MEGA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Deeply shock

6. Actor, Kirk ... 10. Granted licence

15. Radar screen spot 18. Responded to stimulus 19. Radical

20. Nanna

22. Dealer

23. Lacking prospects (job) (4-3) 24. Disquiet

25. Pint-sized 26. Flavouring herb 28. Encumbered

30. Plump (for) 31. Corroborative story 32. Multitude 33. Conforms, ... the line 34. Blackball

35. Operates

37. Calf meat 39. Non-clergy 40. Category

42. Actor, Richard ... 45. Acrylic glass substitute 48. Passenger vehicle

49. Floor covering 50. Re-equipped

53. Express disgust or outrage 54. Deliver (writ) 56. Robbery 59. Accustom

61. Popular musical, Mamma ...!

62. Netting

63. Drink brand, ... Maria 64. Unhappy

65. Wharf 66. Experiment room 68. Lightpole lamp

69. Unit of resistance 70. Netherlands capital 71. Deerskin shoes 72. Untruth

73. Personify 74. Margarine container 76. Betwixt

78. Best (approximation) 80. Morbid spectator 81. Closely integrated (5-4) 84. Freezing over 85. Antelopes

87. As a gamble (2,4) 89. Assignment 92. Business expenditures 94. Notting Hill actor, ... Ifans

96. Spanish filled pastry 97. Mimics

98. Delicate

100. Reshape 101. Indolently

104. Hip bone

105. Droning insect 107. Gumleaf-eating marsupial 108. Miners’ lights 112. Abrade

113. Lean

115. Assail

117. Demand 118. Understates (5,4) 120. Discontinue

121. Chalk

123. Arrogant

125. Secure

126. Protective shielding (6,5) 127. Twitch

129. Soviet republics (1,1,1,1) 130. Slapped

131. Olympic Games body (1,1,1) 133. Sterilise

134. Peculiar

136. Sheer fabric

137. Barely sufficient

140. Guru

141. Craze

142. Strutted

146. Sore crust 147. Prerequisite 148. Disregard

152. Happily ... after 154. Actress, Dame ... Dench 155. Constrictor snake 156. Curly-horned goat 157. Cranium 159. Recurrent pattern 160. Execute orders 162. Forbidden (2-2) 164. Expunge 165. Disgusted cry 167. Genetic copy 169. Deduce

171. Listening organ 173. Pertains

174. Tumid

175. Expired 177. Unchanged (2,2)

178. Twirl (thumbs)

179. Hard stone

180. Not too bad (2-2) 181. Priority

182. Slim 183. Bookkeepers

DOWN

1. Cloth flaps

2. Sprightly

3. Bombing strikes (3,5)

4. Passive

5. Diary record

6. Move feebly

7. Uncivil

8. Ways of living

9. Burden (with)

10. Impostor

11. Person who is present

12. Gherkin

13. Cowhide thong

14. Desert landmark

16. Author, ... Carroll

17. Satisfy

20. Actor, ... Segal

21. Afoot

27. Abuse

29. Great surprise

35. Beneficial

36. Duelling sword

38. Wield (influence)

41. Stuck-up

43. Red-skinned cheese

44. Mummify

46. Two-sided (garment)

47. Most domineering

51. Passable

52. Puritanical

55. Travel pass

56. Bearing in mind

57. Preamble

58. Private teaching

60. Europe/US defence pact

67. Large African monkeys

69. Powerful running bird

72. Boxing match

75. Dodgy

77. Inspiring affection

79. Annual payments

82. Careworn

83. Sect, Hare ...

86. Futilely, to no ...

88. Shopping mall

90. Top credit rating (1,1,1)

91. Code explanation

92. Rowing blade

93. Transgress

94. Overuse injury (1,1,1)

95. Actor, ... Brynner

98. Malaysian noodle dish

99. Exploding sound

102. Darling

103. Harvest

104. Expert (4,6)

106. Liable to lawsuit

108. High blood pressure 109. Female warriors 110. Lunar-illuminated 111. Disinfection 114. Booked (tickets) 116. Revolt

119. Middle Eastern country 122. Spike

124. Mew

125. Corps de ballet 128. Obtained by sponging 130. Indian Brahma worshipper 132. Actor, Michael ...

135. Fool

138. Child’s play area (5-5) 139. Unoccupied zone (2-3’1-4) 141. Gala

143. Curved spans 144. Solicited

145. Ousting

149. Work out 150. Pamphlets

151. Chick’s calls 153. Vibrations

158. Broad expanse 161. Besieges 163. Reddish-brown 166. Blazing

168. An ... but a goodie 170. Sumptuous repast 172. In unison (2,3) 173. Increase, ... up

176. Polka marks

“I WILL HONOUR CHRISTMAS IN MY HEART, AND TRY TO KEEP IT ALL THE YEAR.”

CHARLES DICKENS