MEGA CROSSWORD

“THE BEST THING TO HOLD ONTO IN LIFE IS EACH OTHER.” AUDREY HEPBURN

ACROSS

1. Illuminates

6. Insistent

10. Movie about holidays

15. Old school, ... mater

18. Laud

19. Drug abusers

20. Chef

22. Less hurried

23. Muslim leader (3,4)

24. Conducts (meeting)

25. Negotiable (1,1,1)

26. Became ill

28. Glory

30. Gene acid (1,1,1)

31. Designer, Calvin ...

32. Prime

33. The m of e=mc2

34. Burn (hair)

35. Out of action

37. Dotty

39. Admiration

40. Different

42. Those ones

45. Untested

48. Without sensation

49. Room entrance

50. Negative

53. Dried grass

54. Welsh dog breed

56. Wild animal

59. Govern

61. Escorted

62. Herr & ...

63. Brief lie-down

64. 007’s creator, ... Fleming

65. Red-rind cheese

66. Male offspring

68. Sterilises (milk)

69. Metal rod

70. Tightrope walker

71. UK city, ... upon Tyne

72. Clasp

73. Audited

74. Tooth

76. Got up late (5,2)

78. After-dinner drink

80. Wet

81. Honestly

84. Undermine (confidence)

85. Encrusted

87. Danger

89. Forbidden (2-2)

92. Lacking resolve (4-5)

94. Pre-Soviet emperor

96. Defunct

97. Abode

98. Curved span

100. Most gory

101. Lingerie trim

104. Kabul native

105. Restrain

107. Mexican farewell

108. Tennis coup (5,4)

112. Disagree

113. Cantonese

115. Gum infection

117. Zodiac lion

118. Pendant shapes

120. Vine, poison ...

121. NW

123. Indecorous

125. It is (poetic) (‘3)

126. Domestic manager

127. Centre

129. Damage

130. Listening device

131. Cut of meat

133. Weeded

134. Ad ... decision

136. Diminish

137. Powdery

140. Hooded jacket

141. Obscured

142. Alternatively

146. Hawaiian dance

147. 0.4047 hectares

148. Estimated

152. Story

154. Pneumatic wheel

155. Light brown

156. Curse

157. Debutantes

159. Alaskan politician, ... Palin 160. Severe defeat

162. Bank vault

164. Increased

165. Geyser, ... spring

167. Fewest

169. Afoot

171. High-dependency ward

(1,1,1)

173. Resumes

174. Touches with hand

175. Terraced

177. Writer, ... Blyton

178. Poll more than

179. Acrobat’s apparatus

180. Venture

181. Unmelodiously

182. Calmed

183. Analysis

DOWN

1. Historical periods

2. Yellow citrus fruit

3. Cry of agreement (4,4)

4. Switch

5. Angry growl

6. Fleet of warships

7. Accessible

8. Greek mathematician

9. Appreciation

10. Kept us going, ... us over

11. Logged on to

12. Settle snugly, ... oneself

13. Lower torso

14. Large deer

16. Composer, Andrew ... Webber

17. Roused

20. Military trainees

21. Declaim

27. Freeing from slavery

29. Easy to operate (4-8)

35. ..., feet, yards

36. TV’s Elementary actress, ... Liu

38. Embellish

41. Glossy fabric

43. Shoe part

44. In the distance

46. Brutal activists

47. Prepare for hatching

51. Worship

52. Retook (escapee)

55. Spaces

56. Intrudes (5,2)

57. Insult

58. Scottish plant

60. Carefully manoeuvre

67. Annoying constantly

69. Gestures hither

72. Confine (3,2)

75. Feminist, Germaine ...

77. Crockery & cutlery

79. Soft boggy areas

82. Indeterminate

83. Children’s nurses

86. Beside

88. Short-circuited

90. Paddle

91. ... & aah

92. WWW, World Wide ...

93. Early pesticide (1,1,1)

94. Israeli port, ... Aviv

95. Alphabet (1,1,1)

98. Futilely, to no ...

99. Earrings (4-3) 102. Suffering

103. Each

104. Determines

106. Bunny’s chocolate gifts (6,4) 108. Informal parties (3-9)

109. Gathered

110. Non-specifically

111. Outstanding works of art 114. Cruel

116. Tinted sun visor

119. Dutch sea walls

122. Closed

124. Soprano’s solo

125. Cotton top (1-5)

128. Corpses

130. Vulgar

132. Boasts

135. Loop

138. Left alone

139. Uproot

141. London’s ... Park

143. Made home in tree

144. Boring

145. Track performers

149. Power-grabbers

150. Vatican City basilica (2,5’1) 151. Whirled

153. Grey

158. Sadder

161. Extra people

163. Went hungry

166. French ... soup

168. Great pain

170. Little crown

172. Yearn

173. Landlord’s due

176. Nimble-fingered