The Colossus
ACROSS
1. Leading, – the orchestra
6. Incomplete
10. Practical jokers
16. Catch, – a thief
17. Inn
19. Prince Charles’ wife 20. Cain’s victim
21. 1920s design style, Art – 22. Taking bone photos (1-6)
23. Slopped over 26. Dashboard displays, eg 28. Riots, brawls
30. Hi!
31. Pester
33. Salivate
35. Go to a cafe, eg (3,3) 37. Misjudge 38. Scandinavians 39. Confronted
41. Meted, – out
43. Gesture of assent 44. Bronte novel, Jane –
45. In reverse order, vice – 46. Wool grease
48. Weepy
50. Insignificant, – trifle 51. Enchantress, – fatale 52. Agony
53. Cooking dish
55. Heavens
57. Opera divas
60. Keep calm and – – (5,2) 62. Distillery tank
64. Splatters
67. Pummels
68. Drinks through straw 69. Enclosure
71. Slide, – over
72. Demons
74. Travel prices
75. Speech defect
77. Require
79. Oily goo
82. Details, – and outs 83. Grew dim, the light – 85. Smidgen
87. Philosopher, – Marx 89. Ceylon, – Lanka
90. Gown
91. Tumbles
92. Race, – the motor 94. Wound encrustation 96. Negative votes
98. Rescue
99. Viola plant
100. Aspect
102. Annihilate, slay
104. Boast
106. Rifle through garbage 107. Restaurant servers 109. Declared
111. Improve, – chances 112. Anti-terrorist group (1,1,1) 113. House’s grassy area 114. Metal track
116. Angler’s lure
118. Bus base
119. Primary, – point 121. Envelop
123. Genuine, true 125. Alternatively, or – 127. Married woman’s title 128. Ill-suited
130. Penitentiary
132. Snooze
134. Rip-off, con job 136. CD brand (1,1,1)
137. Black magic, the – 139. Warty creature 140. Security cameras (1,1,1,1)
141. Lhasa is there 143. Dexterity
145. Street-sign gas
147. Honey insect
148. Power of refusal
149. Mud
150. Curly-horned goat 152. Finished
154. Nuisance email
156. Up hill and down – 158. Nervous twitches 159. Gratified, happy 161. Singer, – King Cole 163. Bridge length 165. Profoundly wise 167. Ardent admirers 169. Subtracted
171. Paradise garden 173. Becoming dull
175. Holy day of rest 177. Biblical king of Judea 179. Engrave
181. Scrapes, – his knee 182. Green gemstone 183. Burgles
185. Evaporated, – up 187. Saturate
189. Daughter’s brother 190. Fruit conserves
191. Sound repeat
192. Science room (abbrev) 194. Church table
196. Moral wrongdoing 197. Dance to jazz
198. Regret
199. Judged, – to be
202. Aden is there
204. Tinkled
205. Child’s toy, – hoop 206. Swampy
208. Individuals
210. Mutineer
212. Hire
213. Commotion (2-2) 214. Entering territory,
– the country
216. Fiji’s capital
217. Go aboard ship 219. Disappeared 221. Misappropriated, – money
223. Trades college (abbrev)
225. Alien spaceship (1,1,1) 226. DIY manual,
– book (3-2)
227. Highway
230. Juvenile
232. Recreate, – the scene (2-5)
235. Paris river
236. Volcanic flow
238. Summit, peak
240. Hickory nut
242. Skulk, – around 243. Undersized, puny 244. Heavy weight
245. Internet search engine 246. Beauty parlour
247. Wood thickness
248. Fuses metal by heat 249. Political system, totalitarian –, eg
251. US, Uncle –
253. Frostiness
255. Testimonial
256. Border upon 258. Action-taker
259. From Tel Aviv
260. Swab lightly
261. Rots, goes –
262. Sheer (3-7)
263. Gather crops 264. Beachfront promenades
DOWN
1. Lebanese salad vegetables
2. Sprightlier
3. Less attractive 4. Streetcar
5. Codswallop
6. Artist, – Picasso
7. Aid a felon
8. Copied
9. Clear-headed 11. Meatballs
12. Following
13. Mariner, sailor
14. Serial part
15. Blind
16. Fingertip coverings 18. Lodge, – with 24. Defendant’s statement 25. Crisp Mexican tortilla 27. Plunder
29. Before (poetic)
30. Hurts
31. Nursemaid
32. Congeal
34. Seeps, oozes
36. US actor, – Hanks
38. Test runs (abbrev) 39. Outdoor festivals 40. Quick swim 42. Tap trickles
45. Air shafts
46. Songbirds
47. Deep blue shade 49. Shouts
51. Doesn’t succeed
52. Strode
54. Indian bread
56. Yacht canvases
58. Raw mineral
59. German wine valley 60. Heals
61. Baby bird shelters 63. Arduous journey
65. Goads
66. Heart monitor (1,1,1) 68. Sorrowfully
70. Crooner, – Martin 72. Coercion
73. Quivers
74. Fake
76. Fill suitcase
78. Dowdy
80. Identify, – ailment 81. Roman XI
83. Viper teeth, eg 84. Religious offshoot
86. Low platform
88. Ancient harp
91. Extremist
92. Cloudburst
93. Swerve
95. Betray secret
97. City, – Francisco
99. Chilean currency
100. Beige shade
101. Use dragnet
103. Fibber
105. Indian clarified butter 107. Bide your time, – patiently
108. Respectful address 110. Perishes
113. Portable computers 115. Jousting weapon
117. Battle plans
118. Duck’s mate
119. Men and boys
120. Bleated
122. Agreements
124. Hideouts
126. Implant
129. Convent sister
130. Task, chore
131. Concepts
133. Please turn over (1,1,1) 135. British award (1,1,1) 137. Ancient
138. Tighten, – fist
142. Song, – There Was You
144. Not fit for consumption 146. Scruff of neck
148. US city, Las –
149. Chinese dynasty 151. Reconciles, – ledgers 153. Outmoded 155. Constructed 157. In the – of luxury 158. Treats cowhide 159. Mocking remark 160. Idolised
162. Solid ground, – firma 164. Volleyball barriers 166. Large deer
167. Helsinki native, eg 168. Darwin’s – of evolution 170. Paper cake-mat 172. Non-coms (1,1,2)
174. Leo zodiac symbol 175. Equivalent 176. Commercials (abbrev) 178. Put off, – from
180. Scalp strands 182. Indonesian island 184. Pacific nation
186. Titled ladies
188. Scoundrel
190. Abandon, – lover 191. European monetary units
193. Curves
195. Disprove, – claim 197. Rubbish
198. Airwaves medium 200. Geological period, era 201. Divine being
203. On no occasion
205. Movie good guy 206. Riviera resort, – Carlo 207. Garden tool
209. Pry
211. Delicate fabrics 212. Makeshift boat
213. Type of port
214. Waters, – the fields 215. Pastes
218. Shift blame, pass the – 219. Invalidates 220. Insulin-deficient people
222. Sheathing
224. Assist
226. Careless
228. Vaporise
229. Canine
231. Carnival
233. Cairo’s waterway 234. No matter which,
– of them
235. Auction off
236. Captain’s diary
237. Ouzo flavour 239. Furrowing machine 241. Desert wanderer
243. Odd
244. Iran’s capital
248. Flour cereal
250. Nought
252. Bass brass instrument 253. Ears of sweetcorn 254. Cash register
257. Phooey! Solution in next month’s issue.