The Colossus
ACROSS
1. Re-evoked, – memories 6. Dove relatives
10. Cooks’ whisks
16. Very keen, – about it 17. Clumsy lout
19. Nappies
20. Xmas cake, – log 21. Diabolical
22. Buttonhole posy 23. Brusque
26. Watchful
28. Modifies
30. 100 cm
31. UK flying force (1,1,1) 33. Frighten
35. Desert illusion
37. Couple, Mr and – 38. Blood-sucking worm 39. Private instructor 41. Work bread dough 43. Punctual, on the – 44. Endorse, approve 45. Span, breadth
46. Game park tours
48. Irish county
50. Snow monster
51. Bringer of bad luck 52. 18-hole sport
53. Swab lightly 55. Slaughtered
57. Zero altitude (3,5)
60. First Bible book
62. Assist
64. Harpooning
67. Was indebted to 68. Dangles
69. Wicket bar
71. Otherwise, or – 72. Become set
74. Bounding walks 75. Cabbie’s vehicle
77. Graze crust 79. Superficially indulge, – in
82. Electric fish 83. Wind-borne toys
85. Heart monitor test (1,1,1)
87. Dutch cheese 89. Sheltered side
90. Mists, – up
91. Adored
92. Cloth scrap
94. Fabric join
96. Shonky scheme
98. Ewe’s young
99. Danger
100. Afghan capital
102. Radio knob
104. Leg joint
106. Twisted around 107. Anticipated
109. Level, row
111. Knifed
112. Liqueur, – Maria
113. Yearn, – for
114. Grass section 116. Right in the middle, – centre
118. Counterfeit
119. Plane part
121. Colorants 123. Understood 125. Off-limits, – area (2-2) 127. Commuter coach 128. Manicured items 130. Contends
132. Bottled gas (1,1,1) 134. Profit
136. Brazil’s – Paulo 137. Loathing
139. Boarding school bedroom (abbrev) 140. Fibber
141. Achievements 143. Musical, – Christ Superstar 145. Inconsiderable 147. Spider’s trap 148. Employed
149. Animal skin
150. Agony, great –
152. Bank account withdrawal
154. Cheap, a– a dozen 156. Peruse, – a magazine 158. Fix, repair
159. Captures, – criminal 161. Mum and – 163. Exceedingly
165. Travel on horse
167. Moral wrongs
169. Diluted, watered down 171. Bogus
173. Blushes
175. Tropical fruit
177. Kilt
179. Arabian sultanate 181. Hitler’s regime, Third – 182. Small rodents
183. Staid, – and proper 185. Ermine creature 187. Highlander
189. Amount after tax
190. Alley
191. Speechless
192. Rowing implement 194. Hillbilly
196. That girl
197. Business attire
198. Can’t do it, – possible 199. Waltzed
202. Bolshevik leader 204. Installed, – carpet 205. Knitting wool
206. Thin wood sheet 208. Damage
210. Finnish phone firm 212. Ordinary people 213. Trading centre
214. Kitchen flooring
216. Marsh grass 217. Conditional release 219. Distributes (5,3) 221. Stoneworker 223. Wound blemish 225. Moose 226. Splashes through water
227. Take part in game 230. Movie, The – Wears Prada 232. Gave off
235. Roman garments 236. Carpentry tools 238. Sprinted
240. Dissuade
242. Growl
243. Vaccine
244. Computer spacing key 245. Comedian, Josh – 246. Reverie
247. Parched
248. Squander
249. Honour, pay – to
251. Globe
253. May or October 255. Pricing
256. Yes votes
258. Seethe
259. Discard, – of
260. Pull sharply
261. Asphalt
262. Stopping temporarily, – proceedings 263. Dampen 264. Demonstrators
DOWN
1. Heaters
2. Tennessee’s neighbour State 3. Representatives 4. Simple
5. Fangs
6. Hesitate
7. Inactive
8. Canadian province, – Scotia
9. Departs port 11. Eucalypts (3,5)
12. Male antelope
13. Fearful
14. Issue from
15. Piercing with long pin 16. Wise Men’s gift
18. Small spot, – of colour 24. Inscribe
25. Facts
27. Seniority, army – 29. Enquire intrusively 30. Bravery decoration 31. Stiff Elizabethan collars 32. In favour of
34. London suburb, – Court 36. Scottish hero, Rob – 38. Wrinkled
39. Fables
40. Dump, get – of
42. Curtain
45. Made on loom
46. Ballads
47. Swedish car firm 49. Succumb
51. Precious stone 52. Heredity units
54. Bigotry
56. Nose-related
58. Probable arrival hour (1,1,1)
59. Mineral veins
60. Opened wide
61. At – and sevens 63. Spotted cubes
65. Resist authority 66. No score in soccer 68. Pub, eg
70. Boys, youths
72. – and puffed
73. Boat carnivals
74. Furious
76. Chilled drink, – tea 78. Lumbar region 80. Ball-filled cushions 81. Lodges deeply
83. Seoul is there, South – 84. Infant
86. Trot or canter, eg 88. Supplies crew,
– the boat
91. Merciful
92. Uncommon
93. Wind flurry
95. Servant
97. Encountered
99. Coal mines
100. Chinese island, Hong – 101. Glorifies
103. Welsh emblem 105. Deserve, merit
107. Shark flippers
108. Droll
110. Tinkled
113. Shrine visitor
115. Chops down
117. Causes hearing loss 118. Welded
119. Feasted, – and dined 120. Renter, charterer 122. Observes covertly 124. Brandish
126. Desert waterhole
129. Plan, ambition
130. Pledge
131. Fire fragment
133. Gallivant
135. Crooner, – King Cole 137. Focal point
138. Incidental comments 142. Jet-bath 144. Tranquillisation
146. Large Australian birds 148. Cow’s milk sac
149. Biros, eg
151. Utter, – nonsense
153. Cars’ petrol containers
155. Repeat
157. We breathe it 158. Vietnam’s Ho Chi – City 159. Not one, – of them 160. Whacked with sweeping blow
162. Divine being
164. Smoked pork pieces 166. Paradise garden 167. Religious splinter group
168. Map pressure line 170. Dribble
172. Speed of sound measure
174. Slimming program, eg 175. Flavouring herb 176. Tennis hotshot 178. Removed, – away 180. Carol, The First –
182. Most important 184. Showily virile
186. Luciano Pavarotti, eg 188. Movie, Lady and the –
190. Loiter stealthily
191. Rules, do’s and – (3’2) 193. Kingdom
195. Enjoys
197. Bargain sell-off
198. Geeks
200. Story boy, – Baba 201. Await with horror 203. Nephew’s sister 205. Mayonnaise ingredient centre 206. Windmill arms 207. Perfume, – de Cologne 209. Pondered
211. Throat lump,
– apple (4’1)
212. Pleat, fabric –
213. Dear Sir or –
214. Cosmetic crayons 215. Changed position 218. Stagger
219. Netherlands city,
The –
220. Bland in flavour 222. Element with the symbol N
224. Citrus peel, eg
226. More deserving 228. Stimulates
229. Edible tuber 231. Lascivious smirk 233. Pastry, jam –
234. Attempt
235. Assessment
236. US, Uncle –
237. Prized shellfish
239. Local inhabitant 241. Capital of Morocco 243. Less crazy
244. Human trunks
248. Female
250. Matured
252. Child’s building blocks 253. Silent
254. Revise article, eg 257. Delicious!