The Colossus
ACROSS
1. Spotted pattern (5,3) 6. Lingering 11. Unsightliness 16. Motioned 21. Chum 22. Solo 23. Dinner or lunch 24. Livelier 25. Cut to pieces cruelly 26. Childish 27. Hawaiian guitars 28. Cairo’s river 29. Camp shelters 31. Fallen trees 32. Servile aides (3,3) 36. Insulting 37. Unimportant 38. Fortified 41. Imp-like 44. Cowboy show 45. Mountain call 48. Intestinal disease 49. Breed of hound 52. Required 56. Pillaged 57. Feasible 58. Arduous journey 61. Former US president, Ronald – 62. Front tooth 63. Stage work 64. Eyrie bird 65. Slid, – on ice 66. Patron saint of animals, – of Assisi 67. Nashville is there 71. Baghdad citizen 73. Admitted, – up 75. Mulish 80. Protest march (abbrev) 82. More spiteful 83. Gravitate, – towards 85. You personally 86. Doing needlework 88. Lodges firmly 90. Marooned 91. Occasion 93. Generally 94. Rekindle 95. Sneaker cord, eg 96. Darted furtively 97. Irish republic 99. Acidic 100. Wets slightly 104. Person from Stockholm, eg 105. Knowledge tests 106. UK actor, Jeremy – 107. Abated (5,2) 111. Fire remains 113. Crooner, – King Cole 114. Decimal base 115. Flowed away 117. Verb modifier 118. Desert waterhole 121. Do well, – at 122. Helium and hydrogen, etc 125. Hoist a car, eg (4,2) 126. Donkey’s hee-haw 127. Within range, close 129. Sunrise direction 131. Andes nation 132. Nucleus 135. Broth 136. Unhappiest 139. Weeds, – the garden 140. Glimpsing, – briefly 144. Throat lump, – apple (4’1) 145. Revises article, eg 146. Ballot caster 147. Franking on letter 148. Disgraceful 149. Black playing-card symbol 150. Delete 152. Cost 154. Want 157. Home stereo (2-2) 158. Simplest 162. Purple flower 163. Takes, – revenge 166. Lost blood 167. Nodule 169. Body powder 171. Global hostel chain (1,1,1,1) 172. Spanish war fleet, eg 173. Rule as monarch 175. Happen again 176. Invited 179. Shadows, – its prey 180. Oral sense 182. Meadow 183. Automatic teller (1,1,1) 184. Cinema gangway, eg 186. Paging device 189. Jargon 190. Ancient mythological giant 191. Cambodian capital, – Penh 192. Insistent 196. In proportion, pro – 197. Battery or mains operated (1,1/1,1) 198. Movie, Sweet Home – 199. Hiking 201. Relaxing 202. Shakes, his voice – 203. Xbox or Wii player 204. Inertia 205. Adders, snakes 208. Rearward 210. Therapeutic rubdown, – massage 211. Heredity unit 212. Californian fault line, San – 213. Palm starch 215. Heir 219. Characteristic 221. Grilled bread 223. Vienna natives 227. Shrewder 228. Bother, upset 230. Whinny 231. As a whole (2,3) 232. Witchcraft 233. Pulped 234. Went by, weeks – 238. Levelled, – the score 239. Much the same 240. Rationally 243. Flew by jumbo 246. Naval chief247. Twitch 250. Increase, – the price 251. Grey flooring stone, eg 253. Consents 256. Japanese paper art 257. Roman war cart 258. Scolded repeatedly 262. Robe, dressing – 263. Fraudster 266. Ellipse 268. Stance 269. Coffee liqueur (3,5) 270. Movie hero’s assistant 271. Wackiness 272. Bowl, soup – 273. Blemish 274. Just managed, – out a living 275. Sluggish 276. Possible culprits 277. Suffered, – over 278. Summary
DOWN
1. Swollen 2. Pork cuts 3. Foot joint 4. Premonition 5. Motel room rate, eg 6. Debase 7. Salad vegetable 8. Pained barking 9. Chatted 10. Mirth 11. Module 12. Jewel 13. Envision 14. Evasive 15. Whiffy 16. Measured 17. Moose 18. Mosaic maker 19. Religious souvenir 20. Treated with medicine 30. Unclothed models 33. Enrich 34. 1000 thousand 35. Anxious 38. Woollen coverlet 39. Forsake 40. Kettle heater 42. Wolf abode 43. Drank, – alcohol 46. Applause 47. Geological ages 49. Nightly book ritual, – story 50. Ethiopian capital, Addis – 51. Lolling, – around 53. Hideous structure 54. Become entrenched (3,2) 55. Feared 59. December 31, New – – (4’1,3) 60. Segments 67. Neck gland 68. To a sickening degree, ad – 69. Entrap 70. Thinking only of others 72. Boisterousness 74. Skyscraper lifts 76. Liberates (4,4) 77. Slanted typeface 78. Checked the accounts 79. Resulted, – as (5,2) 81. Strong coffee 84. Evaluates 87. Hogwash 89. Conferences 91. And the rest (2,6) 92. Prickly plants 98. Waltzed, eg 101. Confuse, – your brain 102. Skirt fold 103. Caught thief, eg 108. Alter slightly 109. Compere 110. Direction change (1-4) 112. Male school principals 116. Schnitzel coating 119. Express regret 120. Entering data into computer 123. Track and field sports 124. CEO, Chief – Officer 128. Mortified 130. 1996 Olympics city 132. Collapsed, – in 133. Jottings 134. Less common 137. Embankments 138. Follow next 141. English county 142. Scientist, Sir – Newton 143. Reckon, calculate 151. Partial refund 153. Discontinued, stopped 155. Register 156. Silly 159. Carbonating 160. Provoke, – violence 161. Unfamiliar person 164. Burglary warning 165. Slot-machine disc 168. Bystander 170. Satirises 173. Family member 174. Old-style publican 177. Quirkiness 178. Impairing 181. Organises 185. Varnishes 186. Fab Four group, the – 187. Stretchy 188. Appease 193. Non-professional 194. Continent, South – 195. Wrestles vigorously 200. Fragrant white bloom 201. Cures 206. Means 207. School shoulder bag 208. Straddling 209. Clattered 211. Bows and scrapes 214. Cereal used in soap 216. Combining 217. Feline 218. Outclass 220. Straighten 222. Modify 224. Stepped, had – on 225. Irritating the skin 226. Tell the story 229. Belch 232. Pew, chair 235. Songwriter 236. Lever off 237. Removing a CD, eg 241. Fauna 242. Issue from 244. Part exchange (5– 2) 245. Evokes, – a response 248. Mythical handsome youth 249. June and July, etc 251. Tended, – the furnace 252. Astonishes 253. Disgust 254. Thorny flowers 255. Glorify 259. Mexican pal 260. Scottish valleys 261. Brushes off 262. Deities 264. Stetsons and Akubras, etc 265. Largest continent 267. Lord’s wife
Solution in next month’s issue.