ACROSS:
1 Lonely nipper? (6-4)
6 Cowls for the gangsters (5)
10 They secure 150 snakes (6)
16 Be a top-upholstery lover! (4)
18 Nail support to front door (4)
19 Bother the thick-head without much trouble (5)
21 Ship with pirate (7)
24 Peacekeepers have conviction (8)
26 Finished when fifty pounds are found in the garment (8)
27 RAF man supporting the resin (3)
28 In short leading in historical times (3)
30 Style is defined by the limits of gentlemanly attire (5)
32 Watch anyway (3)
33 Horrified way-out Turkish pooh-bah (4)
35 Official upsets Welshman (8)
37 Checks votes again in details (8)
38 NY heir requiring change for a sovereign, but which one? (5,1)
39 Arrangements to meet dried fruit (5)
41 Poetic Miller's river? (3)
42 A man having a row is better turned out (7)
45 A vessel, a ground-cover plant (5)
46 Morning figure for a type of contract (3)
48 Turn to make a loose arrangement (7)
50 Hundred is outside the scope of this service! (3)
52 A lot of dates with Alan and Mac around (7)
53 The sportsman making a boundary? (6)
56 Demo in support of international cricket (7)
57 Not afraid to brew a dire pint (8)
59 A cheat has difficulty (3)
62 It's this if a good bargain (1,4)
64 With an excellent return (3)
65 A very low story causing humiliation (9)
67 His change to be at the end of the word? (3)
69 Spots, we hear, before the eyes? (5)
70 Presented fifty with a mallet (5)
71 This date is very modern! (2-2)
72 Steady oneself to toss the caber (5)
74 Black Forest, for example, around knife edges (4)
75 Maoist converted to his country's religion (6)
76 They shoot an animal the wrong way (4)
78 Hair treatment provided by barber in Seville (5)
79 Passionate study in painting (6)
82 Many go out of fear of a wing (4)
84 Stop in forward or reverse gear (4,2)
86 More bizarre drinking vessel (6)
88 Spirit of Kay in endless wet weather (4)
89 How many times in the second hour? (6)
90 Old Italian manor, perhaps (5)
92 Maples being a brilliant server (4)
94 Affected to be smart (6)
95 A return of service which is some way off (4)
96 Be obliged to include the unqualified when you cut down heavily (5)
97 Noise to attract attention from ship's stern (4)
99 Nine part composition lacks cyber-links? (5)
101 Sailor on edge completely full (5)
103 Note point in a PNG town (3)
104 In a storm, get wet on a horse-drawn vehicle (9)
107 See, you are a cad (3)
108 Book of the mountains? (5)
110 She is amongst the rivals (3)
111 Catcall about party involved in swindle - degrading event (8)
113 Move to adapt an old craft (7)
116 Getting together for a great blow-out possibly (6)
118 People attending game, substantial distance from entrance (7)
121 Scandinavian coin note (3)
123 Diverting a dupe with wrong input (7)
125 Help found in Adelaide (3)
126 Confederates sample party food while talking (5)
127 Soap top off premium tree chips (1,6)
129 Can this be what Frank performed? (3)
131 To do so the wrong way will go against the grain (3,2)
133 Odd number is self-centred, not odd (6)
135 Previous levy Ed arranged, is to be praised (8)
138 Notes and stops Ali, perhaps (8)
141 Editor comes up short time after March! (4)
142 Puff a good bit of the cigarette (3)
144 Changes due in an English poet (5)
146 Man, what an avant-garde US artist! (3)
148 Operate a take away without consent (3)
149 Matching in harmony (8)
151 Roly is about to go broke in a strong way (8)
155 Whole tanners? (7)
156 They may grow into lawn tennis players of highest ability (5)
157 Nora Batty's banker (4)
158 Official call demanding attention (4)
159 See air perhaps? It's not so difficult (6)
160 Ascetic bear appears before mid-morning (5)
161 Tolerate a team order to resign from office (5,5)
DOWN:
2 Angered - or could be angered (7)
3 Said differently when belonging to the girl? (4)
4 Is next to a total bust (5)
5 Peak personality? (3)
6 Colour with the pursuer's cry (3)
7 The charm of West Africa (3)
8 Leftover pull as told by. . . (4)
9 Fears it could be less speculative (5)
11 Eat nothing whilst broadcasting impromptu (4,2,3)
12 Minor streets bordering rocket-testing area? Most unusual (9)
13 Shooter's missile (3)
14 Fellow reportedly navigates vessel without agent's involvement (12)
15 Look again to arrive at a scientific proof? (8)
17 Scrape away with a nail at one point (6)
20 Begin suspecting like you're clever (3)
21 Meaningless talk getting some backing from apocryphal book (4)
22 African mongoose has one in much trouble (9)
23 Many Roman are ahead of one reaching extremes of our capital (3)
25 See a small measure high up? (4)
26 Force skin off sea-monster (3)
29 Ill-will from mine in Kent area (5)
31 Old emperor's hot spiced drink (5)
34 A long time fixing up venue for contest (5)
35 I can't rewrite another name on the container (3-3)
