The Colossus
ACROSS
2. Range of known words 7. Envious 11. Oval-shaped 17. Chinese design system, feng – 18. Rage 19. Electric fish 20. Immediately! (1,1,1,1) 21. Entitling 22. Roof walls 23. Recital 26. Remedy 28. Employ 29. Governed as monarch 31. Flows away 34. Furthest back 36. Scent, – – Cologne (3,2) 39. Knitting wools 41. Witch’s pot 43. Woman’s shirt 46. Simpleton 47. Glamour show, – pageant 49. Tic 51. Breathtaking 52. Rips off, – client 53. Fronting 54. Hands over 55. Felines 56. Considered, – as 61. Unit of digital storage 64. Azure shade 65. Vixen 66. Hospital aides 67. Clumsy lout 69. Shopping splurge 71. Unlawful 74. Silliest 76. Coat with pan juices 78. Couple, Mr and – 79. Guaranteed 81. Dismal 83. Fell sick 84. Pal 86. Relied 89. Stalemate 90. Ill will (3,5) 93. Peanut sauce 94. Shorten, reduce 97. Patriotic hymn 100. Grinding tooth 101. Method 103. Make worse, – the injury 106. Alfresco (4-3) 108. Hindu social rank 109. Assistant 110. Northernmost US State 111. Cabs 112. Nephew’s sister 113. Paradise 115. Too enthusiastic 118. Wastrel 121. Onion relative 124. Tropical fruit 128. Movie, The Sixth – 129. Tibia and ulna 130. Stir-fry shoots (4,7) 134. Swap 135. Rascal 136. Haul 137. Robber 138. Respond, reply 139. Barrage of gunfire 140. Citizenship 143. French for “Bye!” 144. Rub out 147. Crowd brawl 150. Office table 151. Trellis 155. Fairground ride (6,5) 157. In present condition (2,2) 158. Push with elbow 159. WWll dictator, – Hitler 162. Tattered 164. Fastening tape with tiny hooks 167. Indian capital, New – 168. Most humane 169. Retinue 172. Period between 173. Hair plait 174. Muddled through (4,2) 177. Finished supply of (4,2) 180. Yielded 181. Lucky escape (4,4) 183. Belligerent, warlike 184. Extend 186. Engine booster 187. Barely sufficient 188. Musical, Mamma –! 191. Sells, – wares 195. Please turn over (1,1,1) 197. Poppy narcotic 198. Residential outskirts 200. Kidding, mocking 202. Persian rulers 203. Contend 205. Grandparent’s sister (5-4) 206. Boy 208. Personal identity 209. Surreptitiously 212. Admitted defeat 215. Cake layer, eg 217. Goliath’s foe 220. Landlord’s rentpayer 222. Protracts (5,3) 224. Scientist, Albert – 226. Infected, – wound 228. Hunted, – upon 229. Wash out suds 230. Saturate 232. Organises 235. Baby’s tummy pain 236. Symbolic, – gesture 238. Arctic rodents 241. Overtake 242. Retype, – data (2-5) 243. Book version 244. Egyptian river 246. Inventors 252. Contagious outbreak 253. Theatre-goers, eg 254. Bridle strap 255. Biblical first woman 256. Unrefined metal 257. Borders 258. Injected blood 259. Bishop’s district 260. Soap powders
DOWN
1. Money order 2. TV watcher 3. Rugged peak 4. Denigrating 5. Maddest 6. Joyful cry 7. Taunt, – at 8. As well 9. Reproductive cell 10. Observed, was – 11. Tribal seniors 12. Unbalanced 13. Missile course 14. Nibble 15. Endured 16. Garden pavilion 24. Losing colour 25. Subsides 26. Censure 27. Heaters 28. Computer port type (1,1,1) 30. 24 hours 32. Empty-headed 33. Giggled slyly 35. Hamburger, Big – 37. Queen Elizabeth II’s daughter 38. Nervousness 39. Alpine singer 40. Geek 42. Grassy meadow 44. Operator 45. Gold-miners’ rebellion, – Stockade 47. Agency 48. Cambodia’s continent 50. Villain’s opponent 53. Pet’s parasite 57. Survival 58. Affiliated 59. Stud, – farm 60. Utterly exhausted (4,4) 62. Tooted 63. Adding, – up 65. Charge 68. US crime agency (1,1,1) 70. Political spin 72. Exam score 73. Soothes 74. Neglected to (4’1) 75. Perhaps 77. Torments by tempting 80. Unexpectedly, caught – 82. Modifying 85. Lovable 87. Bronte novel, Jane – 88. Alternatively, or – 91. Go berserk, run – 92. Exclude 95. Aged photo tone 96. Fleshy ear part 98. Closest 99. Stockpile 102. Marksmen 104. Artillery 105. Hatchets 107. By rote (6-7) 113. Came out, appeared 114. Mysteries 116. Flavouring, – essence 117. Unpredictable 119. Crew-necked tops (1-6) 120. Brittle 122. Involves 123. Water boilers 125. Overweight 126. Royal racecourse 127. Wide 128. Vaccine 130. US actor, – Affleck 131. Tiny insect 132. Tertiary student campus (abbrev) 133. Pig’s pen 141. Dodged 142. Flourishes 145. Newspaper’s demographic 146. Moving stealthily 148. Right of way on property 149. Last hole on golf course 152. Spurred, – on 153. Rope tangle 154. Fine-tuned 155. Salty white cheese 156. Lazed 160. Genuine, bona – 161. Letter recipient 163. Bank cash dispensers (1,1,2) 165. Mature enough to eat 166. Oblong 167. Chop into cubes 170. Ne’er-do-wells (2-6) 171. Estimating 175. Showy flower 176. Deserves 178. Accurate, precise 179. Extremely 182. Map pressure line 185. Indigenous 188. Vermin-catching device 189. Passenger planes 190. Record label (1,1,1) 192. Theatrical 193. With the most foliage 194. Psychedelic drug (1,1,1) 195. Person from Lahore or Karachi, eg 196. Banish from group 199. Sentimental song 201. Fled to wed 204. Song, – She Lovely (3’1) 207. Attaches 210. Roughness 211. Swirl 213. Bamboo rod 214. Divulging 216. Norway’s capital 217. Throughout 218. Become extinct (3,3) 219. Capri or Wight 221. Convent dweller 223. Refills, – the shelves 225. Annoyance 227. Shady tree 228. For each, – head 231. Female bird 233. Prefer to 234. Consent 235. Boasted 237. Made a twig home 239. Buries 240. Shines 245. Leaning Tower of – 247. Frosted, – biscuits 248. Meet by chance, bump – 249. Poker stake 250. Double-reed instrument 251. Nameless author (abbrev) Solution in next month’s issue.