HEAPS OF HOLIDAY PUZZLES

ACROSS

1 Gave pleasure 6 Lawn game 10 Photograph books 13 Tame

18 First letter 19 Finished

20 Not as large 21 Uncooked vegetables 22 Progress 23 Pass by 25 Ceremonial act 26 Two times 27 Remove 28 Prune 29 Noxious plants 31 Angle 32 Sacred bird 33 Hangs loosely 35 Attic 36 Melancholy 38 Smooth fabric 40 Biblical garden 41 Satellite 42 Tempests 44 Proximity 46 Smile 48 Postures 50 Ward off 52 Dislikes 53 Employ 54 Jobs

56 Flat 57 Schooling 58 Bird structure 59 Tapering ice mass 60 Covered vehicle 61 Web-footed birds 62 Obese 64 Fluctuate 65 Restaurant 67 Somewhat 70 Blemish 72 Unreal 76 Dismount 78 Be seated 80 Rocks 82 Standards of perfection 84 Gladdens 86 Foul

87 Oak nuts 90 Creature 92 Swords 94 Picturesque 97 Opt for 101 Eccentric 102 Passageway 104 Mosquito (coll)

107 Single unit 108 Experts

111 Confessed

115 Roman emperor

117 Have in mind

120 Leaf

122 Hurried

124 Cognisant

125 Give up

126 Snakelike fishes

128 Secrecy

129 Small

130 Decree

132 Restless person

133 Benefactor

135 Boarders

139 Garnered

143 Cherub

145 Mixing

147 Show up

150 Clerical room

151 Ousted

154 Small island

155 Unauthorised

156 Thrusting weapon

157 Gets old

159 Loosen

160 Dazzling

162 Elevated

163 XVIII

167 Maltreat

169 Sign of the zodiac

170 Where Vienna lies

174 Apart

176 Flightless bird

177 Pocketbook

180 Academy awards

183 Questioning

185 Relating to length 189 Prescribe 191 Unoccupied 192 Yearly 194 Easy gait 196 Short, fast race 198 PNG town 200 Last mentioned 202 Coffee base 205 Oozes 207 Flour producer 210 Ran away 211 Trench 213 Payment 214 Astonish 215 Warning sound 216 Bids 217 Zone 218 Vagrants (coll) 219 Illuminate 220 Topic 222 Secret agent 224 Desk 225 Layers 228 Smart 231 Enthusiastic about (coll) 232 Electric appliance 235 Large crowds 237 Unit of length 238 Try out 239 Still 240 Sudden wind blasts 242 Prized gem 243 Wash 244 Decays 245 State positively 247 Evaluate 248 Not shut 250 Open 251 Native dog 252 Genuine 253 Erase 254 Story 255 Join together 256 Relation 257 Manservant 258 Vigilant 259 Hurtful 260 Bicycle seat 261 Anaesthetic 262 Fidelity

DOWN

1 Independent soldier 2 Volume 3 Most untrue 4 Board game 5 Choosing 6 Foundation 7 Greet 8 Motor car 9 Unfavourable 10 Junkies (coll) 11 Thrashings 12 Scarcity 13 Ten year periods 14 Crises 15 Circus apparatus 16 Fling 17 Components 20 Repress 24 Mistakes 30 Unbalance 31 Agree 34 Termites’ nest (3,4) 37 Epistle 39 Help 42 Ill-smelling quality 43 Document destroyers 45 Speedsters 47 Let 49 Simmered 51 Workable 53 Out of condition 55 Stoops 63 Positive pole 66 Minute quantity 68 Donkey 69 Small village 70 Hide away 71 Requests 73 Not firm 74 Vase

75 Bad habit 77 Firearm 79 Anger

81 Bag 83 Female sheep 84 Rank 85 Marsh plant 88 Bounds 89 Circular bands 90 Proverb 91 Frozen water 93 Owing 95 Move stealthily 96 Where Jerusalem lies 98 Enemy 99 Buck-jumping show 100 Minimum 103 Deep spoons 105 Lessened 106 Find

109 Pain killer 110 Repairing 112 Bishop’s headdress 113 Fastened securely (4,2) 114 Mend clothes 115 Heap of stones 116 Upper limb 118 Youngsters 119 Indistinct 121 Coral islands 123 Composition in verse

127 Hit at 131 Rectangular 134 Rowed 136 Yellowish green 137 Finds out 138 Actor’s part 139 Stir

140 Book of maps 141 Sweetener 142 Texas city 144 Pierce with horns 145 Sacred writings 146 Jostle 148 Reactive compound 149 Mimic

152 A look of scorn 153 Ring-shaped cake 158 Odour

161 Sick 164 Writing fluid 165 Great composer 166 Deserve 168 Small truck 171 Prickle 172 Charged atoms 173 Drops 175 Flooded 178 Prone 179 Monetary unit 181 Originate 182 Location 184 Ocean 186 African River 187 Perform 188 Expel

190 No (Scot) 192 Reverential fear 193 Dread 195 Reverberates 197 Very poor 199 Smouldering remains 201 Makes suitable 203 Cadgers (coll) 204 Demands 206 An entreaty 208 Five year period 209 Lagomorph 210 Chaps 212 Determines 213 Quick 220 Customised 221 Engraved 223 Contaminated 226 Specialist 227 Prominence 229 Liquid hydrocarbon 230 Noticing 232 Acquire 233 Dignified 234 Monstrous 236 Specimen 241 Transgressor 246 Wind instrument 247 Main blood vessel

249 Eft

251 Costly 252 Woody plant