The Colossus
ACROSS
2. Therapies
7. Silo
11. Weighed down
17. Line of rotation
18. As is, status – 19. Hamburger, Big – 20. Regrettably
21. Hanging above 22. Sorrows
23. Annihilate
26. Speak unclearly 28. Crooner, Frank – 29. Croquet clubs 31. Red-rind cheese 34. US military HQ 36. Destiny
39. Mobile phone brand 41. Good-looking, – man 43. Rouses from sleep 46. Flowed away 47. Outcome
49. Filled with cargo 51. Unattractiveness 52. Fabled land of gold (2,6)
53. Bead calculator 54. Multitude
55. Yacht pole
56. British nobleman 61. Non-believers in God 64. Become unfocused 65. Lair
66. Napkin
67. Grief
69. Open wound
71. Unhook
74. Beachfront
76. Discover
78. Golf ball peg 79. Refreshes
81. Cloth remnant
83. Male duck
84. Listened to
86. Pasta tubes
89. Kenyan capital 90. Whippings
93. Dish, shish –
94. Sloping font
97. Scolded persistently 100. TV and movie star, – Winfrey 101. Well-informed (5-2) 103. Reshuffle
106. Hollower, – threat 108. Gag
109. Phoney
110. Process oil, eg 111. Searches for
112. Country, – Rica
113. Tip off 115. Encroachments 118. Records of court proceedings, eg
121. Dune grains
124. Proverb
128. African river
129. Grind teeth, eg
130. Aloof
134. Elude
135. Irritating to the skin 136. Bonus
137. Run up, – debts
138. Peace prize, eg 139. Light-splitting crystal 140. Inventors
143. Respond
144. Bed cover
147. Move crabwise 150. Surfaces road, eg 151. Excruciatingly 155. Episodes
157. Colourants
158. Atlantic or Pacific
159. Just right
162. Aptitude
164. Each person, per – 167. Press dough
168. Acts as link
169. Poisonous fungus
172. Live in
173. From Houston, eg 174. Mailing details, – address
177. Swerved
180. Sprite
181. Hardest
183. Resistant to wear 184. Furthest back 186. Educate
187. Roof junction
188. Snoop
191. Iron deficiency 195. Unique, one – only 197. Mode of employment 198. Canadian province 200. TV viewer
202. California’s San – 203. Electric fish 205. Unfavourably 206. Abdominal muscles (abbrev)
208. Relinquish, – territory 209. Christmas month
212. Pet title
215. Cornet
217. Of shipping
220. Reach, – goal 222. Unfancied contestant 224. Cleverest, – gadget 226. Shotgun lead
228. Large spoons
229. Royal rule
230. Made twig home 232. Fantasy novels, – literature 235. Injures
236. Square root of 49 238. Igneous, – rock 241. Prince William, – of Cambridge 242. Varied
243. Suppress
244. Pleads with 246. Saying sorry 252. Scatterbrains 253. Most corroded 254. Song, – She Lovely (3’1)
255. Due time (1,1,1) 256. Acorn or cashew 257. Wheat spikes 258. Nailfile (5,5) 259. Layabouts
260. Fleecy hides
DOWN
1. Inhale and –
2. Casual garment (1-5) 3. Jealousy
4. Discontinues 5. Invalidating
6. Mouse call
7. Foot ailment
8. At a distance, from – 9. Italian bubbly, – spumante
10. Global hostel chain (1,1,1,1)
11. Allergy rash
12. Obeyed 13. Short-winded
14. Bridle strap
15. Hyphens
16. Small fowl breed 24. Entangle
25. Broth, chicken – soup 26. Clarifies in detail (6,3) 27. Destabilise
28. Plant, – seeds 30. Occupied a chair 32. Pooch’s neck band (3,6)
33. Sizing up
35. Historical era 37. US actress, – Hathaway
38. Cleared of blame 39. Poorest
40. Apple MP3 device 42. Add soundtrack 44. Austria’s currency 45. Tilts
47. Infant’s toy
48. Boot base, eg
50. Bird of peace 53. Too
57. Engulfs
58. Clock bird
59. Successive order 60. Hoarding
62. Local expressions 63. Studio, – Century Fox 65. Deadpan, – wit 68. Moose
70. Company ID on stationery
72. Certify, – accounts 73. Oyster gem 74. Colloquial language 75. Confuse
77. Looting
80. Touch up photo, eg 82. Spanking
85. Strong coffee
87. Skilled
88. Bites sharply
91. Yemen port
92. Musical, Anything –
95. Grown-up
96. Solve, – – the problems (4,3) 98. Antennas
99. Birthday offerings 102. Very modern (2-2-3-6)
104. Rainbow shapes
105. Tidy
107. Riviera sea
113. Cagiest
114. US Midwest cattleman, eg 116. Groaning
117. Imbues
119. Savoury biscuit 120. Sweet bun
122. No matter who
123. Lace table mats 125. Cairo is there 126. Ethiopia’s – Ababa 127. Tripe or liver, eg
128. Parts of a dollar 130. Brazil’s – Paulo
131. Boxer, Muhammad – 132. Wedding vow (1,2) 133. That boy’s
141. Boating carnival 142. Reprocess
145. Bicycle part
146. Increase in intensity 148. Movie, The Bourne –
149. Legitimising 152. Concepts
153. Hindu meditation and exercise form 154. Convince
155. Upon, get –
156. Less green, – fruit 160. Kitchen flooring (abbrev)
161. Spicy soft drink (6,3) 163. Vipers
165. Estuary current 166. Breast x-ray
167. Snoozes (colloq) 170. Experienced people (3,5) 171. Mechanic’s workwear, eg 175. Aquatic mammal 176. Coronet
178. Confer money on 179. Ramrod-straight
182. Fit for consumption 185. Long-haired hound 188. Bought
189. Benchmark
190. Golly, – whiz! 192. Typically scores 193. Broncos
194. Audio discs (1,2) 195. Aircraft
196. Cleaning ladies, eg 199. Tyre patterns 201. Cropped up, had – 204. Paradise
207. Toot
210. Imaginatively
211. Paw roughly
213. Equips, – out
214. Relieves, – pain 216. District
217. Common, usual 218. Passenger vessels 219. Eyelid inflammation 221. Little devil
223. Iowa’s neighbour State
225. Curly-tailed marine creature (3,5) 227. Computer key 228. Hallucinogenic drug (1,1,1)
231. Speck
233. Most certain 234. Carbonate
235. Hauled with effort 237. Days and –
239. Eases off
240. Snub
245. Accurate,
– statement
247. Related to the mouth 248. Killer whale
249. Lazy, bone – 250. Charged atoms 251. Tibetan snow beast
Solution in next month’s issue.