The Colossus
ACROSS
1. Blacksmith’s workshop
5. Thor actor, … Hemsworth
9. Nom de plume
13. Hits with the foot, … the ball 16. Bloodsucking parasite
17. UK actor, Jeremy … 18. Very overweight 19. Managed, … with all the changes
20. Eroded, had … away 21. Eagles hit, … California
22. Blue-green gem
23. The king of rock and roll, … Presley 24. Release from bonds 25. Narrow prospect, view
26. Defamatory campaign, … tactics 27. Smashed,
… the record
28. More hilarious 29. Abbreviation for teaspoon
30. Parent’s father
32. Stevie Wonder hit,
You … the Sunshine of My Life
34. Public transport vehicle
37. Monopolise,
… the limelight
39. Song from
The Graduate, … Robinson
41. Broadcasting live (2,3)
42. Europe’s highest volcano
44. Habitual practice 47. Nuisance
49. Kayak, eg
50. Tabby or tortoiseshell
52. Poem of lamentation 54. Hires out
57. Tennis court divider 59. Altering to suit
60. Cow’s lowing sound 61. Green florets vegetable
62. Inactive, out of use 63. Bill Withers hit,
… on Me
64. Serial instalments 66. Indigenous plants, eg
67. Earning a monthly wage, … staff
69. Ink stain
70. Egg-shaped
71. Bee Gees hit,
Spicks and …
75. Cartoon boy, Bart … 80. Simply, slightly 83. Relating to cultural or racial origins, … background
85. Make up for, … losses 86. Australian actor, … McMahon
87. Come, … from
88. Chant, recite 89. Pick-me-up potions 91. Practice exercise (3,3)
93. Fibre used for making baskets 96. Underground hot water, … spring
100. Hand spade 103. Additional building 104. Northern American tribe
105. Combining, jumbling 108. Provided with fresh weapons
112. Apart from,
… for that
115. Ignites, … the fire 117. Op shop, … store 118. Henry Lawson poem,
Andy’s Gone with … 119. Alert, watchful 120. Constantly bother 121. Insubstantial, … pickings
123. Have a chinwag 125. BA or MA, eg 127. Flavouring of Pernod and ouzo
131. Evicted, dislodged 134. Short film extract 135. Bookie’s prices 136. Important rope on a sailing ship 139. Cinema snack 140. Hidden dangers 143. Japanese rice wine 144. Organs sensitive to sound
145. Going in
147. Boxing great, Muhammad … 148. Frightful, scary 150. Decay
151. Baby’s stomach ache
154. Notice instinctively 157. Passing craze
158. Paris landmark,
Eiffel …
160. James Dean film,
East of …
162. God or goddess 164. Unknown author (abbrev) 166. Over-seasoned 167. Tame animal
168. Tell tales on, … in 170. Lionel Richie song, … Night Long
171. Marilyn Monroe film,
Some Like It …
173. Blade fitted to a gun muzzle 174. Intelligence agent 175. Need for immediate action
176. Australian singer, Tina …
180. Venomous snake, death …
181. Eyelid inflammations 182. Book about a little Swiss girl
183. Retail outlets 184. Port-au-Prince is there
185. Small crown 186. Slumbered
187. Rescued
188. Church passageway 189. Seaside booth, beach …
190. Dodge, … captors
191. Blowin’ in the Wind
singer, Bob …
192. US Vice President, Mike …
193. Have your interest aroused, … and take notice (3,2)
194. Luxury fabrics,
… and satins
DOWN
1. Vivid purplish pink 2. Delegate
3. Tribal senior 4. Anxious, tense 5. Reddish-brown hair colour 6. Fetching back
7. Skull nasal cavity 8. Waters west of Denmark, eg (5,3) 9. Australia-England cricket trophy 10. Break continuity, … the speaker 11. Paint thinners, eg 12. Handel oratorio, The …
13. Meat on a skewer, shish …
14. Odourless but very toxic gas (6,8) 15. Silver trays
28. Mink, sable, etc 31. Gunfighter at the OK Corral, … Holliday 33. Beatles album,
Abbey …
34. Small French restaurant
35. Give a cuddle to 36. Organise, … up
38. Nobel Prize-winning author, Gabriel … Márquez
40. Fishing rod attachment
43. India’s capital (3,5) 45. Sign of illness
46. Small channels 48. Heighten, intensify 50. Antics
51. Middle leg joint 53. Occurrences, happenings 55. US country singer, Willie …
56. Opera solo
58. Slightly intoxicated 65. Extrication
68. Laryngeal tightness caused by strong emotion (4,2,3,6) 72. US TV personality, … Abdul
73. Boss, leader
74. Used the clutch (7,4) 76. From the
Emerald Isle
77. Before, … to
78. First AfricanAmerican US president, Barack … 79. Newspaper reporters, eg 81. Evocative of a style from the past 82. Sudden forward thrust of the body 84. Crispy lettuce
85. Colour of claret
90. Peak of a wave 92. Arrive at, get to
94. Put right, repair 95. Olympic swimmer, … Thorpe
96. Sticky black substance
97. Desperate Housewives star, … Longoria
98. Mother
99. Boy, youth
101. My Fair Lady star, … Harrison 102. Unhappiness
106. Really cross, livid 107. Entomb
109. Crocodile Rock singer, … John 110. Gymnastics apparatus 111. Privileged group 113. Plaster supports for fractures 114. Heartbeat rate 116. Container for return mail (1,1,1)
117. Cube root of 1000 122. Dependence, trust 124. Fairytale writer, Hans Christian … 125. Bush bread
126. Useful material or knowledge (5,2,3,4) 127. Ask for an umpire’s decision, eg 128. Established, the systems are … (2,5) 129. Self-centred person 130. Worn out, exhausted (4,2) 132. Phrase indicating someone being spoken about has arrived (4,2,3,5) 133. Wiped clean 137. Browsed,
… the internet 138. Female relation 141. Chilled drink, … coffee
142. Official, … invitation 146. Musical symbol 149. Sandwich dressing (abbrev)
152. Yet another time (4,5)
153. Wedding vow (1,2) 155. Calm area of a cyclone
156. Holy ceremony or rite
159. Steal from
161. Threshold 163. Incarcerate, confine 165. Go past, … the mark 166. Crafty, devious 167. Cooked in water, … an egg
169. Childish, infantile 170. Circus gymnast 172. Long vehement harangues
177. From the largest continent
178. Quiver, tremble 179. Dangers, chances 180. Donkeys
Solution in next month’s issue.