36 Cultivated fish, say, in distant sea (6)
40 A Japanese wine benefit (4)
43 Icy jerk shadows star's path (6)
44 "Put us in a number", said the poet inside! (5)
47 Restored balance, for the most part, to a wobbly craft? (5,4)
49 Cut favourite piece (7)
51 Jailbird changed name on the Central Australian or Irish wilderness (9)
53 Only a personal impression, but admissible as evidence (6-5)
54 Third power block (4)
55 He looks right as an African prince (3)
56 Limey who gives us a ring in mid afternoon (3)
58 General conclusion about a science blackguard (6)
60 Put out of shape when wrongly formed (6)
61 How about solving the case of the mystery person (3)
63 CIA’s organised civil disorder for traitor (8)
65 New star rises at Stratford (4)
66 The process of taking turns to change country (11)
68 Short way taken when writing with it raises quite a furore? (5)
71 Defile under a mountain was not even considered (8)
73 A fish culture (4)
77 One who watches actor step out (9)
80 He's almost in New York? (4)
81 With which big cat sees precious stone (6-3)
83 Luxembourg's a capital (5)
85 Gap in the resin the girl gets? (6)
87 Raid and spoil Ugandan capital in the present era (6)
91 A state, but not a pit (4)
93 Greek character opposed to Italian wine (7)
97 Work steadily at a layer of cloth (3)
98 After a very short time, stupid greed engulfed the end of postgraduate study (6,6)
100 Lift man, love, and sit back (4)
102 The accent is on footwear (6)
105 Eggs not quite oval (3)
106 Personally one's missing a legendary character (3)
107 Badly cared for timber (5)
109 They present the bills (9)
111 Happen to appear before court (4,2)
112 Doesn't eat it, presumably, as stew is stirred (6)
114 Oldest subsoil? Sure (9)
115 Shot a lusty look at Follies (3-6)
117 In America, the heartless teacher used to be behind the iron curtain (4)
119 Came to the conclusion people without heads sounded lifeless (5)
120 Quicken anchor (4,4)
122 Got on though five hundred is added to the cost of the journey (5)
124 TV and press journalist aboard train going North (5)
128 Spice Girl agent accepts gold bracelet in the end (6)
130 Indeed the boy is back with a pip less! (7)
132 Balladeer given upper class title in India (4)
134 Superior persons, the heads, in fact (4)
136 Carries most of sea-bird back (3)
137 Red upset railway in Northern Ireland (5)
139 Bring someone to Court Street meeting (5)
140 Girl possibly not seen often (3)
143 Garibaldi lived at the dawn of the third one. That is to say, the Garibaldi that likes Daffy Duck, not the other one. (3)
145 Adding two numbers can be an impossible task (2-2)
147 Poems collected from devoted daughters of the Muse (4)
150 She'll be in wearing a medal! (3)
152 American sailor back in the swamp (3)
153 Child, bask by the sound (3)
154 The French boy! (3)
SOLUTION TO JUMBO CROSSWORD-153
Across: 1 Bedspreads, 6 Shawm, 10 Sprite, 16 Ease, 18 Naan, 19 Nexus, 21 Pockets, 24 Blowhard, 26 Anisette, 27 Eta, 28 Ali, 30 Panto, 32 Red, 33 Errs, 35 Foothold, 37 Mamma Mia, 38 Litchi, 39 No end, 41 Per, 42 Consign, 45 Agate, 46 Alb, 48 Sick pay, 50 NDA, 52 Tripoli, 53 Crated, 56 Choctaw, 57 Gentiles, 59 IOU, 62 Linen, 64 Era, 65 Submarine, 67 CIA, 69 Daisy, 70 Timer, 71 Cent, 72 Rivet, 74 Ivor, 75 Oliver, 76 Anew, 78 Eject, 79 Alicia, 82 Omit, 84 Ingles, 86 Hogged, 88 Tier, 89 Molars, 90 Table, 92 Edit, 94 Cabana, 95 Redo, 96 Iceni, 97 Mere, 99 Gulch, 101 Uvula, 103 Use, 104 Increment, 107 Cli, 108 Bligh, 110 ESP, 111 Toilsome, 113 Picnics, 116 Hatred, 118 Lerwick, 121 Uno, 123 Smitten, 125 TNT, 126 Miens, 127 Step one, 129 Egg, 131 Ember, 133 Oodles, 135 Age limit, 138 At anchor, 141 Sate, 142 Put, 144 Times, 146 OAU, 148 She, 149 Elitists, 151 Alburnum, 155 Trussed, 156 Stowe, 157 Amoy, 158 Esne, 159 No side, 160 Stoop, 161 Draw stumps.
DOWN: 2 Ego trip, 3 Pies, 4 Debit, 5 Sal, 6 Sew, 7 Ana, 8 Warp, 9 Madam, 11 Phnom Penh, 12 Insomniac, 13 Tee, 14 Extravagance, 15 Used to be, 17 So long, 20 Ute, 21 Peel, 22 Cartesian, 23 Sao, 25 Hyde, 26 ATM, 29 Lorna, 31 Naval, 34 Scrip, 35 Fickle, 36 Loners, 40 Dale, 43 Opines, 44 Syria, 47 Still-room, 49 Cognate, 51 Downgrade, 53 Centre stage, 54 True, 55 Dim, 56 Cur, 58 Trying, 60 Oaring, 61 Bat, 63 Edentate, 65 Smee, 66 Brotherhood, 68 Indie, 71 Critical, 73 Vail, 77 Wisconsin, 80 Cite, 81 Artichoke, 83 Moles, 85 Leaves, 87 Ghouls, 91 Bolt, 93 Dilbert, 97 Mug, 98 Registration, 100 Unit, 102 Violin, 105 Res, 106 Mph, 107 Clasp, 109 Isinglass, 111 Tea set, 112 Meteor, 114 Nurseries, 115 Committed, 117 Apse, 119 Weeds, 120 Steepest, 122 Bedim, 124 Mocha, 128 Trains, 130 Get help, 132 Baku, 134 Seed, 136 Mis, 137 Teams, 139 Comer, 140 Out, 143 Ult, 145 Slot, 147 Cult, 150 Two, 152 B y o, 153 Rep, 154 Und.