The Colossus
ACROSS
1. Study of religion
5. Marvellous, … duper! 8. Made bread
11. Rhythm section guitarists
15. Perfume,
… de Cologne 16. Ostrich-like bird 17. Groove in road, eg 18. Black eyeliner
20. Dirty, untidy
21. Sketches
22. Public disorder 24. Ventilate, … the room 25. Furthermore, in addition
27. Show Boat composer, Jerome … 29. Deliberately delay, … for time
30. Hit the roof, go … 34. Definite evidence 35. Opera by Puccini 36. Fishing barbs 37. Visually unappealing 40. Rod Stewart hit,
Do Ya Think I’m …? 42. Tofu bean
44. Unknown author (abbrev)
45. Hunt for
46. Wait, … your time 47. Malice, … will
48. Jump with a rope 50. On a single occasion 52. Straight away, without further … 54. Inflamed eyelid 56. Listed object 58. Suitable, fitting 61. Contort, distort 62. South American rodent related to the guinea pig 64. In addition (2,4) 66. Discharge, … vapour 67. Formal test
68. Dirtier
69. Former lovers, eg 70. Fabled Hamelin hero, The … Piper 72. Sovereign’s son 74. Arrangement, the …of the room 76. Toboggan
79. Cat Ballou actor, … Marvin
80. Saying, motto
82. Pelvic joint
84. Salty, … water 85. Convent dweller 86. Unhappy
87. Removable cover 88. Sense of self
89. Sisters of parents 90. Introverted, bashful
92. Conclude
94. Partly new tyres 98. Betrothed to wed 102. Legal authorisations, search …
105. Determine a metal’s composition
108. In golf, two under par 111. Famous cartoon bear
113. Night butterfly 115. Beneficiary
116. Lazy
118. Comrades, brothers in … 120. Environmental Impact Statement (1,1,1)
121. Zany, … the planet 122. Brink, verge
123. Jab with a finger 125. Oppose the plan, raise an …
128. Melt, defrost
131. Go over again,
… the work
133. Vacuous, senseless 135. Latin term for “intrinsically” (3,2) 137. Abated, the storm … in intensity 141. Downward climb 144. Make as small as possible
148. Movie, A … Good Men
150. Service charge 152. Ketchup, tomato … 153. Boat paddle
154. Hooting bird, barn … 155. Road-surfacing material 156. Floor-cleaning tool 157. Muslim leaders
158. Make a dash for it 159. Spiral cake, … roll 162. Donkey
163. Ballad
166. Greasier
168. Brokeback Mountain
star, Heath …
169. Inlet, bay
171. Machine for weaving
172. Exterior, the … of the building
173. The Wizard of Oz dog 174. Male admirer 175. Demand emphatically, … on 178. Individually, for each 181. Queue, form a … 182. Frozen water 183. Domesticated
184. Trees with acorns 185. TV breaks (abbrev) 188. Vote to forbid,
… the idea
189. Russian emperor 191. Go bad or mouldy 192. Shakespeare’s birthplace, Stratford upon …
194. Block of bread 197. Ferrous metal 198. Silverbacks, great …
200.Travel by yacht 202. Australian actress, … Byrne
204. Outlet for dirty water 205. Folk tales
208. Card-pack jack 209. People who switch sides
214. Embed, insert
215. Short T-shirt, … top 218. Card player’s stake 220. Twelve in Roman numerals
221. Firmly against
222. Hangs around furtively
223. Book of photographs
224. Long heroic tale 225. Court as suitor
226. Vivid shade, day … 227. Location of the cochlea
228. Ornamental maces 229. Song, One of … Days 230. Attach (3,2) 231. Reflected,
… her feelings
DOWN
1. Curdle (4,4)
2. Animal innards 3. Probably, more than … 4. Holler, shout
5. Style of wrestling 6. Penne and linguine 7. Kingly, regal 8. Presages, foretells 9. Military uniform colour
10. Office table
11. Lilt, accent 12. Tummy-trimming exercises (3-3) 13. Transported by ship, … cargo
14. Raking with machine-gun fire 19. Come to a standstill 23. Michael Hutchence’s former band
26. Popular Japanese food
28. Filament-like Asian mushroom variety 30. Most contemptible 31. Insufficiently strict 32. Overly, … much 33. Gorges
38. Barked in pain
39. Alias (1,1,1)
41. Conceded defeat 42. Gwyneth Paltrow movie, … Doors
43. Small child, tiny … 44. Right of approach 46. Marsh, swamp 49. Friend, mate
51. Cab for hire 53. Moistened
55. Song, I’ve Had the … of My Life
57. Husband of a countess
59. Vast amount 60. Conceal
63. Vinegary vegies, pickled …
65. Ran away to marry 70. Australian novel and TV series, … Blues
71. Remove from the premises
73. Teapot insulator 75. Diplomatic assistant 77. Cloth from flax 78. Stops, ceases 79. Medieval harp-like instrument
80. Yemeni port 81. Otherwise, or … 83. Live-in home helper, au …
91. Elvis Presley hit, … Latest Flame
93. Pester, hassle 95. Harrison Ford movie, … of the Lost Ark
96. Upper limb
97. Relaxed in a chair 98. Storm’s centre 99. Covers worn above the shoes 100. Tough part of meat 101. Animal’s lair
102. Tie the knot
103. Type of US whiskey 104. Conundrum of letters
106. Surface gloss 107. Fire-starting crime 109. Make recompense, … for sins
110. Elevates
112. Peculiar
114. Or nearest offer
(1,1,1)
117. Meadow, pasture 119. Become angry, get … 122. Joins the army 123. Fastener, safety … 124. Goat’s young 126. Garden area, flower …
127. Choose, … for 129. Garment’s sewn border
130. Come first in race
132. Supervise,
… the work
134. Top card in suit
136. Have regret for 138. Refuse, reject 139. Eternally, for …
140. Fiscal or monetary, … policies
142. Conger fishes 143. Cashews eg 145. Communicated,
… the news
146. Greek rainbow goddess
147. Stage of insect life 148. Ruffled borders 149. Eroded, … away 150. Costing nothing 151. Political exile
160. Shrivels up
161. Stoppers for barrels 164. Prophetic sign 165. Wheat protein people with coeliac disease should avoid
167. List of duties
168. Security breach, eg 169. Neck area of shirt 170. Grape plant
176. Goal’s mesh
177. Single fibre,
… of wool
179. Religious verses or hymns
180. Food tin
182. Electrically charged particle
186. Devious
187. Excavation tools 188. Express in words 190. Military cap with a plume 193. On many occasions 195. Disciple
196. Splendid!
Well done! (4,4)
199. Pixie, sprite
201. In days gone by
203. Rent payer
204. Tube, channel
206. Ladder rung 207. Machine for grinding meat
210. Nest of a bird of prey
211. Happen afterwards, chaos will …
212. Small crown
213. Grandly dressed 216. Petroleum platforms, oil …
217. Conspire against 218. Prayer’s conclusion 219. Part of school year
Solution in next month’s issue