The Colossus

ACROSS

2. Banned

7. False courage 11. Ousting (7,3) 17. Cocktail, – colada 18. I have (1’2)

19. Gene acid (1,1,1) 20. US-Canada border lake

21. Dreamt up

22. Scurries

23. Nitwits

26. Price

28. Portion

29. Ashamed 31. Grand-scale, mega 34. Last Supper guests 36. Caesar or Waldorf 39. Multiple-birth babies 41. Broad vista

43. Gather, – interest 46. Ballet dresses 47. Former US president, – Ford 49. Portray

51. Modernises, – software 52. Spookiness 53. Taiwanese city 54. Witness box

55. Oh dear!

56. Mending with cloth 61. Beads of liquid 64. Political power group

65. Egyptian cobra 66. 42-kilometre races 67. Repetitive strain injury (1,1,1) 69. Chambers

71. Fence planks 74. Yachting carnival 76. Soak in tub

78. Racket

79. Person in the know 81. Stitch

83. Scans bar code, eg 84. Cuban dance 86. Coroners’ enquiries 89. Libyan capital 90. Punish

93. Perhaps

94. Cooking guide 97. Gossip

100. Gem weight unit 101. Financial overhead 103. Institution for waifs 106. Hollywood actor, F. Murray –

108. Kilt, eg

109. Scrape by,

– a living (3,3)

110. Peace

111. Pavarotti or Carreras 112. Bonus 113. Court order 115. Ambitions

118. Handling roughly 121. Wise advice,

Do – others … 124. Donkeys

128. Muscle cramp 129. Further down 130. Seductress (5,6) 134. Ward off 135. Unmentionable 136. Scrounge 137. Blacksmith’s block 138. Resource

139. Futuristic fiction (3-2)

140. Written queue for surgery, eg (7,4) 143. Pungent vegetable 144. TV celebrity, – Winfrey

147. Vestige

150. Fight for air, pant 151. Great beginning, off to a – – (6,5)

155. Polar ships 157. In between

158. World fairs

159. Implore, – with 162. Crude image for mockery

164. Innate

167. Chicken breed, – Island Red

168. Greek resin wine 169. Salinity

172. Incited (5,2)

173. Jury

174. Martial art 177. Belonging to them 180. Bell-shaped fruits 181. Roman XIX 183. Henhouse boss 184. Track and field performers

186. Blinky Bill marsupial 187. Eventually become, – – as (3,2)

188. Plus

191. Increases threefold 195. From the menu,

– – carte (1,2)

197. Poker bet, eg

198. Topic

200. Emit heat, eg

202. Logo sticker

203. Invite

205. Unscathed

206. Rodent

208. Consumer

209. Piece together 212. In these times 215. Mortgage, home – 217. Cleaned with a sponge, eg 220. North American tribe

222. Japonica or sasanqua

224. Healing cream 226. Shoots from cover 228. Assimilate (4,2) 229. Nose

230. Petite

232. Hosted TV show 235. Small forests 236. Pickpocket 238. Flushed, blushed 241. Alternatively, or – 242. Bed attire

243. Meeting schedules 244. Song, Auld Lang –

246. Sleeping halls 252. Kayaking

253. Bridge designer, civil –

254. Half, – circle

255. Evita – Peron

256. Poet, Edgar Allan – 257. Big-screen movie format

258. Passed laws

259. Whys and wherefores 260. Successor

DOWN

1. Circus marquee (3,3) 2. Coats with colour 3. Of the mouth 4. Shimmering

5. Neatens (6,2) 6. Numerals

7. – there, done that! 8. Slightly open 9. Molecule part 10. Gambling chances 11. Central US state 12. Tumbles like water 13. Author’s pseudonym (3,2,5)

14. Follow instructions 15. Cosmetics sample 16. Casualty

24. Addresses crowd 25. Unexpended

26. Stiff paper

27. Broth utensil (4,5) 28. Area of ocean

30. Father

32. Brochures

33. Flight attendants (5,4)

35. Twitch

37. A long way off 38. Sweeping receptacles

39. Slaked, – her thirst 40. Podium 42. Reproductive cells 44. Hurry

45. Traditional Xmas drink

47. Prince William’s son 48. Please reply (1,1,1,1) 50. Hints

53. Throw

57. Clapped

58. Punctuation marks 59. Kitchen container 60. Infallible, an – aim 62. Discloses (4,2) 63. London’s – Square 65. White – – sheet (2,1) 68. Major tech firm (1,1,1) 70. Petroleum carriers (3,7)

72. Hold carefully

73. Guru

74. Send funds

75. Raisin, dried –

77. In this vicinity 80. Embeds surgically 82. Release

85. Joined forces (6,2) 87. Subsequent

88. Arduous walk 91. Historical ages

92. Shoo!

95. Hard blow

96. Roadway cavity 98. Pressurised spray 99. Dwindle, – off 102. Retiree, eg (6,7)

104. Filled pastries 105. Biblical first man 107. More handsome (6-7)

113. African wild pig

114. Map pressure lines 116. Timber-cutting factory

117. Complying,

– by the rules

119. Lift

120. Frostier

122. On and on, ad – 123. Neglected

125. Pour clumsily

126. Jeans fabric 127. Flea-bitten

128. Tilt, lean

130. Scarcely any

131. Medical imaging technique (1,1,1) 132. Boxing legend, Muhammad –

133. Chew 141. Psychotherapist (US) 142. Scandinavian language

145. The P of MP

146. Evident

148. Impetuosity

149. Glass slipper owner 152. Slalom competitor 153. Inform

154. Separates (6,2) 155. Scotland’s – of Skye 156. Jewish religious teacher

160. Supermarket section 161. Star-like symbols

163. Not genuine 165. Remainder, all the – 166. Body ornaments 167. Heavy cord

170. Charging with gas 171. Accentuates 175. Leg-foot joint

176. Be in store for

178. Older of two

179. Swift

182. Facilitate

185. Messenger 188. Confidence

189. Desert trees (4,5) 190. Earl Grey drink 192. Naples folk, eg 193. Exclude (5,3)

194. Old pesticide (1,1,1) 195. Escort

196. Adjacent to

199. Pillar

201. Idolised

204. Bank vault

207. In present condition (2,2) 210. Equilibrium

211. Timid creatures 213. Opposed to

214. From Down Under 216. As well

217. Back molars, – teeth 218. Hesitate

219. Eyelid swelling

221. Fuss, – and cry 223. Vacuum-sealed 225. Anonymous

227. Gesture of assent 228. Decimal base

231. I agree!

233. Martini garnishes 234. Sketching implement

235. Jammed

237. Abstained from food 239. Morale, – de corps 240. Make beloved 245. Drawback

247. Rank, –– admiral 248. Ancient Peruvian 249. Cleveland is there 250. Scamps

251. Greek cheese

Solution in next month’s issue.