MEGA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Keenly

6. Hankered

10. Punctuality

15. Musical work

18. Smoothly

19. Follow-up drinks

20. Copenhagen native

22. A, B or C

23. Gorged oneself

24. Knife

25. Snack, afternoon ...

26. Gangway

28. Pakistan’s neighbour

30. And the rest

31. Silo contents

32. Starting prices

33. Location

34. Infatuations

35. Dr Jekyll & Mr ...

37. ... & Abel

39. Ailing

40. Summon

42. Otherwise

45. Showed (in)

48. Beetle larva

49. Highest point

50. Routinely (2,1,4)

53. Preceding day

54. Gush

56. Conveys

59. Thoroughly search

61. Himalayan bovine

62. CD, compact ...

63. Legume

64. Spy writer, ... Fleming

65. Crack (of lip)

66. Mite

68. Recipe items

69. Naval exercises

70. Take into custody

71. Trapeze artist

72. Uncouth boy

73. Ceaseless

74. Bar bill

76. Opposite of western

78. Missive

80. Less wet

81. Aphrodite and Athena

84. South American dance

85. African antelopes

87. Laughs derisively

89. Hangs back

92. Brink

94. Presently

96. Relinquish (claim)

97. Objective

98. Suva is there

100. Failed to pay

101. Strongroom

104. Labelled

105. Heavy starchy food

107. Hidden (feelings)

108. Bed cover

112. Disadvantage

113. Memory loss

115. Synthetic resin

117. Ornamental carp

118. Bosun

120. Neither

121. Crisis

123. Lack of education

125. Nevada’s ... Vegas

126. Adapt to weather

127. Genetic code carrier (1,1,1)

129. Space flight agency

130. Alias (1,1,1)

131. Gammon

133. Aural organs

134. Bark

136. Step part

137. Journal

140. Hunts, ... upon

141. Glimmer (of hope)

142. Outshine

146. Gen

147. Alien ships (1,1,2)

148. Scrunched

152. Topple

154. Fertiliser compound

155. Small flat-faced dog

156. From Bangkok

157. Consider

159. Compere

160. Match

162. Learn (of)

164. Collision

165. Acid drug (1,1,1)

167. Dressing gowns

169. Pedal on bike

171. Hospital ward (1,1,1)

173. Meters

174. Nut-shifting tool

175. Concedes

177. Razzmatazz

178. Landward direction

179. Roots

180. Pong

181. Legendary swashbuckling actor (5,5)

182. Sledges

183. Passed laws

DOWN

1. Cult hero

2. Coal delivery slide

3. Growth

4. Grace

5. Pulls sharply

6. Varied (2-4)

7. Attainable

8. Unclaimed territory (2-3’14)

9. Duplicity

10. Tartan fabric

11. Painter’s workwear

12. Jewish festival

13. Decree

14. Oracle

16. Trifling

17. Journey sections

20. Type of engine

21. Bottles’ narrow tops

27. Time-honoured (4-8)

29. Entails

35. Truthful

36. ... & duchess

38. Perform addition (3,2)

41. Supply (feast) (3,2)

43. Tax

44. Inspires

46. Half the Earth

47. Saviours

51. Jet

52. Trepidation

55. Curb, ... in

56. Made neat and trim

57. Unclothed models 58. Fluctuates

60. Bag

67. Sponging

69. Low padded seat

72. Mountain song

75. Grey matter

77. Puts at risk

79. Hatching apparatus

82. Record spinners

83. Pupil

86. Amid

88. Impostor

90. French friend

91. Ceylon, ... Lanka

92. Webcast seminar, ... Talk

93. Unexploded shell

94. Promos

95. Lout

98. Strike lightly

99. Addicts

102. Harmonised

103. Anaesthetic gas

104. Brands

106. Zany people

108. Pram (4,8)

109. Spoke slowly

110. Accurately

111. Bakery treat (6,6)

114. Barricaded zone (2-2,4)

116. Generosity

119. Pacific Island group

122. Easy job, piece of ...

124. Belongings

125. Dismiss (3,3)

128. Sanctuary

130. Daisy-like flower

132. Islam centre

135. Sir ... McCartney

138. Incurable

139. Making coarse

141. Travelled on horse

143. Solemn promise

144. Marks as done (5,3)

145. Fisherman’s jumper

149. Maturing

150. Examination

151. More nervous

153. Assuage

158. Give out

161. Property

163. Found, came ...

166. Terrific

168. Puffed

170. Nip (in the air)

172. Fissure

173. Clarified butter

176. Slip sideways

“THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT DAYS IN YOUR LIFE ARE THE DAY YOU ARE BORN AND THE DAY YOU FIND OUT WHY.”

MARK TWAIN