The Colossus
ACROSS
1. Drinks a little at a time 4. Important mineral for bones 8. Hand-held metalcutting blade 13. Divisions of a play 16. Italian meat and tomato sauce 17. Affect superiority, put on … 18. Heavy weights 20. Trying hard, … your best 21. Scam, swindle 22. Grip tightly, … onto 23. Furious anger 24. Closing section 25. Line round which a sphere rotates 26. Recessed wall in a lawn (2-2) 27. Mud-loving African beast (abbrev) 29. Old Russian empress 32. Lounged, lazed 34. Fishing meshes 35. Barrister or solicitor 38. Bouncing back, … the light 41. Encourage (3,2) 42. See fit, … to attend 45. Votes into office 47. Move furtively 49. Dead heat 51. Light-headed 53. Defames in writing 55. Sonnets and elegies 56. Antirrhinum flower 59. Maori greeting, Kia … 61. Large guard dog 63. Pedestrian-only shopping street 64. Invalid, … and void 65. Roman building style 70. Life-saving assignments, rescue … 73. Hindu spiritual teacher 74. Internal communications device 76. Run, … a business 77. Hit for The Supremes, Where Did … Love Go 78. Insulate, … pipes 80. Tartly 82. Heartburn remedy 85. Michael Caine movie, … Rita
88. Travel by boat 91. Frosts a cake 92. Tim Robbins movie, The Hudsucker … 95. Pays back, … the purchase price 96. Moved to and fro 99. Evaluation, assessment 100. From Mogadishu, eg 102. Hostile rival 104. Admonish, scold 105. Forcibly remove, … from the premises 108. Munches 109. Machu Picchu country 111. Balletic turn on one foot 116. Paper hankies 121. Soften, show mercy 122. Small brush stroke 124. For what reason? 125. Spanish string instrument 127. Teflon-coated (3-5) 128. Exclamation meaning “not likely!” (2,2) 130. Wild guess (4,4) 133. Pattern of small circles (5-3) 137. Curve in a road 138. Defeat completely 140. Dehydrated, … coconut 142. Ignited, illuminated 144. Kind quality, tenderness 147. DNA units 149. Bread makers 150. Headed towards, … in on the target 151. Father, papa 152. Trimmed the grass, … the lawn 154. Crisp salad stalk 157. Deadly Sin of laziness 159. Thus 161. Tall surveillance platform 163. Connected body organs, digestive … 167. TV show, Six … Under 169. Spaghetti or penne, eg 170. Large African flightless bird 174. Scene of rustic innocence 176. Most important, … point 178. Darkish purple 179. Exclamation made when in error 180. Coarse tool used for filing 181. Yellow gemstone 182. City, … de Janeiro 183. Russell Morris song, The Real … 185. Strikebreaker 186. Ladies’ fingers vegie 187. Assists 188. Deaden, … the skin 189. Extremely arid (4,3) 190. Pulling sharply 191. Cause, … up trouble
DOWN
1. School bag 2. Party drink in a bowl, fruit … 3. Pink and grey parrot 4. Food chewed repeatedly by cows 5. Made redundant (4,3) 6. Mould of gold 7. Holy city of Islam 8. Vietnam’s capital 9. Hot chocolate drink 10. Skidding, slithering 11. Play truant, … school 12. Enclosed shopping street 14. Halt, stop 15. Acts as a replacement (5,2) 19. Frothy, full of suds 23. Wash out shampoo, … your hair 28. Extra benefits, … of the job 30. Poorly, ailing 31. Pesters, hassles 33. Eccentric or daffy, a bit … 36. Capital of the US State of Georgia 37. Vertical part of a stair 39. Calm period, a … in the storm 40. More aloof, an … reception 41. Correct or improve text for publication 43. Old fighting ship, Spanish … 44. Exhaled forcefully, … out the candles 46. Slim-fitting cropped trousers, … pants 48. Hair tangle 49. Set of DIY implements (4,3)
50. Arose, … from 52. Destiny, grim fate 54. Russian pancakes served with caviar 57. Consumer organisation (1,1,1,1) 58. Vivid blue stone, lapis … 60. Minister of religion 62. Flee, turn … and run 65. Confound, muddle 66. Emotional worth, … value 67. Lower limbs 68. Energy field surrounding the body 69. Fool, oaf 71. Very lazy person 72. Most underhanded 73. Instinct, … feeling 75. Rum and curacao cocktail, … tai 77. Stone used in cameos 79. Chew away at, … a bone 81. Remembered 83. Arctic reindeer 84. Fail to pay back, … on the loan 85. Exalt 86. Cocky newcomer 87. Refers indirectly, … to 89. Style, fashion 90. Rap, … on the door 92. Circular graph, … chart 93. Be indebted, … money 94. Bravo! 96. Beatles hit, … Loves You 97. Consume, … recycled materials 98. Greenwich Mean Time (1,1,1) 101. Service-station fuel 103. Female cleaner, household help 106. Baby kangaroo 107. Small tower 110. Burden, the … of proof 112. Sprinted along 113. Double-reed musical instrument 114. Judy Garland movie, … Parade 115. Fidgeted to pass time, … his thumbs 117. Feeling stuck, I’m … (2,1,3)
118. Do freestyle or backstroke, eg 119. Radio waveband (1,1,1) 120. Native of Ankara, eg 123. Detoured around, … the town 126. Roman item of attire 129. Painful toe condition 131. On the whole, the … result 132. Fly without propulsion 134. Make void, … marriage 135. Witness, watch 136. Lamp fuel (abbrev) 139. Yield, give way 141. Medical instance, a bad … of the flu 143. Ill-suited 145. Laps with the tongue 146. Viral online joke 148. Extinct flightless bird 150. Takes note,… the warning 153. Horseracing event, Kentucky … 155. Hooting night birds 156. Popular ice-cream flavour, … chip 157. Orange strand spice 158. Add together (3,2) 160. Climbing equipment 162. Famous Hawaiian surf beach 164. Car oil reservoirs 165. Fridge in a hotel room 166. Orates, … to the crowd 168. Natural bath soak, … salts 170. Exuded, seeped 171. Dawdle, loiter 172. Satirical sarcasm 173. Discover by chance, … a solution (3,2) 175. English cricket ground (4’1) 177. Dressy cravat, … tie 181. Bill run up in a bar 184. Almost choke Solution in next month’s issue.