MiNDFOOD

MEGA CROSSWORD

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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

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