila’s island nation (7)
112 Squeezing embrace (4,3)
113 Cloudy (8)
114 Power, might (8)
115 Meantime (7)
122 Course taken (5)
125 Swarming grasshopper (6)
126 Illuminated (3)
130 Kidnapper’s demand (6)
131 Horse-drawn vehicle (8)
132 Oddest, strangest (8)
134 Secure with a key (4)
138 Fishing spool (4)
14 0 Last act of a
stage show (6)
141 Person from Nairobi (6)
143 Paper hankie (6)
145 Dried coconut flesh (5)
146 Musical band (5)
147 New Zealand native (5)
149 Outback gems (5)
150 Time before the present (4)
152 Actor’s part (4)
154 Pull, jerk (3)
157 Assert arrogantly, –
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