The Colossus

ACROSS

Musical ensembles 2.7. Soda pumps Comprehend 11. 17. Carolled, had – 18. Liqueur, – Maria 19. Grecian pot 20. US Mormon State 21. Fluid losses

22. Wafting, – on breeze 23. Deprivation of liberty, servitude 26. Lived, had –

28. Possibly

29. Springy

31. Alien spacecraft (1,1,2)

34. Chuckling noise 36. Actress, – Jessica Parker

39. Helium and hydrogen

41. Palest, – colour 43. Kidnap

46. Crafty animals 47. Abdominal rupture 49. North African desert

51. Military shell fragments 52. Slenderness 53. Cadence 54. Uncomplicated tune

55. Buzzes

56. Unfailing, – aim 61. Symphony creator 64. Costing nothing 65. China’s – Zedong 66. Place to leave your coat

67. Until now, as –

69. Face disguises 71. Duke’s wife 74. Monarch’s rod

76. Door pivot 78. Delicious!

79. Anyway

81. Gallivant, – about 83. Go up, – the stairs 84. Preamble 86. Courtroom testimony, give – 89. Went in

90. Broad vista

93. Bedtime beverage 94. Ruddier

97. Merited

100. Spouse’s parent (2-3)

101. Foreword

103. Minor planets

106. Artist, Leonardo –– (2,5) 108. Risky

109. Canopy

110. Way in, allow – to 111. East England county

112. Scientist, – Newton 113. She was, they – 115. Manages, – fund 118. Domesticates (5-6) 121. Dutch cheese

124. Stage whisper 128. Liable, – to suffer

129. Jet noise, – boom 130. Digests, – information

134. Effluent pipe 135. Articles

136. Bake meat, eg 137. Coke’s rival

138. Silver bar

139. French for “Bye!” 140. Fundamentally 143. Sister’s girl, eg 144. Sordid, disreputable 147. Beatles drummer, Ringo –

150. Neat

151. Office towers 155. Factual film 157. Unchanged (2,2) 158. Aunt’s husband 159. Corn bundle

162. Lay waste

164. Put on end

167. Flying limbs 168. Communist 169. Water-supply lake 172. Kindles fire

173. Send money 174. Demure 177. Approached

180. Propel

181. TV broadcast

183. Admit, – truth 184. Backbone segment 186. Late Australian actor, – Ledger

187. From Baghdad

188. Due time (1,1,1)

191. Faint notion, have an – 195. Bushranger, – Kelly 197. Drew back in fear 198. Uncouth (3-4) 200. School bag

202. Car’s fifth tyre 203. Couple, duo 205. Self-obsessed 206. Improvise, ad – a speech

208. Cake, Swiss – 209. Occurrence

212. The M of HMS (7’1) 215. Dog parasite 217. Phantom, spook 220. Sentimental person 222. Cherish 224. Government levy 226. Sports top, eg (1-5) 228. Depended

229. Beneath, below 230. Descend cliff by rope

232. Supervisor

235. Symbols

236. Food regimens 238. Easiest

241. Flank

242. Giddiness 243. Confidential, – details

244. Tasmania, the Apple – 246. Whiskey-laced hot drink (5,6) 252. Stretch

253. Recognise 254. Mediterranean volcano

255. Evita, – Peron

256. Road surface 257. Almost closed 258. Injected blood 259. Small lumps 260. Proposal

DOWN

1. Pet rodent, – pig 2. Leering at

3. Sear

4. Worsen, – situation 5. Investigate scientifically 6. Tension

7. Slumps

8. Flat bread

9. Shrek is one 10. Positive

11. Merges

12. Releases air from 13. Steadies

14. Between

15. Log canoe

16. Lariats

24. Lounged

25. Paltry

26. Profanity

27. Less explicit term 28. Flower, sweet – 30. US espionage group (1,1,1) 32. Showcasing

33. Spoke haltingly 35. That female 37. Current units 38. Vacations

39. Waved

40. Deciduous trees 42. His Royal Highness (1,1,1)

44. Soviet region (1,1,1,1) 45. Fashion directions 47. Valiant

48. Invitation reply request (1,1,1,1) 50. Greenish-blue 53. Scarce

57. Dozed (6,3)

58. Guess

59. Dribbles

60. Crooked

62. Sprint faster than 63. Optic fatigue 65. Flavour enhancer (1,1,1)

68. French Le

70. Entitles

72. Compere

73. Glided on snow 74. Indian guitar

75. Flee to wed

77. Rubbish bin (7,3) 80. Gelato (3,5) 82. Resumed business 85. Metal tea caddy, eg 87. Differ

88. Ship’s staff

91. Includes

92. Rat relatives

95. Tap trickles

96. Baby eagles

98. Usually (2,1,4) 99. Alcove

102. Pleasure boats (5,8) 104. Bits and pieces, – and that

105. Creep, – forward 107. Killing, – a VIP, eg 113. Most cautious 114. Mesmerised

116. WWII Allied retreat 117. Asthmatic’s aid 119. Circus swing 120. January celebration (3,4)

122. Veteran star, Kirk – 123. Trusted advisers 125. Treatise

126. Surrounded by 127. Apparent

128. Enquires intrusively 130. Gobbled

131. Phone text (1,1,1) 132. Israeli port, – Aviv 133. Observe covertly 141. Meat pins

142. University lesson 145. Last golf hole 146. Explosive stick 148. Lucky charm

149. Chief troublemaker 152. Presentation 153. Players on the bench (abbrev) 154. Contemptuous 155. Protest march 156. Flow-rate counter 160. Destiny 161. Continuation,

– of time

163. Automatic tellers (1,1,2)

165. Travel by bike 166. Generously

167. River barrier 170. Engravings

171. Military emblems 175. Alternate, every – 176. Heavy antelope 178. Accumulate

179. Turf out

182. Lower leg bracelet 185. Skin eruptions 188. Strong coffees 189. Evacuated by plane 190. Early pesticide (1,1,1) 192. Chefs’ workrooms 193. Demanded 194. Computer port type (1,1,1)

195. Manicure tools 196. Utterly destroy 199. Surpass

201. Country, Saudi – 204. Prudent

207. Is not (3’1)

210. Kings and queens 211. Against

213. Immense periods 214. Cab ranks (4,6) 216. Italian sparkling wine, – spumante 217. Oinks

218. Import duty

219. History, in the – 221. – and buts

223. Senior citizens, eg 225. Helpful

227. Plant juice

228. Race, – the motor 231. Commit perjury 233. Drops in on

234. Reboil

235. Dirty

237. Throwing weapons 239. Tripoli native 240. Marketing catchphrase 245. Eastern exercise 247. Tehran is there 248. Clasp

249. Fiery gem

250. Is the right size 251. Suva is there Solution in next month’s issue