MEGA CROSSWORD

“SMELL THE SEA AND FEEL THE SKY. LET YOUR SOUL AND SPIRIT FLY.” VAN MORRISON

ACROSS

1. Intake of breath

6. Circus ring surface

10. Free

15. Couple

18. Partitions

19. Beach bird

20. Flower holder

22. Surgical stitch

23. Monotonous

24. Not liable

25. Disencumber

26. The items here

28. Construct

30. Repetitive strain injury (1,1,1)

31. Crisis

32. Front of boat

33. Flank

34. Low-lying areas

35. Inkling

37. Travel along runway

39. Deposit

40. Holidays owed, time in ...

42. Biblical garden

45. Ironed

48. Unconscious state

49. Type of sword

50. By now

53. Corporate boss (1,1,1)

54. Local vegetation

56. Backcomb (hair)

59. Subject matter

61. Hound

62. Coral bank

63. Male heir

64. Youth

65. Honey liquor

66. Polish

68. Nazi leader (5,6)

69. Lump of turf

70. Interiors or ...

71. Onshore wind (3,6)

72. GP

73. Evangelists

74. Give nickname to

76. Spiritual bliss

78. Flaxseed

80. Uncomplaining person

81. Infamy

84. Of sight

85. Craves

87. Komodo reptile

89. Study table

92. Beats (rival’s price)

94. Peace prize city

96. Milky liquid

97. Settlement (5-3)

98. Change

100. Evidently

101. Lose vigour

104. Film villain

105. Tree-covered

107. Russian villa

108. Splinters

112. Sum up

113. Once-over (4-3)

115. Steal limelight from

117. Emirate, ... Dhabi

118. Lifelike

120. Moray ...

121. Less explicit term

123. Opinions seeker

125. Banned pesticide (1,1,1) 126. Half-ball shapes

127. Lout

129. Annoy

130. Metal in bronze

131. Mobile phone chip, ... card 133. Complain

134. Wedding vow (1,2)

136. Corrupt

137. Festivals

140. ... Arabia

141. Carafe

142. Professional massager

146. Burial chamber

147. Surveillance system (1,1,1,1) 148. Totally

152. Convalesce

154. Ocean racing vessel

155. Anger

156. Alternatively

157. ... of Capri

159. Atomic device (1-4)

160. Neglect

162. Remove rind from

164. Cherub

165. Liqueur, ... Maria

167. Drizzly

169. Ancient harps

171. 007’s creator, ... Fleming 173. Strawberry basket

174. Shipping route (3,4)

175. Had (to)

177. Apple Inc tablet

178. Blocking out of sun

179. Pardon

180. Mentally sound

181. Buff

182. Fiddles

183. Car’s ... wipers

DOWN

1. Scamps

2. Voodoo nation

3. Weapons stores

4. Provoke

5. Brother’s daughter

6. Senior nurse

7. Plate of glass

8. Stuffs with padding

9. Flung

10. Utilisation

11. Fertile

12. Endure

13. Paper batches

14. Slimming plan

16. Of the ear

17. Steering blade

20. Practised

21. Church pinnacle

27. Spotless (5-3-4)

29. Mercilessly

35. Cooperate

36. Until (2,2)

38. Cowboy’s farewell

41. Relieved

43. Tinted

44. Prodded

46. Hope

47. Victim

51. Resurface (2-6)

52. The final conflict

55. Laugh loudly

56. Loftiest

57. For a specific purpose (2,3)

58. Fanatical

60. Adult leveret

67. Waves on

69. Tranquillises

72. Medicated

75. Stew, osso ...

77. Annual payments

79. Storytellers

82. Way through

83. Contain

86. Afflicted

88. Gluttony

90. Evita, ... Peron

91. Typewriter button

92. One, numero ...

93. Swine enclosure

94. Curdled

95. Jar top

98. Strong drink

99. Badminton bat

102. Bow & arrow sport

103. Dismiss 104. Biros

106. Tailor

108. Yeast process

109. Receding

110. Chats

111. Consecutively

114. Egg dish

116. Panic merchant

119. Motivate

122. Beef-cut for stock

124. Oriental continent

125. Motorist

128. Former (era)

130. Diadem

132. Slimy gland secretion 135. Electrical resistance units 138. Decided

139. Satisfactory

141. Pleasures

143. Imminent (2,4)

144. Abbreviates

145. Parasol

149. Stirrer

150. Anxiety

151. Pond plants

153. Completely consume (3,2) 158. Bedclothes

161. Me

163. Chooses

166. Improper

168. Data supplied

170. Resume

172. Saying

173. Mound

176. College head