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