GIANT CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Optical illusions 6 Prods 9 Vocalise 11 Bubbly drinks 15 Widespread 19 Below 20 Deserve 22 Rave 24 Swear 25 Rascal 26 Incident 27 Christian festival 28 Mention 29 Badger 30 Fancy 31 Speak 32 Border 33 Anticipate 34 Supply 35 Treat with gas 36 Annoy 37 Taxes 38 Most adjacent 39 Migratory 40 More senior 41 Component part 44 Achievement 47 Nestles 50 Acquire 52 Social insect 54 Deflect 57 Mental illness 59 Riddle 60 Starlike 62 Native dogs 65 Moist 68 Owing 69 Fifty percent 70 Temporary suspensions 71 Assumed 74 Otalgia 75 Joy 76 Anteroom 78 Brown pigment 79 Sing softly 80 Rustic 82 Agitate 83 Spanning structure 85 Rail track supports 87 Run off the track 89 Dash 90 In existence 91 Loft

92 Petty quarrel 93 Wandered 95 Connects electrical appliances 96 Run in 99 Group of three 100 Blacksmiths 104 Torment 106 Pond

107 Pleased 109 Shop

110 Folding bed 113 Wirelesses 114 Renovate 118 Unprincipled

person

120 Speaks to 121 Abandons 123 Dragnet 124 Impropriety 126 Epic poem 127 Actor’s part 129 Previously 131 To the rear 135 Part of a bed 139 Exploit

140 Male goose 142 Pertinent 143 Apparitions 144 Injure

145 Laud

146 Love

147 Invoice

148 Embrace 151 Absconder 155 Searches into 157 Partly open 158 Pains

161 Penned 162 Sky blue 163 Till (coll) 165 Against 166 Circus

apparatus 167 Turned to

bone

168 Stronghold 169 Test

170 Negative

conjunction 171 Flightless bird 172 Decapitate 174 Aircraft similar to a helicopter 176 Chess piece 177 Documented 179 Defy

182 Affirmation 183 Loud noise 184 Collided 189 Foolhardy 192 Drive

backwards 196 Wash 197 Fascinate 198 Fiasco 199 Confirm 200 Lamp

201 Holy

204 Wrestle 205 Heals

206 Children’s

beds

207 African river 208 Sound

209 It is (abb) 210 Not proper 211 Landed

property 212 Seat

213 Hawaiian

garland 214 More sincere 215 Unadulterated 216 Prepare for

publication 217 Shortens 218 Noble family 219 Where Cairo

lies

220 Cicatrix 221 Looks for 222 Highbrow

(coll)

DOWN

1 Citrus fruits 2 Quick to receive 3 Slight appearance 4 Dare say 5 Imposing building 6 Stop 7 Mementos 8 Sofas 9 Limbless reptile 10 Welcome 11 Rivers

12 The accused 13 Withdraw 14 Directed 15 Elegant 16 Nullifies 17 Worthwhile 18 Instructors 21 Tell 23 Eager 42 Latitude (coll) 43 Wise counsellor 45 Ballyhoo 46 Love affair 48 Shuffle 49 Charm 50 Overate 51 Paper handkerchief 52 Go up 53 Intense fear 55 Richest 56 Undesirables 58 Concealed 61 Beautiful flowers 63 Disregards 64 Surgical procedures 66 Curved bones 67 Commotions 72 Refrain 73 Mistakes 77 Young eel 81 Enunciate 84 Inordinate desire 86 Drive out 88 Exits 93 Losing ground 94 Breath 97 Communities of organisms 98 Healers 101 Things

102 Social workers 103 Lingered idly 105 Ceremonies 107 Roadside

channel 108 Do hard work 110 Lean-to

111 Cricket scores 112 Compere 115 Finance 116 Press

117 Venerable 119 Hawkers 122 Live through 125 Fraudsters 128 Handle

130 Alternative 131 State capital 132 Flee to marry 133 Peakless caps 134 Sudden involuntary expiration 136 Was present 137 Mountain

chain

138 Sheep

clippers 141 Unyielding 149 Vigour

150 Engages in

profanity 151 Movable

barrier 152 Court sitting 153 Fits with

clothing 154 Impolite 155 Kissed hastily 156 Choice 159 Retard 160 Thongs 163 Solemn

promise 164 Sign of the

zodiac 172 Cooked

alfresco 173 Chronicler 175 Short time

ago

178 Broadcast 180 Out of

earshot 181 Secured 184 Temperature

scale

185 Pardon 186 Attentive 187 False tooth 188 Commandment

189 Heavy

overcoat 190 Moved in

whirls

191 Disapproves 192 Observes 193 Bridge 194 Drive back 195 Twilight 202 Donkeys 203 Go in