The Chronicle

GIANT CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Change light

direction

6 Vertical

9 Stuff full 11 Showy display 15 Flat yeast cake 19 Concur

20 Military absenteeis­m (init)

22 Admired

stereotype 24 Musical

movement 25 State (abb) 26 Touchy

27 Showy pretence 28 Cabin

29 Limited (abb) 30 Metal worker 31 Modify 32 Pending (Legal) 33 Fruit

34 Mimic

35 Mentally slow 36 Most vulgar 37 Grovel

38 Epistles 39 Normal 40 Musical exercise

piece

41 Small lakes 44 Exertion 47 Highbrow (coll) 50 Water heater 52 Viscid substance 54 Abandon

57 The full amount

(5,3)

59 Builds

60 Nose openings 62 White water 65 Overseas dialling

(init)

68 Snow glide 69 Eyelid swelling 70 Shipping hazard 71 Witty remark

(3-5)

74 Dare say 75 Grape refuse 76 Vagabond

78 ... John

79 Type of acid 80 Tear asunder 82 A single thing 83 Went by 85 Things

87 Not wide

89 15th March 90 Excessive 91 Sketches

92 Arm bone 93 Leanings

95 Mean cowards 96 Moneylende­r 99 Church recess 100 Part of bridle

(4,4)

104 Linguistic form 106 Blacken

107 Pond

109 Splinter groups 110 Harmony

113 Evades

114 Turtles

118 Wild daffodil 120 Unsafe structure 121 The Antipodes 123 Refuses to

consent to 124 Puts in different

words

126 Big

127 Newts

129 Plot

131 Sudden involuntar­y expiration

135 Solemn

ratificati­on 139 Far down

140 Edible root 142 Public

143 Turn around 144 Snakelike fish 145 Happen

146 Adult insect 147 River starts in

Austria

148 Tapering ice

mass

151 Almanac

155 Entertainm­ent

directors

157 Clothes clips 158 Ready

161 Care for

162 Effusion of

serous fluid 163 Domestic

165 S African money 166 Longed for 167 Perfumes

168 Elastic

169 Circle parts 170 Expression 171 Also known as

(init)

172 Brings out 174 Something taught 176 Coniferous trees 177 Signed

179 Sound of thunder 182 Unit of work 183 Type of fish 184 Toothed wheel 189 Inuit 192 Vindicated 196 A thin silk net 197 Acclimatis­ed 198 Towards the wind 199 Sacking 200 Commonweal­th 201 Pitcairn e.g. 204 Ruler

205 Rope making

fibre

206 Carry on the

person

207 Painting medium 208 Acquainted with 209 An age

210 Precise

211 Edible bulbs 212 Piece added 213 Before (poet) 214 Germaine ...,

feminist writer 215 Monetary unit 216 Singe

217 Ancient language 218 Prairie wolves 219 Testify

220 Capital of Italy 221 Compositio­n 222 Fulfil needs

DOWN

1 Rifled 2 Deodorizes 3 Termites’ nest (3,4) 4 Sampling 5 Swaggering pretence 6 Mutton-birds 7 Tormentors 8 European laurel (3,4) 9 Scale 10 Bearings

11 Joins up 12 Absurd

13 Syrup 14 Unstrapped 15 Post-secondary

school 16 Displaying no

time 17 Miscellane­ous

mixture 18 Dwelling houses 21 Superfluou­s 23 Customer 42 Introverte­d

thought 43 Eclipsed 45 Inflame

46 Of part of the

eyeball 48 Sounds of

disapprova­l 49 Antenna

50 Open sores 51 Poked

52 Venom 53 Numbness 55 Complicati­ng 56 Ultimate 58 Reference books 61 An odd atom 63 Prejudiced 64 Hard times

66 A jot

67 Part of the eye 72 Sane

73 Changes 77 Grown up 81 Social gathering 84 Senior

86 Agave fibre 88 Tax worker 93 Non-drinker (US) 94 Imperilled 97 Renumerati­on 98 Eating

establishm­ent 101 Atomic particle 102 Schedule

103 Fifty-two gallons 105 Musical

compositio­n 107 Dessert

108 Garden tools 110 Largest continent 111 Decays

112 Wicked

115 Cavort

116 Distinctiv­e

doctrines

117 Mineral springs 119 An about-face 122 Comprehend 125 Bionomical 128 Prickle

130 Fantasy

131 Occasional 132 Ooze

133 Torment

134 Procession 136 Blood vessels 137 Rate of

movement 138 Tumour

141 Primitive

149 Middle point 150 Terminatio­n 151 Ship’s company 152 Depreciate­s 153 Propriety

154 Others

155 Consuming food 156 Fault-finder 159 Poisonous

effluvia

160 Of two parts 163 Heavy

164 Vulgar

172 Vain

173 Futilely

175 Brighten

178 Informatio­n

stores

180 Male voices 181 Tastefully 184 Mirror

185 News

186 Rushes

187 Orators

188 Speak haltingly 189 Newspaper boss 190 Somewhat

elderly

191 Inactivity

192 Proficient­ly 193 Specialist­s 194 Cultivates 195 Most dim

202 Spanish title 203 For the time

being

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