MEGA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Contemptible 6. Spanish wine punch 10. US racist group (2,4,4) 15. Rear 18. Tradesman’s kit 19. Discover (4,3)

20. Stare lustfully at 22. Glimpses

23. Infuriate

24. Antenna

25. Twit

26. Female zebras 28. Breach 30. Government decree 31. Neither these nor ... 32. Global hostel chain (1,1,1,1) 33. Ballet skirt

34. Heart or lung

35. Design style, Art ... 37. Infrequent

39. Central Intelligence Agency (1,1,1)

40. Slight quarrel 42. Computer nerd 45. Highly selective

48. Poor (excuse) 49. College

50. Tendered

53. Billiards rod

54. Calm

56. Wound scab

59. Excite

61. Show agreement 62. Cordon ... cookery

63. Tin

64. Chinese ... sauce 65. Honey insects 66. Underwater vessel 68. Merciless

69. Atlantic fish

70. Curbs

71. NE US state (3,6)

72. The plebs, ... polloi 73. Matter 74. Farmhouse cooker 76. From bygone days (3-4) 78. Began 80. Choo-choo

81. Startles

84. Banish

85. Mariner

87. Drives

89. Knight’s wife 92. Exposed film

94. T-shirt opening

96. Actress, ... Jolie 97. Beneath the waves 98. Game, hide & ... 100. Worthy of respect 101. Follows (along) 104. Revoke 105. Sharp-tasting 107. Compère

108. Solve (6,3)

112. Batman & ... 113. Annually (3,4) 115. Outshine

117. Chapel bench 118. Instigator

120. Tap briskly 121. Habit-forming 123. Cartridge pen

125. Bawl 126. Establishment

127. So!

129. Dotty

130. Also

131. Audio discs (1,2) 133. Drawing pin 134. Radio frequency (1,1,1) 136. Mutineer 137. Premature 140. Dog-like predator 141. Ooh & ... 142. Analyse 146. Replenish

147. Norse thunder god 148. Overplayed 152. Adjudge

154. Jeans pioneer, ... Strauss 155. Bullfight cheer 156. Swami

157. Scram!

159. Waltz virtuoso, ... Rieu 160. Log vessel

162. Curry & ... 164. Gravitates (towards) 165. Mammoth 167. Equipped 169. Construct

171. Flying saucer (1,1,1) 173. Updates 174. Obviously

175. Tells tales 177. Beware the ... of March 178. Stickier

179. Young hare

180. Meal regimen 181. Bone specialists 182. Distinguish 183. Limited

DOWN

1. Venture

2. Oil reservoirs

3. Abbreviate (3,5)

4. Slow developers, late ...

5. Cinder

6. Gender prejudice

7. Shell-crushing device

8. Restores to office

9. Influence

10. Nairobi’s republic

11. Stop work (5,3)

12. Unknot

13. Reasoned thought

14. Xmas carol, ‘The First ... ’

16. Employment0

17. Revolver

20. Seville fruit

21. Drink, caffe ...

27. Bystanders

29. Lack of compassion

35. Hurling event

36. Yield

38. Garret

41. New undertaking

43. Biblical garden

44. Ribbed

46. Additions

47. Asked

51. Puniest

52. Waterway’s edges

55. Gain

56. Whack

57. Distraught

58. Abilities

60. Mislay

67. Outlaw

69. Poisonous chemical

72. Resort accommodation

75. Wise guy, smart ...

77. Spiritless

79. Artificial water channels

82. Levelling-off stage

83. Ape

86. Consumed (3,2)

88. Chartered

90. Reverence

91. Tibetan ox

92. GPS direction-finder, sat ...

93. Litigate

94. Singer, ... King Cole

95. Wheel tooth

98. Raffle

99. Win & place (bet) (4-3) 102. West Canadian province 103. Sunrise

104. Disowns 106. Mastercard or Visa (6,4) 108. Bombardment from allies (8,4)

109. Cartilage

110. Outlast

111. Engine booster (5-7) 114. Top up (battery) 116. Remove (limb) 119. Entomb 122. Climbing plant

124. Pop artist, ... Warhol 125. Brought about 128. Dismayed

130. Lessen

132. Mexican mister 135. Genuine, bona ... 138. Allocations 139. Creative writing 141. Current (1,1/1,1) 143. Reflections

144. Avoid

145. Decisive (5-3) 149. Carrion-eating birds 150. Open car 151. Distributed

153. Flowed away 158. Roused 161. Worshipped

163. Now Sri Lanka 166. Clumsy 168. Domestic helpers 170. Baby eel 172. Indistinct 173. Territory, Puerto ... 176. Nostril ornament

“HOLD FAST TO DREAMS, FOR IF DREAMS DIE, LIFE IS A BROKENWINGED BIRD THAT CANNOT FLY.”

LANGSTON HUGHES