The Colossus

ACROSS

2. Regretted, … the decision 4. Book and movie, Harry Potter and the … of Secrets 8. Wagered 12. Garden hut 16. Excessive, … much 17. Rounded vase 18. Wild beast’s shelter 19. Searches for prey 20. Russian president, Vladimir … 21. Petulantly purse lips 22. Old land unit 24. Tofu bean 27. One-piece toddler suit, eg 28. Waste container 30. Ray Meagher’s Home and Away role 32. Fluttered 33. Kitchen tool 34. Old anaesthetic 36. Cove, bay 37. Bursts a balloon 41. Use a sieve 42. Footwear item 43. Full-length skirt, eg 44. Eyelid hair 46. Bridal attendant, … of honour 48. Lingerie item 50. Pay no attention to, … advice 55. Perfume, … de cologne 58. Bird of peace 59. Happened as a result 61. At an angle 63. Mark as correct 64. Close violently, … the door 65. Circumvention, tax … 66. Long ago, in days of … 67. Nuisance 69. Online messages 71. Large blob or portion 73. Queensland rugby union team 76. Discard, get … of 77. Portray feelings on stage 79. Little devil 81. Coarse string 82. With no skill at all 84. Bitter or sour, … comment 86. This planet 87. Castmate of actor in 30 Across, … Nicodemou 88. Mimic, imitate 89. Step on 91. Beatles hit, Penny … 93. Sea hawks 97. Large indoor shopping centre 99. Cotton spools 101. Pokes with a stick 103. Short flamenco jacket 104. Accommodated 106. Defects, faults 108. Firmly decide, … to 109. Ostracises 110. Densely populated slum area 112. Endorse, … the legislation 114. Serving salvers 116. Crooked 119. Jockey’s strap 120. Opinion polls 123. Burden of proof 125. Room embellishments 127. High card in suit 128. Debt note (1,1,1) 129. Greenish-brown eye colour 130. Confused 133. Tom Jones hit, It’s Not … 136. Curry spice 137. NZ parrot 138. Volunteer, … to help 141. Erode, … away 142. Indoor swim centre 145. Transmit disease 147. Military force, French Foreign … 148. Exploits 150. Religious image 151. Brave woman 152. Wedding-cake layer 153. Layer of drifting ice 154. Infuriate 157. Creature preserved in rock 160. Prevents from speaking 161. Poem, … to a Nightingale 162. Hatred, resentment 166. Type of US whiskey 169. Hindu mystic 170. Title of Russian emperors 172. Arab marketplace 174. Mum’s sister 177. Recognised, … his face 178. Field entrance 180. Takes on staff 181. Kick out 182. Rejoice greatly 185. Mount Fuji is one 186. Owns 188. Go astray morally 190. Rouses from sleep 191. Brink, on the … 196. Distance across a bridge 198. Walk through water 199. Hand cover 200. Not censored, the … version 201. Authoritative ban 202. Movie, All About … 203. Money charged 204. Extinct flightless bird 205. Therapist who kneads parts of the body 206. Classic movie, … Mr Chips 207. Block of bread

DOWN

1. Foot supports for a jockey, eg 2. Pickled herring fillets 3. Made revisions to, … the text 4. Elegant, stylish 5. Continued pain 6. TV star daughter of Steve Irwin 7. Baby’s chewing biscuit 8. Spaces, … in the line 9. Iron or copper, eg 10. Optical device 11. Reject as false, … the claims 13. Eastern smoking pipe 14. With excise already charged (4-4) 15. Flood, … the market 22. Enquire 23. Indian side dish similar to tzatziki 25. Looks at lasciviously 26. Towards a ship’s rear 28. Next to 29. Gets closer 30. Cooking scent 31. Paddocks 35. Bees’ home 38. Most bashful 39. Spider’s trap 40. John Williamson hit, Old Man … 41. Whoopi Goldberg movie, … Act 43. Play, A … for All Seasons 45. Egg layer 47. Wisecrack 49. Intended as a cure 51. Fateful date for Julius Caesar, the … of March 52. Supply with weapons again 53. Gleam, glitter 54. South African currency 56. Out of the ordinary, … result 57. Any non-alkali 60. Rock song, … Rattle and Roll 62. Unrehearsed reply (2-3) 67. Racing car’s short break (3,4) 68. Malice 70. Item for auction 72. Be in arrears, … money 74. Eagle’s home 75. Splits, breaches 76. Assume, take it as … 77. Watership Down song, Bright … 78. Simple, uncomplicated 80. Squint, … at 83. Foreordained 85. Unruly 90. Able to be heard 92. Time past, long … 93. Smelly 94. Thrive, do well 95. Cast into servitude 96. Ball shapes 98. US actor, Tommy … Jones 100. Increase in size 102. Took part in a race 103. Computer virus, eg 105. Calamity Jane star, Doris … 107. Ironic, a … smile 109. Break, wreck (5,2) 111. Shade of colour 113 Winter ailment 115. Yarns, threads 117. Toy musical instrument 118. Saunter, amble 119. Stayed, … in place 121. Release, … a knot 122. TV sitcom, How I Met … Mother 124. Without a sound 125. Channel for tears, eg 126. Arrives 131. Postpone 132. Crimson resin 134. Open-back van 135. Flats, home … 139. Place of discussion 140. Doorways out 143. Hooting birds 144. Remain concealed (3,3) 146. Occasionally, now and … 147. Abandoned, … behind 148. Propelling, inciting 149. Latin for “therefore” 155. Butterfly trap 156. Tawdry, lurid 158. Pearl shellfish 159. Peeve 161. Car engine lubricant 163. Wastes time 164. Rarely, … in a blue moon 165. Angry, enraged 167. Hearing organ 168. Tight tops worn by The Wiggles 169. Jaundiced 171. Shoulder gesture of unconcern 173. Seize power, … the throne 175. Gradually wane (5,3) 176. Relaxed, unhurried 179. Transferred, … over 180 Gardening tool 183. Process hide into leather 184. Manage, scrape by (4,2) 187. Originated, … from 189. Right-hand page of a book 192. Reckon, suppose 193. Food in shells 194. Cog mechanism 195. Dangled 196. Wound with a knife 197. Book, … of Green Gables

Solution in next month’s issue