MEGA CROSSWORD

“WHETHER I’M WEARING LOTS OF MAKEUP OR NO MAKEUP, I’M ALWAYS THE SAME PERSON INSIDE.”

LADY GAGA

ACROSS

1. Rowed

6. Kelp or kombu

10. Omissions

15. Regrettably

18. Appraising

19. Film audience

20. Nodule

22. Decipher

23. New York/Ontario falls

24. Spread evenly

25. Info

26. Pea or bean

28. Diaper

30. TV band (1,1,1)

31. Waikiki welcome

32. Garden of Creation

33. Deception

34. Orchestra woodwinds

35. Wooden strip

37. Computer input

39. Type of body scan (1,1,1)

40. Graceful bird

42. Dublin republic

45. Orient (3,4)

48. Languish

49. Singing pitch

50. Of the senses

53. Video player (1,1,1)

54. Seashore

56. Pigs’ pens

59. Futuristic fiction (3-2)

61. U-boat

62. Wild

63. Baronet’s title

64. In support of

65. Hidden obstacle

66. Wilt

68. Highly respectful

69. Female hare

70. Irregularities

71. Apiarist

72. Relax, ... out

73. Deficiency

74. America (1,1,1)

76. Wallow (in)

78. Allow

80. Fire-engine warning

81. Skirts around

84. Confection, barley ...

85. Depart! (2,4)

87. Cowboy’s noose

89. Dune grains

92. Toothsome

94. Mideast port

96. From Kyoto

97. Rekindle

98. Bounders

100. Spyglass

101. Fathers

104. Annie Hall star, Diane ...

105. Assented

107. Satisfy (thirst)

108. Self-sustaining environment

112. Scientist, ... Newton

113. Trampled

115. Nattering

117. Souffle ingredient

118. Youths

120. Positive reply

121. Misleading statement (4-5)

123. Lattice-works

125. Zoo’s physician

126. Whiskey-laced hot drink (5,6)

127. Liqueur, ... Maria

129. Graven image

130. Expert

131. Discarded cloth

133. Freighter

134. Gear

136. UFO creature

137. Sentry duty

140. NW US state

141. Clumsy lout

142. Hillbilly

146. Classic painting, ... Lisa

147. You (archaic)

148. Geothermal springs

152. Breathe sharply

154. Fail to win

155. Hamburger, Big ...

156. Plant stalk

157. Physics particle

159. Blood sample container

160. Pecans or almonds

162. Pull

164. Baghdad native

165. Caviar

167. Jogs

169. Trussing

171. Annoy constantly

173. English actress, Helen ...

174. Misuse

175. Fluctuate

177. Betting chances

178. Forestalled

179. Surrounded territory

180. Feast

181. Skin inflammation

182. Holds tightly

183. Bribes

DOWN

1. Farm vehicle, ... bike

2. Swiftly

3. Letter sleeve

4. Pond flower leaves (4,4)

5. Dental tool

6. Contracted (to)

7. Achievement

8. Citizen living overseas

9. Sofas

10. Having an advantage (3-2)

11. All & sundry

12. Bouts

13. Bootleg scotch

14. Sleigh

16. Within the law

17. Musical composition

20. Sick feeling

21. Postpone

27. Dressmakers

29. Famous Greek stories (5’1,6)

35. Figures out

36. A great way off

38. Collection of charts

41. Up & about

43. Troubles

44. Eatable

46. Reinstituting

47. NZ’s largest city

51. Most raucous

52. Saddest

55. Address to king

56. Performance enhancing substance

57. Awkward

58. Place

60. Composer, ... Porter

67. Cosmonaut, Yuri ...

69. Medicated

72. Entry permits

75. Cooking smock

77. Tenure arrangement

79. London’s ... Square

82. Pencil rubbers

83. Mesmerised states

86. Ethiopia’s Addis ...

88. Idiotic (remark)

90. Battery size (1,1,1)

91. Deejays (1,2)

92. Caress

93. Poet’s word for before

94. Also

95. Finale

98. Indian social division

99. Breeze

102. Psychiatrist

103. Religious offshoots

104. Percussion instrument

106. Easily absorbed

108. Induction of monarch

109. Supervised

110. Last in a dozen

111. Strangely

114. Outmanoeuvre

116. Imaginary

119. UK racecourse

122. Exhaust

124. Enjoyable book, good ...

125. Norse warrior

128. Declare to be true

130. Grand or upright

132. Estimate

135. Material flaps

138. Throat protrusion (4’1,5)

139. Slogans

141. Depose

143. Shoe parts

144. Moving

145. Abuse (3-5)

149. Re-settle abroad

150. Least dense

151. Bucketed down

153. Caustic

158. Heart or lung

161. Depleted (4,2)

163. Says

166. Instruct

168. Vows of allegiance

170. Ancient Peruvians

172. Apart (from)

173. Humour

176. Marries