The Colossus

ACROSS

1. Ill-mannered

4. Fish tanks

8. Utterly wicked, a … crime

13. Makes a request

16. Oven for pottery

17. Similar or related, … to

18. Jacket and trousers set

20. Order of Greek architecture

21. Convert into leather

22. Subtly signify

23. Latin term for “thus”

24. Per capita, for …

25. Donated

26. Flip of a coin

27. Unspecified object

29. Inscribing using acid

32. Wax lyrical about

34. Stretches resources, … out supplies

35. Cute aquatic mammals

38. Mediates

41. Normal, the … routine

42. Operators

45. Large grey Australian crane

47. Adjust slightly, … the recipe

49. Brooch, lapel …

51. Direction of the Arctic Circle

53. Subtle shade of meaning

55. Loose sleeveless garment

56. Calmly, tranquilly

59. Mayonnaise essential

61. Steve McQueen movie, The … Kid

63. Anchor a boat

64. Frozen rain

65. Usually, as a rule

70. Small Asian twowheeled carriage

73. Rear garden, back …

74. Position, the … of the property

76. Herbal infusion

77. Vitally important, … factor

78. Marilyn Monroe movie, … Stop

80. Recognition, give … where it’s due

82. Washing out soap suds

85. Challengers

88. Judge’s gown

91. Soviet Union (1,1,1,1)

92. Arrange differently

95. Yellowish cotton fabric

96. Horrify, dismay

99. Severe physical or mental shock

100. Coral islands

102. Car engine enhancer, … charger

104. Drawing the outline, … around

105. Thin leather band

108. Expel, … odours

109. Vast, gigantic

111. Complain endlessly (slang)

116. Crafty nature, cunning

121. Disposable hanky

122. En route, along the …

124. Large deer

125. Invent, … a new method

127. Vitally important, crucial

128. Moderately heated

130. On cloud nine

133. Moistened

137. Relinquish, … territory

138. Displace from office

140. Owners

142. Movie, Apocalypse …

144. Romantic partner, a childhood …

147. Cow’s milk gland

149. Edible shellfish

150. Wounds, injures

151. Append, attach

152. Aerodynamically shaped

154. Sports therapist (abbrev)

157. Pungent vegetables

159. State of agreement, in …

161. Stovetop coffeemaker

163. Pranks, antics

167. Lilt, accent

169. Exactly vertical

170. Red condiment, tomato …

174. Athlete’s foot

176. Clever remark

178. Overlook

179. Ancient name for France

180. Opera set in Egypt

181. Thick tuft, … of grass

182. Ballerina’s hairstyle

183. Stomach ache suffered by babies

185. Sicilian volcanic peak

186. Ancient Peruvian

187. AD, … Domini

188. Very lazy messy person

189. Small thorn

190. Aggravated, made cross

191. Tropical root vegetable

DOWN

1. Italian rice dish

2. Loses moisture, … in the sun

3. Brawl

4. Bits and pieces, this … that

5. Erect, vertical

6. Reconnaissance (abbrev)

7. Playful prank

8. Vietnam’s capital

9. Cake decoration

10. Fish-eating hawks

11. Express verbally

12. Advertising song

14. Movie about a green ogre

15. Marriage partners

19. Sample, … the food

23. Smooths, … out the surface

28. Nickname for television, the … box

30. Mark as correct

31. US space agency (1,1,1,1)

33. Educate, instruct

36. Submarine projectile

37. Cosy neck wrap

39. Test of knowledge

40. Drawing to a close

41. Story start, Once … a time

43. Soft white Italian curd cheese

44. Opposed to

46. Stand-in doctor

48. Become limp and droop

49. Childish

50. Drink taken at bedtime

52. Rear part of a plane

54. Sisters of parents

57. Spaghetti western, The Good, the Bad and the …

58. Big Ben’s city

60. Small French restaurant

62. Wind into a loop

65. Certifier of deeds

66. Small soft red fruits

67. Pimples condition

68. Howls like a wolf

69. Brain section, frontal …

71. Edge of a road, eg

72. Open ocean, eg, international …

73. Currency of Japan

75. Early Sally Field TV show,

The Flying …

77. Flightless NZ bird

79. Place your foot, tread on

81. Shatter beliefs and hopes

83. Dishonourably

84. Hereditary, … disorder

85. Consumed too much

86. Small colourful garden flowers

87. Small scented posy

89. Object, protest

90. Lethal

92. Deep groove in the road, eg

93. Jam pot

94. Slimy or sticky stuff

96. Belly muscles (abbrev)

97. Equal, on a … with

98. Saw off, … the branches

101. Kitchen duo, mortar and …

103. Make beer, eg

106. Job, chore

107. Rely on

110. Fish, skipjack …

112. Crimson resin

113. Old stringed instrument

114. Branched deer horn

115. Spanish-American landed estate

117. Furthest down, … note in the scale

118. Geek, dork

119. Movie series, Nightmare on … Street

120. Sharp bark of pain

123. Authorised, permitted

126. Pieces of advice

129. Remove, … away

131. Final shut-down

132. Experiments, laboratory …

134. Poem of mourning

135. At a previous time, … on

136. German for “Mrs”

139. Excessively quaint

141. Traded, bought and …

143. More peculiar

145. Subject, … of conversation

146. Remain as a guest

148. Parasitic insect

150. Asian mountain range, … Kush

153. Muslims’ holy book

155. Church recess

156. Soybean curd

157. People from Tripoli, eg

158. Buddhist spiritual law

160. Parsley-laden middle-eastern salad

162. Absolutely

164. Angry resentment

165. Highest adult female voice

166. Choosing, … for

168. Cowboy skills show

170. Cushion stuffing

171. Piece of dining room furniture

172. Japanese car make

173. Nutty dessert, … pie

175. Actor’s representative, eg

177. Extremely, … masculine

181. Peaked headwear, baseball …

184. Bounder

Solution in next month’s issue.