The Colossus
ACROSS
1. Re-evoked, – memories 6. Dove relatives 10. Cooks’ whisks 16. Very keen, – about it 17. Clumsy lout 19. Nappies 20. Xmas cake, – log 21. Diabolical 22. Buttonhole posy 23. Brusque 26. Watchful 28. Modifies 30. 100 cm 31. UK flying force (1,1,1) 33. Frighten 35. Desert illusion 37. Couple, Mr and – 38. Blood-sucking worm 39. Private instructor 41. Work bread dough 43. Punctual, on the – 44. Endorse, approve 45. Span, breadth 46. Game park tours 48. Irish county 50. Snow monster 51. Bringer of bad luck 52. 18-hole sport 53. Swab lightly 55. Slaughtered 57. Zero altitude (3,5) 60. First Bible book 62. Assist 64. Harpooning 67. Was indebted to 68. Dangles 69. Wicket bar 71. Otherwise, or – 72. Become set 74. Bounding walks 75. Cabbie’s vehicle 77. Graze crust 79. Superficially indulge, – in 82. Electric fish 83. Wind-borne toys 85. Heart monitor test (1,1,1) 87. Dutch cheese 89. Sheltered side 90. Mists, – up 91. Adored 92. Cloth scrap 94. Fabric join 96. Shonky scheme 98. Ewe’s young 99. Danger 100. Afghan capital 102. Radio knob 104. Leg joint 106. Twisted around 107. Anticipated 109. Level, row 111. Knifed 112. Liqueur, – Maria 113. Yearn, – for 114. Grass section 116. Right in the middle, – centre 118. Counterfeit 119. Plane part 121. Colorants 123. Understood 125. Off-limits, – area (2-2) 127. Commuter coach 128. Manicured items 130. Contends 132. Bottled gas (1,1,1) 134. Profit 136. Brazil’s – Paulo 137. Loathing 139. Boarding school bedroom (abbrev) 140. Fibber 141. Achievements 143. Musical, – Christ Superstar 145. Inconsiderable 147. Spider’s trap 148. Employed 149. Animal skin 150. Agony, great – 152. Bank account withdrawal 154. Cheap, a– a dozen 156. Peruse, – a magazine 158. Fix, repair 159. Captures, – criminal 161. Mum and – 163. Exceedingly 165. Travel on horse 167. Moral wrongs 169. Diluted, watered down 171. Bogus 173. Blushes 175. Tropical fruit 177. Kilt 179. Arabian sultanate 181. Hitler’s regime, Third – 182. Small rodents 183. Staid, – and proper 185. Ermine creature 187. Highlander 189. Amount after tax 190. Alley 191. Speechless 192. Rowing implement 194. Hillbilly 196. That girl 197. Business attire 198. Can’t do it, – possible 199. Waltzed 202. Bolshevik leader 204. Installed, – carpet 205. Knitting wool 206. Thin wood sheet 208. Damage 210. Finnish phone firm 212. Ordinary people 213. Trading centre 214. Kitchen flooring 216. Marsh grass 217. Conditional release 219. Distributes (5,3) 221. Stoneworker 223. Wound blemish 225. Moose 226. Splashes through water 227. Take part in game 230. Movie, The – Wears Prada 232. Gave off 235. Roman garments 236. Carpentry tools 238. Sprinted 240. Dissuade 242. Growl 243. Vaccine 244. Computer spacing key 245. Comedian, Josh – 246. Reverie 247. Parched 248. Squander 249. Honour, pay – to 251. Globe 253. May or October 255. Pricing 256. Yes votes 258. Seethe 259. Discard, – of 260. Pull sharply 261. Asphalt 262. Stopping temporarily, – proceedings 263. Dampen 264. Demonstrators
DOWN
1. Heaters 2. Tennessee’s neighbour State 3. Representatives 4. Simple 5. Fangs 6. Hesitate 7. Inactive 8. Canadian province, – Scotia 9. Departs port 11. Eucalypts (3,5) 12. Male antelope 13. Fearful 14. Issue from 15. Piercing with long pin 16. Wise Men’s gift 18. Small spot, – of colour 24. Inscribe 25. Facts 27. Seniority, army – 29. Enquire intrusively 30. Bravery decoration 31. Stiff Elizabethan collars 32. In favour of 34. London suburb, – Court 36. Scottish hero, Rob – 38. Wrinkled 39. Fables 40. Dump, get – of 42. Curtain 45. Made on loom 46. Ballads 47. Swedish car firm 49. Succumb 51. Precious stone 52. Heredity units 54. Bigotry 56. Nose-related 58. Probable arrival hour (1,1,1) 59. Mineral veins 60. Opened wide 61. At – and sevens 63. Spotted cubes 65. Resist authority 66. No score in soccer 68. Pub, eg 70. Boys, youths 72. – and puffed 73. Boat carnivals 74. Furious 76. Chilled drink, – tea 78. Lumbar region 80. Ball-filled cushions 81. Lodges deeply 83. Seoul is there, South – 84. Infant 86. Trot or canter, eg 88. Supplies crew, – the boat 91. Merciful 92. Uncommon 93. Wind flurry 95. Servant 97. Encountered 99. Coal mines 100. Chinese island, Hong – 101. Glorifies 103. Welsh emblem 105. Deserve, merit 107. Shark flippers 108. Droll 110. Tinkled 113. Shrine visitor 115. Chops down 117. Causes hearing loss 118. Welded 119. Feasted, – and dined 120. Renter, charterer 122. Observes covertly 124. Brandish 126. Desert waterhole 129. Plan, ambition 130. Pledge 131. Fire fragment 133. Gallivant 135. Crooner, – King Cole 137. Focal point 138. Incidental comments 142. Jet-bath 144. Tranquillisation 146. Large Australian birds 148. Cow’s milk sac 149. Biros, eg 151. Utter, – nonsense 153. Cars’ petrol containers 155. Repeat 157. We breathe it 158. Vietnam’s Ho Chi – City 159. Not one, – of them 160. Whacked with sweeping blow 162. Divine being 164. Smoked pork pieces 166. Paradise garden 167. Religious splinter group 168. Map pressure line 170. Dribble 172. Speed of sound measure 174. Slimming program, eg 175. Flavouring herb 176. Tennis hotshot 178. Removed, – away 180. Carol, The First – 182. Most important 184. Showily virile 186. Luciano Pavarotti, eg 188. Movie, Lady and the – 190. Loiter stealthily 191. Rules, do’s and – (3’2) 193. Kingdom 195. Enjoys 197. Bargain sell-off 198. Geeks 200. Story boy, – Baba 201. Await with horror 203. Nephew’s sister 205. Mayonnaise ingredient centre 206. Windmill arms 207. Perfume, – de Cologne 209. Pondered 211. Throat lump, – apple (4’1) 212. Pleat, fabric – 213. Dear Sir or – 214. Cosmetic crayons 215. Changed position 218. Stagger 219. Netherlands city, The – 220. Bland in flavour 222. Element with the symbol N 224. Citrus peel, eg 226. More deserving 228. Stimulates 229. Edible tuber 231. Lascivious smirk 233. Pastry, jam – 234. Attempt 235. Assessment 236. US, Uncle – 237. Prized shellfish 239. Local inhabitant 241. Capital of Morocco 243. Less crazy 244. Human trunks 248. Female 250. Matured 252. Child’s building blocks 253. Silent 254. Revise article, eg 257. Delicious!
Solution in next month’s issue.