MEGA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Cutting into four 6. Moodily 10. Resupplied (2-8) 15. Wading bird 18. Inventor

19. Practical jokers

20. For fear that 22. Indicate

23. Endure

24. Heaven’s ... Gates 25. Non-government body (1,1,1)

26. Frighten

28. 8-piece group 30. Repetitive strain injury (1,1,1)

31. Conical tent 32. Rhyme, Ding Dong ... 33. Hit violently 34. Scraped (leaves) 35. Persian ruler 37. Involvement

39. Irish organisation (1,1,1) 40. Reconstruct 42. Unspoilt paradise 45. One-room flats 48. Require

49. Writing implement 50. Trap

53. Revenge, ... for tat 54. Guru

56. Resource

59. French saint, Joan ... (2,3) 61. Boar’s mate 62. Coagulated soya-bean blocks

63. UK air force (1,1,1) 64. Month after April 65. Fertile soil

66. Gene acid (1,1,1) 68. Cowardly (4-7) 69. Appraise

70. Central American country 71. Trial run (4,5)

72. Hair tint 73. Documents carrier 74. Chest bone

76. Load (software) 78. Rebrand 80. Khartoum is there 81. Tasks 84. Untruthful 85. Hansel’s sister 87. Crusty (sore) 89. Bureau 92. Meteorology gauge

94. Fawns’ mothers 96. Wild adventure 97. Person being tested 98. Condemn 100. Frolicked 101. Catches (thief) 104. Dame ... Melba 105. Tattooist’s work tool 107. Edge along 108. Reimposes (authority) 112. Debonair 113. Fashionable (2,5) 115. Inures

117. Just a minute, wait a ... 118. Combustible 120. Kangaroo’s bounce 121. Stuff with padding 123. Outflow 125. Wheel-shaft projection 126. Major US river 127. Miserable 129. Brazilian dance, bossa ... 130. Soft fruit

131. Actor, ... McShane 133. Dry

134. Feather scarf

136. Bugle blast

137. Potato bags 140. Ermine

141. Roof style, Cape ... 142. Classiest

146. Old school, ... mater 147. Curry accompaniment 148. Willing torturers 152. Essence of matter 154. Yearling

155. Pester

156. On any occasion 157. Gorillas or orangutans 159. Jewelled headdress 160. Overlook

162. Curves

164. Slap buttocks

165. Whiz

167. Jovial 169. Throwaway line 171. Computer key 173. Attractions

174. Tidy (up) 175. Slogged

177. Flings 178. Component 179. Japanese paper folding 180. Cairo’s waterway 181. Imagines, ... about 182. Plainly 183. Enthralled

DOWN

1. Pound (slang)

2. Dropping (TV show)

3. Passages from text

4. Unskilful

5. Obtain access (3,2)

6. Well-groomed

7. Avalanches

8. Far-fetched

9. Celebratory yells

10. Cook in oven

11. Charged particle

12. Unsaid

13. Wharves

14. Obligation

16. Carpenter’s worktop

17. Allay

20. Food store

21. Carve

27. Recognisable

29. Timepieces

35. Sieved

36. Aid in crime

38. Playwright, ... Wilde

41. Decompose

43. Young society entrants

44. Fool

46. Causing to explode

47. Underwriters

51. Quarantined

52. Gratingly

55. Shopping plaza

56. Whenever

57. Harsh (penalty)

58. Shoe reinforcements

60. Lose colour

67. Schedules

69. Giddiness

72. Gave medicine to

75. Phoney

77. Typically scoring

79. Pirate

82. Parallelogram

83. Floating frozen sheet (3,4)

86. Send via internet

88. Unsighted

90. Evita, ... Peron

91. Barbie doll’s boyfriend

92. Grovel

93. VIP welcome rug, ... carpet

94. Study

95. Wane

98. Wipes down (furniture)

99. Iota

102. Mortifies

103. Use broom

104. Folks next door

106. Basics

108. Cooling chamber 109. Collects

110. Waffles (on) 111. Embarrassment 114. Worthwhile 116. Tutored

119. Accept consequences, face the ...

122. Arabian prince 124. Italian car firm 125. Dicing

128. Ducks & weaves 130. Common-law spouse, de ... 132. Lynching party’s lariat 135. Sound boosters 138. Daring (art) (5-5) 139. Merlin’s master (4,6) 141. Zodiac crossover 143. Aquatic mammals 144. Earphone units 145. Scurries 149. Armouries 150. Immobile 151. Comprehend (4,2)

153. NW US state

158. Shine 161. Transcendental thinker 163. Parachute part 166. Stateroom

168. Coral structures 170. Phrase 172. Petticoats

173. Musical symbol 176. Accomplishment

“IF YOU CARRY JOY IN YOUR HEART, YOU CAN HEAL ANY MOMENT.”

CARLOS SANTANA