The Colossus
ACROSS
1. Trick, ploy
4. Ride the waves
6. Live, reside
9. Long operatic solo 13. Wriggling invertebrate
16. Crisp biscuit, brandy …
19. George Orwell classic, Animal … 20. Naming word
22. Horrify, dismay 23. Former tennis star, … Rafter
24. Start, … of illness 25. Explosion noise 26. Indonesian holiday isle
27. Sudden impulse, on a …
28. Accustom baby to solid food
29. Monies owed
31. Married state
35. Shoe ties
37. Completely fascinated
38. Barrister or solicitor 41. Distort, … the result 43. Neon and helium, eg 44. Occupy the throne 45. Electrical resistance units
48. Affectionate greeting,
… on the cheek 50. Upper seating area in theatre, eg
52. Crab’s pinch 54. Cable-free internet (2-2)
56. Sharp and cruel, … remark
58. Literary category 59. Eliminating completely, … opposition (7,3) 62. In time past, long … 64. Got cosy, … to (8,2) 66. Famous 1960s rock musical
67. Fasten by anchor 68. Agrees to
73. Reduces the weight, … the load
77. Beatles song, Strawberry … Forever 78. Religious relic, the … of Turin 80. Idealist’s paradise 81. Circular graph,
… chart
82. Hotel, inn
84. Veteran singer, … Hines
86. Information session after military operation
89. Poems
91. Close tightly,
… the jar
92. Two-wheeler
96. Slender stalk
97. Aden is there
100. Languished
101. Cog mechanism part
105. Doris Day song,
Black Hills of …
106. Miss Marple’s creator,
… Christie
108. In reverse, going …
110. Escape from, … capture
111. Mist from an aerosol 114. Paul Newman movie,
Cool Hand …
115. Olivia Newton-John hit, Banks of the … 117. Lubricates,
… the hinges
120. Experiment
122. Dismisses,
… the rumours
127. Over-diluted
128. Song, … for Two
130. Measure of electrical current
131. Grand theatrical finish
133. African country,
… Leone
134. Feeling you’ve seen something before (4,2)
136. Share of company profits paid to shareholder
139. Convertible
settee (4,3)
143. Swift incursion
144. Old harp-like musical
instrument
146. Bullied, menaced
148. Jimi Hendrix hit, … Along the Watchtower
150. Hooked wardrobe
item (4,6)
153. US term for “grill”
155. Road accidents,
car …
156. Frankie Valli’s band,
The … Seasons
157. Disney dwarf
158. Deciphered 160. Droopy, floppy
164. Drawing pin, thmb …
166. Poet Andrew
Paterson’s nickname
168. Cat Stevens hit,
… Do The Children Play?
169. Iridescent gemstone
171. Personify, typify
176. Former name of Thailand
178. Principal religion of Iran
179. Calming, relaxing
183. Doona, duvet
185. Molten rock
187. Ray of light
188. Holler, shout
189. Owl’s call
190. Dangled to and fro 191. Director of The Da Vinci Code,
… Howard
192. Yawning gap
194. Put your name to,
… the petition
195. Movie, How the …
Was Won
196. Manipulates
197. Literature, painting,
etc
198. Oxen harness frame
199. Nairobi is there
200. Breeding establishment, horse …
201. Locate
DOWN
1. Extension,
… of licence, eg 2. Diving equipment, … tanks
3. Loosened a knot 4. Mineral spring
5. Witty reply
7. Erased a tape 8. Release your grip (3,2)
10. Firmly decide, … to 11. Nautically astern 12. Sleepy, tired
14. Former US First Lady, Michelle …
15. Very powerful 17. Exhaled sharply,
… out the candles 18. Foot cover
21. Fran Drescher TV sitcom, The … 25. Arrival of a baby
30. TV’s Mr Fawlty 32. Perimeter
33. Leaning to one side 34. Piece of luggage 36. Barred enclosure 39. US Grand Canyon State
40. Sherwood Forest outlaw, … Hood 42. Fairy’s magic stick 44. Bridle strap 46. Over-exposure of skin in summer 47. Crooned, had … 49. Building plots
51. Armed takeover, … d’etat
52. Of closest proximity 53. Assured, pledged
55. Old hotels
57. Give medical care to 60. Pluck, bottle
61. Bushy eucalyptus 63. Planks of wood, floor …
65. Severe, cheerless 69. Commodities exchange (5,6) 70. Malevolent
71. Row, rank
72. Crockery items, tea …
74. Stack, mound
75. Groups of bees
76. Light globes
77. Little lie
79. Expected, … to arrive 81. Famous Brazilian footballer
83. Composer, Johann Sebastian …
85. Slogan
87. To some extent (2,4) 88. Delicacy, with … 89. Fabric scrap, eg 90. Country in the
United Kingdom
93. Iron or copper
94. Official documents 95. Licit
97. Hooligan
98. Go Your Own Way band, Fleetwood …
99. At this instant, right … 102. Song, Til There … You
103. Perform without a
score, play by …
104. Produce eggs
107. Defective, imperfect
109. Make a woollen garment
112. John Travolta movie, … Fiction
113. Large cupolas
116. Placed a foot, … on
118. Musical,
… Misérables
119. Expressed in words
120. Runway surface
121. Benchmark, criterion
123. Wound, hurt
124. Cover with slabs
125. John Williamson hit,
Old Man …
126. Verdi opera
129. Happily picturesque 132. Book, … of Green
Gables
135. Expense
137. Receive as heir
138. Thoughts, plans
140. Hackneyed, trite
141. Fantasised
142. