MEGA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Rice-growing plot (5,5) 6. Disfigured 10. Milk-jelly dessert 15. Breathe hard 18. Yelping
19. Hoists (car) (5,2) 20. Wind-borne toy 22. Eventually becomes (4,2) 23. Capital of Cyprus 24. Thin slice
25. New Year’s Eve (1,1,1) 26. Hospital worker 28. LP material
30. Ham & ... soup 31. Cordons (off) 32. Mediterranean volcano 33. Oil container 34. Unfasten (garment) 35. Former wives 37. English actress, ... Watson 39. Cuban hero, ... Guevara 40. Water-filled trench 42. Resound
45. Repeat (theme) 48. Soldier’s respirator, gas ... 49. Scientific information 50. Relaxation
53. Circle portion
54. Card game 56. Implores
59. Russian mountains 61. Meadow 62. Defendant’s statement 63. Contemptible man 64. Nevada’s ... Vegas 65. Sanction
66. Part of a piano 68. Oblong
69. Missing in action (1,1,1) 70. Removes jockey’s seat 71. Mild 72. Hollywood film company (1,1,1)
73. Orderly
74. Besiege (of fans)
76. Due (of money) 78. Madman
80. Silly
81. Oddly
84. Funeral song 85. Craves
87. Smudges 89. Belgrade native 92. Emotional eruptions 94. Please reply (1,1,1,1) 96. You
97. Family trees 98. Stallion
100. Region 101. Curly-horned goat 104. Golfer’s assistant 105. Music recording venue 107. Fuzzy fruit 108. Returning to custody 112. Strong drink 113. Asylum seeker 115. Emit energy 117. Unrefined
118. Asian island nation
120. ... & outs 121. Sponge-like 123. Convalescence (period) 125. Mock-modest 126. Marzipan (6,5) 127. Sandwich
129. Pretty Woman lead, Richard ... 130. British medal (1,1,1) 131. Singer, ... King Cole 133. Tattoos 134. Liqueur, ... Maria 136. Dental thread 137. Requires
140. Early anaesthetic 141. Zoo’s physician 142. Pamper
146. The N of NB
147. Soft pulpy mass 148. Imperial queen 152. Keep 154. Wood-trimming tool 155. Apron top 156. Duelling weapon 157. Eager
159. From Baghdad 160. Go away!
162. Sigh of relief 164. Sports stadium
165. Jerk
167. Signal crackle
169. Very pale
171. Cloth flap
173. Tend (young) 174. Band’s tour helpers 175. Began shooting, ... fire 177. ... & sciences 178. Grand Canyon state 179. Less full
180. Dead as a ... 181. Gloominess 182. Wishes
183. Lost for words
DOWN
1. Catholic leader 2. Yankee Doodle ... 3. Insect-catching strip 4. Overheads
5. More parched
6. Metal attracting bar 7. Walnut or pecan opener 8. Unevenly 9. Happened-before feeling (4,2)
10. ... & eggs 11. Unadulterated (nonsense) 12. Upturns (boat) 13. Artless
14. Large jug
16. Attach
17. African fly
20. Smoked fish
21. Give lessons 27. Dressmakers 29. Spotlessly
35. Venture forth 36. Comic, ... Idle 38. Doctor
41. False name 43. Prisoner’s quarters 44. Ontario city
46. System of beliefs 47. Internally 51. Impudent
52. Upsets equilibrium of 55. Certain
56. More trivial
57. Uncles & ... 58. Frankfurter 60. Well-done, medium or ... 67. Tastier
69. Club participants
72. ... & groans 75. Purchase (entire stock) (3,2) 77. Conversing wittily
79. Put forward as candidate 82. W Canadian province 83. Revolved 86. Bitter-smelling
88. Grant
90. CD brand (1,1,1) 91. Farewell 92. Frequently (poetic) 93. Conniving
94. Typist’s ailment (1,1,1) 95. Such is life, c’est la ... 98. Marvellous
99. Road surface
102. Small pet birds
103. Bone images (1-4)
104. Baptised 106. Over-productive (gland) 108. Fidgetiness
109. Heavy rain season 110. Pressure lines on map 111. Siblings’ grandsons (5-7) 114. Powerful
116. Runway
119. Muddle
122. Arrests
124. Stunt
125. Lemon or orange 128. Make secure, ... down the hatches
130. Exuded
132. Roman III
135. Israeli city, Tel ... 138. Explains further 139. Food lift (4,6) 141. Cut-flower holder 143. Whinnies 144. Undaunted
145. Obtain a delay (4,4)
149. In the interim 150. Oratory
151. Glided on ice 153. Thespian
158. Waned 161. Harbinger 163. Painting supports 166. Sheer
168. Religious pictures 170. Anticipates
172. Type of electrode 173. Mutilate
176. Pavlov’s lab animals
“I LOOK FORWARD TO GROWING OLDER WHEN WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE BECOMES LESS OF AN ISSUE, AND WHAT YOU ARE IS THE POINT.”
SUSAN SARANDON