The Colossus
ACROSS
1 Outer skin of a coconut
4 Skin irritation 6 Chosen group, the … 9 Unconscious state 13 Casual conversation 16 Clench your hand, make a …
19 Outer garment 20 Module, … of study 22 Frighten
23 Family vehicle, sedan …
24 Overturn, … the apple-cart
25 Chrysalis
26 Ready for harvest 27 Make money
28 Swarm with 29 Regulations
31 Sailor’s hanging bed 35 Painting using geometrical forms (2,3)
37 Work-shy
38 Clear silt from harbor bed
41 Crisp Mexican tortilla
43 Waits patiently,
… her time 44 Seven-day periods 45 Eye swelling
48 Flower stalk 50 Plumber’s hold-all, eg (4-3)
52 Take a seat 54 Lacklustre
56 Carry out, … a task 58 Cut of meat, rump … 59 Driven by an irresistible impulse, … shopper
62 Jewelled sphere 64 Harassed, victimised 66 Scorch, cauterise 67 Support, … in an argument
68 Take cover, … from the storm
73 Aversion, disdain 77 Funfair area, penny …
78 Hot pepper, jalapeno
80 Large tropical lizard 81 Health resort 82 Part of a curve 84 Occur, take place 86 Floor covering, seagrass …
89 Come to a halt
91 Length of office
92 Is indebted to
96 Responsibility, duty 97 Waterside plants 100 Book, A Town Like … 101 Untidy writer
105 Complain about
106 Wake Up Little Suzie singers, the … Brothers
108 Gift of money to an institution
110 Tough and durable, as hard as … 111 Quickness, rapidity 114 Toothed fastenings 115 Instrument like the harp
117 Door lockers
120 Easily shocked, … and proper
122 Split the bill on a date (2,5)
127 Cowboy’s rope
128 Collection
130 Plaything
131 Served tea from
a pot, eg
133 Spiced sausage
134 Untie, … the knots 136 Spider, eg
139 Vein in the neck
143 Night insect
144 Novel, The Man in
the Iron …
146 Vocal supporters, … for their team
148 Fruit conserve
150 Fervent, ardent
153 Plunged into water 155 Race-starters’ guns 156 Snatch suddenly
157 Retaliate,
… your own back 158 Best possible
… result
160 Knitting wool
164 Deaden,
… your gums
166 Snag, temporary
problem
168 Maltreatment
169 Young seal or whale 171 Spend up big, … out 176 Indian bread variety 178 More frosty
179 Lapel flower 183 Fluctuate,
… to and fro 185 Winning tennis serves
187 Handy hints
188 As well
189 Approach
menacingly
190 Whispered remark 191 Keep pestering
192 Tell off, chide
194 Fit and well,
… and hearty 195 Gripped, … onto 196 Muslim prayer leader
197 Cunning tactic, ploy 198 Quacking bird
199 Burnt remains
200 Small whirlpool
201 Daze with a blow
DOWN
1 Inhabited by ghosts 2 Church’s steeple 3 Bengal beast
4 Song, … My
Party (2’1)
5 Timeless, archetypal 7 Stand-in doctor 8 Trunk of the body 10 Situated near the coast
11 Take on a role 12 Regained consciousness (4,2) 14 Elvis hit, … Dog 15 Exchanges, swaps 17 Fine net
18 Nightfall
21 Measured by stopwatch
25 Write in capital letters, … your name 30 Abandon inhibition (3,2)
32 Mamma Mia band 33 More covered in wet soil
34 Homely, snug 36 Makes enquiries 39 Strict allocations of food
40 Heap praise on 42 Spoken exam 44 Moderately hot 46 Sincere and serious 47 School fair
49 Pancake topping, … syrup
51 Adore
52 Narrative tales 53 Brindled moggie (5,3)
55 Lost vital fluid 57 Region’s animal life 60 Look for, search 61 Hang on to 63 Be parsimonious 65 Yacht’s canvas 69 Domestic assistant 70 Yearn, … for
71 Badly behaved child 72 Level and smooth 74 Melbourne streetcar 75 For Whom the Bell
Tolls author, … Hemingway
76 Aircraft operator 77 Befitting 79 Fury, wrath 81 Spoken, had … 83 Edible shellfish 85 Goalkeeper’s zone (7,4)
87 Mental pictures 88 Glint, sparkle 89 Breastbone 90 Overthrowing 93 Slanted, … against 94 Rubbed out 95 Book, … Little Australians
97 Fish eggs
98 Conclusion
99 Witnessed
102 Public transport
vehicle
103 Protected side 104 Movie, The … Badge of Courage
107 Rhododendron-like shrub
109 Pensive poems
112 Fast-moving and exciting, … thriller, eg
113 Transmits
116 Trail, track
118 Positive response 119 Sharp twinge,
… of pain 120 Concert instruments,
grand …
121 Celtic dance (5,3)
123 Woodwind player 124 Open-back vans
125 Heavy weight
126 Soya bean curd
129 Fall headlong
132 Skating arena
135 Large cups, coffee … 137 Put in order again 138 Gold quality
measure
140 Tall and thin
141 Ripostes
142 Narcotic, eg
145 Indian robe
147 Prison room
149 Wide tree-lined streets
151 UK area, British … 152 Sworn declaration 154 Heroic tale
159 Plain clothes 161 NZ greenstone pendant
162 Saint’s ring of light 163 Floating ice mass 165 Two crotchets
167 Heart attack,
… arrest
170 Escape from custody
172 Dog restraint
173 Former Iraqi dictator, Saddam … 174 Branched deer horn
175 Goes angling
177 Very small particles 179 Take on too much, bite off more that you can …
180 Classifies
181 Water organisms,
blue-green …
182 Otherwise
184 Pink and grey parrot
186 Queensland holiday region, Gold …
190 Tot up
193 Home improvements
(1,1,1) Solution in next month’s issue.