MEGA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Citrus rind (6,4)

6. Outlast

10. Observant

15. Bathtub grime

18. Wear fancy costume (5,2)

19. Gallantry under fire

20. Delayed

22. Electricity-supply failure

23. Flightless bird

24. Advertising motto

25. Compile (exam)

26. Eyelid inflammations

28. Captures

30. Young society girl

31. Human trunk

32. Dinner or lunch

33. A ... between two thorns

34. Banjo sound

35. Levee bank

37. Forearm bone

39. Welcoming garland

40. Protected

42. Love god

45. Well-read

48. Hitler follower

49. Disallow

50. Money still owed

53. High mountain

54. Indian guru

56. Astrology sign

59. Fragrance

61. Legume

62. Imported food shop

63. Dock (branches)

64. Trend

65. Beware the ... of March

66. Weeding implement

68. Amber-coloured sweet (6,5)

69. Copy

70. Fanatic

71. Assailing

72. ... conditioning

73. Unprejudiced

74. Fertility method (1,1,1)

76. Sarajevo native

78. Long letter

80. Incantation

81. Light-headedness

84. Kingdom

85. Internet messages

87. Rostered work hours

89. Parliamentary laws

92. Unscathed

94. Heavy metal

96. Beautifies

97. Italy’s resort coast 98. Cajole

100. Account of person’s life 101. Paris cathedral, Notre ... 104. Mannerly

105. Factory chimneys 107. Aristocracy, ... class 108. Travel bags 112. Bullring, ... de Toros 113. Convert into code 115. Loud enough to be heard 117. The plebs, ... polloi 118. Actress Tatum’s dad (4,1’4) 120. Ear, nose & throat (1,1,1) 121. Melt away

123. Speech training 125. Queen’s Counsels (1,2) 126. Think logically 127. Underwater vessel 129. Astute 130. Wheel-shaft projection 131. Hamburger, Big ... 133. Fierce wind 134. Farmhouse cooker 136. Actress, ... Hannah 137. Concede

140. Emerge

141. The Feds (1,1,1)

142. ... & brush

146. Dork

147. Rowing blades 148. Kindled

152. Quiz

154. Jeans pioneer, ... Strauss 155. Sort

156. Saintly glow

157. Apple relative 159. Cleaning fluid 160. Tidings

162. Hindu robe 164. No-man’s-land

165. This woman 167. Straighten 169. Blackfly

171. Corn on the ... 173. Laughed sneeringly 174. Smelled

175. Large showy flower 177. Former wives 178. Paper-folding craft 179. Slant

180. Is seated

181. Angler’s trap (7,3) 182. Unspoilt 183. Financial inducements

DOWN

1. Stew, ... bucco

2. Sharp

3. Charmed

4. Makes level (5,3)

5. Hearty

6. Resist

7. Stuffed pasta

8. Cabbie (4,6)

9. Sailing boats

10. Pick

11. Open-top automobile

12. Tinted visor

13. Dead ringer, spitting ...

14. Unfluctuating

16. Easy (job)

17. Issue

20. Paying guest

21. Not talked about

27. Freeing from slavery

29. Famous Greek stories (5’1,6)

35. Tear off

36. Retain

38. Legitimate

41. Dwindled

43. Invitation reply (1,1,1,1)

44. Ferocious

46. Invincible

47. People in the know

51. Taciturn

52. Hors d’oeuvres

55. Crowds

56. Pond flower leaf (4,3)

57. Purchaser

58. Offensive

60. Look after, ... for

67. Weirdest

69. Shake

72. Mystified, all ... (2,3)

75. Seethed

77. Unlawfully

79. Obtained from legacy

82. Cart-puller, ... horse

83. US honeymoon falls

86. In vain, to no ...

88. Pre-euro French coin

90. Company head (1,1,1)

91. Male or female

92. Universal Serial Bus (1,1,1)

93. Sunlit time

94. Type of TV screen (1,1,1)

95. Club’s yearly meeting (1,1,1)

98. Divan

99. Puts on (make-up)

102. Stirs up (memories)

103. Spot-on

104. Uncertain

106. Medical consultant 108. Improving the flow of 109. Absurdity 110. Bombarded 111. Marketing skill 114. Cramped (6,2) 116. Cudgel

119. Mass measure 122. Serving platter 124. Shakespeare’s King ... 125. Pleasingly odd

128. Steam generator 130. Lifting device 132. Courteous

135. Helps

138. Vague

139. Guards (5,5) 141. Genuine, bona ...

143. Says

144. Reject (4,4)

145. Dog breed

149. Very profitable venture (4,4) 150. Improper

151. Eras

153. SE English county 158. Bounds

161. Naval flag 163. Steel-belted tyre

166. Takes on board 168. Unsuitable

170. Pawns

172. Martini garnish

173. Actor, ... Goldblum 176. Requests

“I WANT TO KNOW WHAT PASSION IS. I WANT TO FEEL SOMETHING STRONGLY.”

ALDOUS HUXLEY