MEGA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Entranceway knob (4,6)

6. Protest banner carried during a demonstration

10. Sailor’s skill

15. Cask stopper

18. Roosting

19. Portable computers

20. Tattooing fluids

22. Hay fever reaction

23. Fine particle, tiny grain

24. Tints

25. Insecticide (1,1,1)

26. Too fat

28. Serving plates, salvers

30. Roman X

31. Drew back, recoiled

32. Biblical garden of Adam and Eve

33. Fertiliser ingredient

34. Vacuous (comment)

35. Threesome

37. Singer, Lady …

39. Actor, … Gibson

40. … over a new leaf

42. Paper quantity

45. Tore (stocking)

48. Assess, appraise

49. Against

50. Vanity, self-conceit

53. Singer, … King Cole

54. Our planet

56. Metal alloy

59. Informers for the police

61. Burgle

62. Japanese alcoholic drink

63. Formerly known as

64. Media promotions

65. Previous lovers

66. Negative vote

68. Legally binding

69. Female sheep

70. Envisaging, conceptualising

71. Spending

72. British award (1,1,1)

73. Visionaries, dreamers

74. Gossip, chatter

76. Diabetic’s preparation

78. Spicy sauce used as a condiment

80. Khartoum is there

81. Supporters, backers

84. Completed again

85. African antelopes

87. Presents, puts forward

89. Clarets & burgundies

92. Courting, wooing

94. Writer, … Blyton

96. State ruled by a king or queen

97. Group observing an entertainment event

98. Chums, mates

100. Plagues

101. New Zealand, … of the Long White Cloud

104. Beanie ball

105. Ready (3,3)

107. Tool for smoothing wood

108. Supplies fittings

112. UK actor, Rhys …

113. Teacher, mentor

115. Begging

117. Funny (1,1,1)

118. Sickness (3,6)

120. Affirmative reply

121. Management employee

123. Morally compels

125. Fishing mesh

126. Furnace

127. Shady tree

129. Dress ribbon

130. Austen novel, Pride … Prejudice

131. Off the cuff, ad …

133. Prince Edward’s sister

134. U-boat

136. Kick out of school

137. Peanut sauce

140. Deserve

141. City, … de Janeiro

142. Studies a book

146. Dweeb, dork

147. Young woman

148. Intuitiveness, understanding

152. Hornet relative

154. Clarified butter

155. Lament, regret

156. Commotion (2-2)

157. Hairless

159. Egg-producing organ

160. Confident, certain

162. Location, setting

164. In fact; in reality, de …

165. GP

167. Cupboard, linen …

169. Succession, sequence

171. Hamburger, Big …

173. Wealthier, more affluent

174. Johnny-come-lately

175. Aristocrats, blue-bloods

177. Excited squeals

178. Jet pilot

179. LA, Los …

180. Sports team

181. Leadership

182. London Zoo area, … Park (6’1)

183. Helpers, aides

DOWN

1. Adds soundtrack to

2. Possessed

3. Joining, attaching

4. Displace, remove

5. Banish

6. Hung out (washing)

7. Achievement

8. Rack up, gather

9. Erase, eliminate

10. Old photo colour

11. Stimulating desire

12. Modern art style

13. Pivot

14. Mountain route

16. Beneath, below

17. Climbs aboard (4,2)

20. Entombs, buries

21. Nairobi’s republic

27. Internet information finder (6,6)

29. Logical thinkers

35. Tea acid

36. Is not (3’1)

38. Beautify, embellish

41. Raises young

43. Arabian prince

44. Speak unintelligibly

46. Sea-blue

47. Environmentalists

51. Fixates, consumes

52. Heirs

55. Adolescent

56. Stockpile (5,2)

57. Do well

58. Dupes (5,2)

60. Yemen port

67. Gave way

69. Goaded (5,2)

72. Skinflint

75. Waited, … one’s time

77. Ridiculous, absurd

79. Confused, bewildered

82. Incessantly (2,3,2)

83. Bivouacs

86. Warning sound

88. Fencing blades

90. Hour expected (1,1,1)

91. Phone text (1,1,1)

92. Bread grain

93. Cooking fuel

94. Snake-like marine creature

95. Cricketer, … Botham

98. Of the pope

99. Brochure, pamphlet

102. Clinically examine

103. Gramophone records

104. Conciliator, mediator

106. Making less loose

108. Amiability

109. Draws people together

110. Chelsea Clinton’s mum

111. Teacher

114. Coupons

116. Thankless people

119. Rigid, upright

122. Grape plant

124. Soft French cheese

125. Absent invitee (2-4)

128. Anchored

130. Foolish

132. Plait, weave

135. Jives, dances

138. Speaking to

139. Navy rank (4,6)

141. Informal roster

143. Ages, eras

144. Fearless

145. Cairo inhabitant

149. Pared-down (2-6)

150. Infuriates, enrages

151. Nuclear weapons (1-5)

153. Related to hearing

158. Spiked (drink)

161. Greedy moneylender

163. Sums

166. Earthen pigment

168. Way in

170. System of principles

172. Extraterrestrial being

173. Cavort, frolic

176. Embroiders

“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”

BUDDHA