ACROSS:
1 Silly goats drop a family of slugs and snails (10)
6 Man seen with his heart-throb by the riverside? (5)
10 Maintain a strong company (6)
16 Ruth upset French ecclesiastic (4)
18 A rally beginning at sea (4)
19 Services' facility for spending money (5)
21 How sweet that the bed you get after All Fools' Day is only a little one (7)
24 Put a pigeon in a old cannon (8)
26 Asking to exchange some leather (8)
27 Will the cad do this at last if he's a carrier? (3)
28 Aye it's what the Scots are said to say (3)
30 Oriental ruler making up the required measure (5)
32 Unknown quantity of water? (3)
33 Cars crashed in curves (4)
35 Opera performed unusually in a hotel (8)
37 Sleeps on wood aboard ship (8)
38 About love, writer is to start again (6)
39 If the biter turns up over the Wye it gives it a sharp smell (5)
41 Doctor in form over short appearance ! (3)
42 Not very quick about turning up the statute in a dive (7)
45 He has to be what he is (5)
46 Company in America? Yes, they say so ! (3)
48 Comedy writer offers more with fiction (7)
50 Accountant holding hot tea (3)
52 Work, to a peer, maybe (7)
53 The outdoor type being more affected? (6)
56 Talk with a radio amateur in Kent (7)
57 Where living is on the level (8)
59 Promissory note given in rather curious circumstances? (3)
62 Cowboy’s competition sat on the ring (5)
64 Included by the artful auditor (3)
65 Related to smell of old lake plant (9)
67 Happy transvestite? (3)
69 Four deliveries on one occasion (5)
70 Ray is out in the country (5)
71 Appear to make a sound joint (4)
72 Predict a profit to auditor (5)
74 Cordon is sort of blue (4)
75 Long for a man to finish being cowardly (6)
76 Tuft found by women institute's piano (4)
78 Deal out about a litre of soup with this? (5)
79 Eric to become amorous (6)
82 Wasted allowance of yore? (4)
84 What you've been cooking since getting in a rut? (6)
86 Cutters almost heard on board (6)
88 She sets sail (4)
89 Girl joining English superior - that's pleasant (6)
90 Pungent end pieces of celeriac free (5)
92 Move to indulge in some spooning (4)
94 Beware of a popular trend to surrender (4,2)
95 Consumes a set recipe (4)
96 Proficient in arithmetic, starting with short division (5)
97 Lady to be second repeatedly (4)
99 Fodder for Josh? (5)
101 Strike a reef (5)
103 One might adopt this over the Ouse, initially by instinct (3)
104 Cast update: Loy gave a superior performance (9)
107 It's by way of being an extract of caviare (3)
108 Not in a position to give us the facts straight up (5)
110 Little awful man was an air pioneer (3)
111 The 180th meridian entailed variations (4-4)
113 Hides or shows (7)
116 What one is most likely to do with a cheque? (4,2)
118 Wren set off for action movie (7)
121 ...and, perhaps, it helps in building our Armed Forces? (3)
123 How A served at the table and hung around there (7)
125 Laugh either way (3)
126 Quiet person was brilliant (5)
127 Round dilapidated inn, little shoot is curling (7)
129 Wonder if it's in the chest of drawers (3)
131 Odd drumbeat in sheikdom (5)
133 Salisbury, it was, that disheartened hardware (6)
135 If necessary (2,1,5)
138 What the lovely Miss Puller does? (8)
141 Put away five letters (4)
142 Sit around when leading, in short (3)
144 Don back or down ! (3,2)
146 Point where we turn up looking fresh (3)
148 Gelderland city is edenic to begin with (3)
149 In case it's the wrong shade for the exterior (8)
151 Touring around south can be stirring (8)
155 Tempts everyone with a devious ruse (7)
156 It's a mere matter of about fifty to make the bird black (5)
157 Crudely inquire, say, about boxes or boats (4)
158 Chopped suet packaged and transported by the Red Indians (4)
159 Force the rest to move on the ship (6)
160 Tale about the East is long (5)
161 He lit a city in ruins with professional standards (10)
DOWN:
2 One having a lofty aim? (7)
3 Cut price food (4)
4 Had a chance to secure Russian house (5)
5 Moslem in a Hindu mount of pilgrimage? (3)
6 Speedy turnover for the divine, briefly (3)
7 It's put up to keep people out (3)
8 Foreign railway that is famous for cheese (4)
9 Pulls out American troops (5)
11 Remove a jumper a month later (4-5)
12 Entering athletic event during warm spell (2,3,4)
13 He looks right as an African prince (3)
14 Breaks in with a demand for money (5,1,6)
15 He calls out at court (8)
17 Description of teetotaller hooked by large amount of claret? (6)
20 Drug dose if up over 10 (3)
21 A daring start to an old-fashioned month? (4)
22 Advise in respect of the business: before 2000, finish! (9)
23 As well to ring perhaps (3)
25 Avon is Paradise (4)
