The Colossus
ACROSS
1. Castle moat crossing 6. Masculine and feminine 10. TV transmissions 16. Lamb’s father
17. Choose, – for
19. Become threadbare (4,3)
20. Shantytown
21. Hindu teacher 22. Wander leisurely 23. Cons
26. Giant of legend 28. Balanced
30. CDs, compact – 31. Flagon, wine –
33. Tour leader
35. Partake of alcohol 37. Soup tin, eg
38. Flipped around, vice – 39. AV, – visual
41. Smudge
43. California’s – Diego 44. Operates,
– machinery 45. Helicopter blade 46. Japanese robes 48. Roman VII
50. Grew old
51. Consumed, was – 52. Pronunciation defect 53. Possessed
55. Resist authority
57. Brine (3,5)
60. Conscripts (5,2) 62. Sprinted
64. Better quality 67. Coloured part of eye 68. German river 69. Curly-horned goat 71. Docile
72. Attached outbuilding (4-2)
74. Is scared of
75. Bathtub grime 77. Equivalent
79. Laden
82. Yuck!
83. Preserves, retains 85. Catch in the act
87. Stitch roughly 89. Non-com (1,1,1) 90. Unopened blooms 91. Slays
92. Circle portion 94. Sketched
96. Garden shack
98. Cowl
99. Carol, Silver –
100. Norwegian inlet 102. Swedish car brand 104. Shrek is one 106. Captivates
107. Epidemics
109. Tethered
111. Injection device 112. Details, – and outs
113. 365 days 114. Skeleton image (1-3) 116. Installed, – a carpet 118. Pilfered
119. Guzzle drink
121. Sow’s mate 123. Philosopher, – Marx 125. Astronaut, – Armstrong 127. Whichever, – of them 128. Pounced, – on
130. Platter
132. Picnic blanket 134. Cambodia’s neighbour
136. Careless
137. Idle chatter
139. Click, – fingers 140. Whisky nip 141. Accelerates, – speed 143. Bid at auction
145. Hairpin
147. Liqueur, – Maria
148. Right away (1,1,1,1) 149. Attic
150. Holy statue 152. Renowned
154. Shout
156. Streetcar
158. Attila’s followers 159. Historical periods 161. Babble
163. Declared
165. Bar accounts 167. Wisecracks
169. Does not indulge in alcohol, is –
171. Curry bread 173. Listening intently (3,4)
175. Enliven
177. More recent, later 179. Crowd brawl
181. Creepy, uncanny 182. Illegally help
183. Book, A – Like Alice
185. Smooth and glossy 187. Carpentry tools
189. Fleck
190. Temperate
191. Facts and figures
192. Yes vote
194. Scrapes, – knee
196. That bloke
197. Entomb, inter 198. Belonging to us 199. Record player needle 202. Scissor-cuts 204. Mosquito barriers 205. Ships’ diaries 206. Eyesight
208. By mouth, – history 210. Casserole-like dishes 212. Baby’s aprons 213. Chivalrous man, a real – (abbrev) 214. Mesmerising 216. Vending-machine aperture
217. Coaches, – team 219. Repair room
221. Cavalry weapon 223. Amount borrowed 225. Rodent
226. Footpath edges
227. Fiji’s capital
230. Poor
232. Gratifies
235. Groups of thugs 236. Black-white mix
238. From the menu,
– – carte (1,2)
240. Type of beer
242. Seoul is there, South – 243. Multitude, crowd
244. Fish eggs
245. Provoke, – violence 246. Copper or iron 247. Crooner, – King Cole 248. Cautious
249. Fast water scooter (3,3)
251. Finish in front 253. Connect to the internet (3,2)
255. Nimbly
256. Prison
258. Pilot’s code for Z 259. Escapologist, Harry – 260. Psychic ability (1,1,1) 261. Foot digit
262. Stability
263. Pagan 264. UK temperature scale DOWN 1. Deluges of rain
2. Greed
3. Fractured
4. Inside, go –
5. American football 6. Strong winds 7. Ostrich-like birds 8. Utter defeat
9. Piece of parsley, eg 11. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed –
12. Upper limbs
13. Lucky amulets 14. Moving crabwise 15. Submit
16. Animal charity (1,1,1,1,1) 18. Ballet skirts
24. Soviet Union (1,1,1,1) 25. Board and counters game
27. Goals, – in life
29. Army commando regiment (1,1,1) 30. Dissuade
31. Hurdles, leaps
32. Martini spirit
34. Roof overhangs 36. Sheep’s bleat
38. Casts ballot
39. Cinema gangway 40. Excited squeal 42. Disprove, – the claims 45. Proportion 46. Pottery ovens
47. Indian dress 49. Himalayan country 51. This planet
52. Dens
54. Sponges lightly
56. Citrus fruit 58. Supplement, – out 59. Plane parts
60. Fellows
61. Pummel
63. Tidy
65. Arrive at
66. Type of poem 68. Staggers
70. Christmas (abbrev) 72. Tossed
73. Brazenness
74. Chops down, – trees 76. Spoils
78. Reflected sound
80. Dead as a –
81. Avoided
83. Highland garments 84. Nickname for alcoholic beverages 86. Rhythm
88. Barrels
91. Doghouses
92. Not quite closed
93. Vital point
95. Long mournful cry 97. Parched
99. Defendant’s bond money
100. Tent opening, eg 101. Kentucky horse race 103. Duck’s bill
105. Poetic name for Ireland
107. Bombard
108. Brazil’s – Paulo
110. Radio knob
113. Nickname for affluent young professionals 115. Enclosures
117. Mythical flying reptiles
118. Extinguish, – out 119. Merrily
120. Characteristic
122. In the countryside, a – area
124. Lolls
126. Nigeria’s principal port
129. Computer key 130. Explosive (1,1,1) 131. Separate, pull – 133. Chasm
135. Occupy chair 137. Precious stone 138. US Portland state 142. Lancelot’s title 144. Dwindle (4,4)
146. Scheme
148. Saunter
149. Hauls with effort 151. Squid 153. Calendar entries 155. Fibber
157. Top credit rating (1,1,1) 158. Mad as a March – 159. Departure
160. Prestige
162. Bellows
164. Speaker’s platform 166. Toboggan
167. Manner of walking 168. Stay
170. Onion relatives 172. Biblical ark builder 174. Greek Cupid
175. Skilfully
176. Bushranger, – Kelly 178. Bridle straps 180. Identical, – brother 182. Voices publicly 184. Stockings fibre
186. Works with wool and needles
188. Refine ore by heat 190. Jumbo cups
191. Brushes, – off 193. European coins 195. Witch’s hex
197. Nods, – head
198. Hog’s grunts
200. Old form of “your” 201. Lucifer
203. Dive down, – on
205. Fluff
206. Doing words 207. Negotiable (1,1,1) 209. Written defamation 211. Plant stem 212. Favouritism
213. Ravine
214. Infirmaries
215. Top of the milk
218. Zone
219. Peter Pan’s friend 220. Atomic scientist, eg 222. Sideways 224. Illuminating gas 226. Tolstoy novel, Anna –
228. Serum
229. Boxing legend, Muhammad – 231. Abominable Snowman
233. Fine horse breed 234. Complete collection 235. 60s pop dance (2-2) 236. Procured
237. Breathe
239. Be present at
241. Scope
243. Dutch city, The – 244. Come back 248. Punctuation mark 250. Church song
252. Pontiff
253. Ancient guitar
254. Sear, singe
257. Fire residue Solution in next month’s issue.