The Colossus
ACROSS
1. Fluctuate
4. Cricket extra
6. Small timepiece
9. Indian woman’s dress
13. True Blood actress,
... Paquin
16. King of Persia
19. Metal bars
20. Curtsies
22. Very overweight
23. Pastry based dish
24. Broad or dense
25. Put through a colander
26. Romantic suitor
27. Collieries
28. Gobi Desert’s continent
29. Bacteria
31. Classroom rubbers
35. Examination of accounts
37. Sight organs 38. Believes in
41. Garden walkway
43. Cool and distant
44. Edible nut of the hickory tree
45. Applications
48. Imitated
50. Cadences
52. Small ornamental globe
54. Chef
56. Invent
58. Give medical care to
59. Making abrupt right and left turns
62. Tot up
64. Puts into sloping letters
66. Electromedical check
67. Walrus’ long tooth
68. Governmental pardon
73. Inaccurate
77. Exact retribution for
78. Sacred Egyptian beetle
80. Removable shoe lining
81. US spy organisation (inits)
82. Remain silent, keep ...
84. Underside of an object
86. Invertebrate protected by a shell
89. Espies
91. Amend proofs
92. Beach Boys classic,
God ... Knows
96. Film and novel, The Girl ... the Dragon Tattoo
97. In one piece 100. Teenage infatuation
101. Royal attendants
105. Out of the country
106. Association of clubs for games
108. Gives too much grub to
110. Take (an exam) again
111. Posed a question
114. Ruffian
115. Couple
117. Arrests
120. Non amateurs
122. Dot
127. Pool of rainwater
128. Batman and Robin, The Dynamic ...
130. Clumsy and ungainly lout
131. Planting
133. Most cunning
134. Impartiality
136. Famed, celebrated
139. Invoke admiration
143. Group working together
144. Gambling cubes
146. Achieve
148. Late heavyweight boxing champion, Muhammad ...
150. Professional adviser
153. Turn into powder
155. Quality of being truthful
156. Slope joining two levels
157. Garment label
158. Ingredient of salad dressings
160. Average (2,2)
164. Requiring little effort
166. Layers (of a cake)
168. Carbohydrate-rich Italian foodstuff
169. District
171. Energetic racket game
176. Lima’s country
178. Medical pictures (1,4)
179. Meat cartilage
183. Melody or harmony
185. Outshines
187. Covetous emotion
188. George Clooney film, ..., Caesar!
189. Street
190. Thwarts
191. Lacking diligence
192. Bulbous pungent vegetable
194. Hard floor covering
195. Examine by touch
196. Highest point
197. Equivalent
198. Trucks
199. Actor’s comment to an audience
200. Dead keen
201. Floor of a ship
DOWN
1. Dynamic
2. Jewish spiritual leader
3. Gesture of indifference
4. Bob Hoskins ilm,
... Framed Roger Rabbit
5. Positioned far back (4,3)
7. Dominating individual, ... male
8. French pancake
10. Stir things up
11. Annoy
12. Makes suitable
14. Cacophonous
15. Corroborate, ... to
17. School fair
18. Singer of (Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay, ... Redding
21. Fabric edges
25. Flower stalks
30. Answer a question
32. Gather in
33. Searched thoroughly
34. Teeming
36. Sketch (a picture)
39. Exact copy
40. Shoot or sprout of a tree
42. Camel’s bulge
44. Support
46. Hide away
47. Australian actress,
... Collette
49. Group of twelve
51. Some Like It Hot actor, ... Curtis
52. Citrus fruits
53. Gaudy vulgar aesthetic (3,5)
55. The Dressmaker star, ... Winslet
57. World’s most populous country
60. Nerve, determination
61. Pleasant odours
63. Academy Awards
65. Placed down
69. Excessively brawny (6,5)
70. Snake like ishes
71. Elliptic
72. 2004 Jennifer Aniston ilm, Along ... Polly
74. Implement needed to do a job
75. Beautiful maidens
76. 1969-74 US president
77. Be indisposed
79. Rudimentary shoot
81. Large loose hood
83. Very short skirt
85. Streams running into others
87. Parents’ brothers
88. Fast warship
89. Solid balls 90. Justiications
93. Remove hair
94. Dash
95. Small inlet or tidal estuary
97. Try to win the affection of
98. Pensive poem
99. Mischievous fairy
102. Earl Grey, eg
103. Largest living deer
104. Woebegone
107. Dazed state
109. Enjoy a book
112. Ego
113. Shows off
116. Animal’s nail
118. Public vehicle
119. Exchanged for cash
120. Removed the rind from
121. Be cleverer than
123. Sudden spring
124. Cradles
125. Patricia Cornwell’s fictional heroine, ... Scarpetta
126. Male pig
129. Family fighting
132. First man on the Moon, ... Armstrong
135. Sign of foreboding
137. Fence in
138. Atmospheric layer
140. Rugby World Cup trophy, Webb ... Cup
141. Partners in marriage
142. Russian emperor’s title
145. Ben Affleck film, ... Girl
147. Golf stroke on the green
149. Co-operates
151. Rides waves
152. Measures of current
154. Prima donna
159. Snatches
161. Logie winning actress, ... McCune
162. Cowboy’s boot extension
163. Comic strip character, Asterix the ...
165. Noise
167. Fidgety
170. Butting
172. Up to
173. Cushion for kneeling in church
174. Extras for emergencies
175. Essential gas
177. Royal domain or kingdom
179. Catch your breath
180. New Zealand, The Shaky ...
181. Subjected to levies
182. Cupid
184. Applaud
186. Peace symbol, ... branch
190. Viral disease
193. Henpeck
Solution in next month’s issue