26 Horned creature found in dwindling numbers (3)
29 Do it out to do away (5)
31 Hungarian girl in an oil spill (5)
34 Being so impecunious at last, make tracks (5)
35 Moved unit is unmoved (2,4)
36 Laugh like a wartime 'lord'? (3-3)
40 Country bumpkin off bondage (4)
43 Tiny Kelly had his expectant fancies (6)
44 Rachel backs what operetta composer around the middle note? (5)
47 Rex tucked into mashed potatoes with little discernment (4,5)
49 Works for party on Sunday (7)
51 Esau was like the Ainu in this (9)
53 Rewrite Lyn's account of a job at the hospital (11)
54 Language spoken by Albert in company of a Greek character (4)
55 Girl, I hear, at an opening? (3)
56 Stop shooting and use the knife (3)
58 He says a lot for a balloon (6)
60 It shows the quality of petrol at once, perhaps (6)
61 North backing my Shakespearean corporal thus (3)
63 Organisations for the acting shares (8)
65 Changed the abridged order and did some mining? (4)
66 About to be beaten but doesn't turn back (5,6)
68 In a way, age is some protection (5)
71 Many returning lazily without betraying any emotion (8)
73 Point the dope out: a woman (4)
77 Shut out before getting in (9)
80 Exhaust - one of four found on Chevrolet? (4)
81 Cost of transport to an inverted Spanish naval base (9)
83 New nurse making marks on old tablets (5)
85 US dramatist found half of partnership ailing (6)
87 Donkey to suffer attack (6)
91 Interpreted, for example, cardinal's pronouncement (4)
93 Biggest exam covers everything (7)
97 Plead for keys (3)
98 Do they warm astronauts? (5,7)
100 He has writing dictated by the height of fashion (4)
102 Expect rising on North Pacific island (6)
105 A sign of infection (3)
106 Morning figure for a type of contract (3)
107 One who will not have animals, say, in a vehicle (5)
109 It would be as unpleasant to get into as the hot variety (4,5)
111 Order a child around? Rubbish! (6)
112 Stable sounds at Walton? (6)
114 Charming musician ! (9)
115 It's not the quality one likes (9)
117 Served, but had no come-back (4)
119 Rents and rates revised (5)
120 Charm is somehow not a quality associated with Major (8)
122 Bill only is in deadly earnest (2,3)
124 Flinch from a new in-charge, perhaps ! (5)
128 Hip humourist slammed (4,2)
130 Oriental rat causing much damage (7)
132 Lots of luggage (4)
134 Eastern Wales shears off adult sheep (4)
136 Agree not to say a word (3)
137 Move fast - Ben is taking the train ! (5)
139 Gangs that give one a sense of anxiety (5)
140 Originally, this was an airline (3)
143 Some fishes are female (3)
145 Thrust in which pig is sold? (4)
147 Unusual leaf insect (4)
150 High tone of a subaltern (3)
152 Home of the brave even earlier? (3)
153 Barrel seen in nut-twisting (3)
154 Born in a bygone epoch (3)
SOLUTION TO JUMBO CROSSWORD-158
Across: 1 Maintained, 6 Parts, 10 Hannah, 16 Mica, 18 Muck, 19 Ameer, 21 Babbled, 24 Diaspora, 26 Star part, 27 Uni, 28 Use, 30 Fluke, 32 Lei, 33 Sigh, 35 Down-cast, 37 Printout, 38 Hawaii, 39 Patti, 41 Shy, 42 Shar pei, 45 Fleet, 46 Coe, 48 Educate, 50 AMC, 52 Omentum, 53 Hoof it, 56 Closing, 57 Islander, 59 IOU, 62 Lysol, 64 Ems, 65 Godparent, 67 Raw, 69 Pieta, 70 Rouge, 71 Demi, 72 Wrapt, 74 Zest, 75 Mai-tai, 76 Boys, 78 Tempo, 79 Gas-bag, 82 Noes, 84 Punish, 86 Rehash, 88 Cane, 89 Godiva, 90 Riata, 92 Talk, 94 Come to, 95 Lulu, 96 No end, 97 Spae, 99 Bambi, 101 Spats, 103 The, 104 Artlessly, 107 Bee, 108 Hewer, 110 ESP, 111 Megastar, 113 Flaccid, 116 Yo-yoed, 118 Abalone, 121 Hem, 123 Relaxed, 125 NDA, 126 Peace, 127 Strauss, 129 Dug, 131 Nisei, 133 Egg-nog, 135 Hands out, 138 Eye drops, 141 Endo, 142 Ipa, 144 Swear, 146 USA, 148 Ido, 149 Terrapin, 151 Leaflets, 155 Drafted, 156 Capon, 157 Deny, 158 Adit, 159 Sighed, 160 Stead, 161 Eyewitness.
DOWN: 2 Ananias, 3 Tile, 4 Emden, 5 DII, 6 Pas, 7 RMO, 8 Turf, 9 Scalp, 11 Antenatal, 12 Narcotics, 13 Amp, 14 Health centre, 15 Articles, 17 Canape, 20 Ere, 21 Bush, 22 Big wheels, 23 Duo, 25 Putt, 26 Ski, 29 Sweat, 31 Urges, 34 Haydn, 35 Discus, 36 Sailor, 40 Ifni, 43 Hamlet, 44 Reins, 47 Following, 49 Utility, 51 Moonlight, 53 Heartthrobs, 54 Flog, 55 Tip, 56 Cur, 58 Amazon, 60 Oafish, 61 Twi, 63 Opposite, 65 Guam, 66 Demoralised, 68 Amman, 71 Disclose, 73 Abed, 77 Space race, 80 Bake, 81 Gendarmes, 83 Oomph, 85 Ilexes, 87 Abuses, 91 Army, 93 Anthrax, 97 Sty, 98 Aeolian harps, 100 Ally, 102 Petals, 105 Led, 106 Spy, 107 Basra, 109 Whodunnit, 111 Mersey, 112 Abases, 114 Chain gang, 115 Impassive, 117 Oxen, 119 Ledge, 120 Unstitch, 122 Vague, 124 Euros, 128 Tiered, 130 Goddess, 132 Self, 134 Good, 136 Own, 137 Tales, 139 Rusty, 140 Pad, 143 Pea, 145 Rent, 147 Cant, 150 Roi, 152 Aye, 153 Lad, 154 Tie.