MEGA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Ceremony of admission 6. Banner 10. Seemingly
15. Shroud
18. Red spice 19. Removing skin from 20. Young horse
22. Nap
23. Slope 24. Zimbabwe’s capital 25. Date of birth (1,1,1) 26. Distorts
28. Diaper
30. ‘Tis (2’1) 31. Electronic pips
32. Spool
33. Current (1,1/1,1) 34. Santiago is there 35. Nothing more than 37. French for ‘she’
39. Bald actor, ... Brynner 40. Ship’s bottom
42. White metal 45. Unfavourable 48. Ensnare
49. Balanced 50. Childhood disease 53. Bushranger, ... Kelly 54. Chew
56. Classic actress, ... Grable 59. Ruin
61. Washing vat
62. ... & Eve
63. Before (poetic)
64. Cover
65. Wild goat
66. 31 December (1,1,1) 68. Rivals
69. Action figure, GI ... 70. Completely developed (4-5) 71. Lay waste
72. Radio frequency (1,1,1) 73. Sanctioning
74. Tease
76. Depresses 78. Brighten up
80. Hidden supply 81. Cadged
84. Sped
85. Sailor
87. Reps
89. Heedless
92. Remedy 94. Antagonists
96. Unsafe
97. US Midwest state
98. Deed
100. Send to wrong place 101. Taps briskly (on door) 104. Blusters
105. Blood fluid 107. Vacuous 108. Indicated 112. Specialised (market) 113. Recessed (eyes) (4-3) 115. Stands firm 117. Hullabaloo 118. Projects over 120. Author’s alias, ... de plume 121. Laundry machine (4-5) 123. Least consistent 125. Greeted 126. Reappraisal
127. Mildly sweet (champagne) 129. Dumbfound
130. Noah’s craft
131. Game, ... & match 133. Mideast sultanate 134. Mite
136. Facade
137. Aids (felon) 140. Expand
141. Fib
142. Small falcon
146. Drink, ... colada 147. Flying saucers (1,1,2) 148. Boat-steering devices 152. Narrow valley
154. Viral internet element 155. Wheel-shaft projection 156. Tidy, spick & ... 157. Nautical cry
159. Poise
160. Chessman 162. Brownish-purple 164. Attract (penalty) 165. Popular musical, Mamma ...!
167. Bake
169. Rockies state
171. Actor, ... Holm
173. Sills
174. Pig’s foot
175. Papal headdresses 177. US/Canada border lake 178. Cluster of leaves 179. Exact copy
180. The Big Apple, New ... 181. Condenses
182. Willing torturers 183. Principal churches
DOWN
1. Scamps
2. Eskimo dwelling 3. Hunger
4. Standoffs
5. Racket 6. Commend
7. Biblical world’s end, the ... 8. Of two minds
9. Rely
10. Having an advantage (3-2) 11. Trike
12. Women’s bed garments 13. Become distended 14. Festive season cake, ... log 16. Waltz virtuoso, ... Rieu 17. Thrown 20. Decorative wall band 21. Incendiary crime 27. Anguish
29. Avowed
35. Dish, filet ... 36. Bombing mission 38. W African nation, Sierra ... 41. Implant
43. Is not (3’1)
44. Put (together) roughly 46. Wilfully damages 47. Searched (through) 51. Blackadder star, Rowan ... 52. Beach rescuers
55. Bird’s crop
56. Juice maker 57. Electroshock weapon 58. Telling stories
60. Price hike 67. Consequences 69. Ancient West Bank settlement 72. Anglican preacher 75. Waits, ... one’s time 77. Clears (building) 79. Cocktails 82. Incessantly (2,3,2) 83. Digit
86. Sports ground 88. Approaches 90. Wonderment
91. Slap
92. For now, pro ... 93. Blasting material (1,1,1) 94. Great distance 95. Clairvoyance (1,1,1) 98. Cooked in fat 99. Counter to 102. Emphasises
103. Vapour
104. One-room flats 106. Accountable
108. Shop owners 109. Caribbean island 110. Sizes (of timber) 111. Disinherited 114. Jeopardise 116. Coached 119. Mansion or villa 122. Sins
124. Afresh 125. Coupling 128. Artificial (smile) 130. Cinema gangway 132. Land, ... firma 135. Nobleman 138. Classroom fixture 139. Horn players 141. Flourishing 143. Connect (gears)
144. Job reassignment 145. Green gems
149. Shop steward 150. Severely damage (crop) 151. Curio
153. Feebler 158. Proprietor
161. Water mammals 163. Wispy cloud
166. Turn of phrase 168. Bedouin 170. Savoury jelly 172. Smell 173. Garlands 176. Snow-runners
“HAVE THE MATURITY TO KNOW SILENCE IS SOMETIMES MORE POWERFUL THAN HAVING THE LAST WORD.” THEMA DAVIS