MEGA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Weigh up the evidence

6. Shockingly evil

10. Wielded (sword)

15. Limbs

18. Plague insects

19. Superiors

20. Infant

22. Quiz night chitchat

23. Shipping route (3,4)

24. Admirer

25. Tennis hotshot

26. Hard alloy

28. Midday food break

30. Nelson Mandela’s land (1,1,1)

31. Letterhead insignias

32. Burn

33. Places

34. Raising agent

35. Fun

37. Asia, the ...

39. Military policemen (1,2)

40. Dwindles

42. Jumble

45. Continue doggedly

48. Adjudicate

49. In excess of

50. Disbelief in God

53. Hamburger, Big ...

54. Fiend

56. Prevents

59. Jewish minister

61. Jet-bubble bath

62. Mongolian desert

63. Slump

64. ... & buts

65. Lion’s call

66. Add soundtrack

68. Non-drinker

69. Bundle of cash

70. Social expulsion

71. Standardise

72. Was victorious

73. Charmed

74. Miserable

76. Abate (3,4)

78. Comfy (5-2)

80. Castor

81. Double-dealing

84. Trample

85. Craves

87. Monastery dwellers

89. Study table

92. Small glands

94. Public houses

96. Scout

97. Coffee liqueur (3,5)

98. Crooner, ... Crosby

100. Teenage clerk (6,3)

101. Identify

104. Deserving

105. Valuable wool

107. Island nation, Sri ...

108. Freeing

112. Large group

113. Clean (carpet)

115. Deadly poison

117. Spain’s Costa del ...

118. Disregards (6,3)

120. Gallivant

121. Equivalent

123. Kitchen beaters (3-6)

125. Aloe vera secretion

126. Comfort

127. Leaf brew

129. Tibet’s Dalai ...

130. Belonging to us

131. UK air force (1,1,1)

133. Combine (resources)

134. Judge’s ... & gown

136. Hovers threateningly

137. Valleys

140. Ascend

141. Misfortune

142. Remodel

146. Shade of blue

147. Quiet!

148. Sediment

152. Fierce wind

154. Is not (3’1)

155. Meadow

156. Curl (of smoke)

157. Ancient harp

159. Re-equip

160. Mediterranean volcano

162. Soviet states (1,1,1,1)

164. Job attitude, work ...

165. Perform slalom

167. Lacking enthusiasm

169. Fools

171. Heart monitor (1,1,1)

173. Looped

174. Poetry reading

175. Side street

177. Just

178. Patiently abstain

179. Paper-folding art

180. Bargain sell-off

181. Cloaked

182. Quits

183. Nicely

DOWN

1. Dimwit

2. Rationale

3. Grows

4. Gains entry to

5. Follow next

6. Nuisance

7. Disability

8. Beef broth (6,4)

9. Exclusively

10. Physical strength

11. Purple rock crystal

12. Deter

13. Warms

14. Achiever

16. Remove completely

17. Slender

20. Twins’ arrivals

21. Dinghies

27. Marriage separation

29. Easy to operate (4-8)

35. Stuffed together

36. As a gamble, on ...

38. Tiny particles

41. Caustic remarks

43. Stereo devices

44. Danger

46. Supposedly

47. Point out

51. Ponytail elastic

52. Hospital inmates

55. Porridge cereal

56. Fully satisfy

57. Excel

58. Binge

60. Frizzy hairstyle

67. Car hoods

69. Cowboy movie

72. Astounded

75. Extinct birds

77. Possession

79. Alterable elements

82. Best, greatest of ... (3,4)

83. Internet invaders

86. More competent

88. Ethiopia’s capital, Addis ...

90. Famous record label (1,1,1)

91. Beer barrel

92. To & ...

93. Hog’s home

94. Actor, ... Holm

95. Author’s alias, ... de plume

98. Tulips & daffodils

99. Anti-slide

102. Amidst

103. Ceased

104. Barren regions

106. Familiar with, ... to

108. Gliding footwear (6,6)

109. Communicated

110. Weather map lines

111. Outsiders (4-8)

114. Really

116. Losers (2-6)

119. Even

122. Type of lily

124. Kit

125. Cutting wood

128. I understand (3,3)

130. Exudes

132. NZ glacial inlet

135. Lass

138. Snow slippages

139. Using up

141. Watery milk liquid

143. Weirdly

144. Back and forth (2,3,3)

145. Made flexible, ... up

149. Tinted sun visor

150. Resides (in)

151. Open wounds

153. Fire-lighting crime

158. Stately

161. Horror

163. Beauty parlours

166. Pottery ovens

168. Correct

170. Stint

172. Shore

173. Get by

176. Resist (authority)

“SAIL AWAY FROM SAFE HARBOUR. EXPLORE, DREAM, DISCOVER.”

MARK TWAIN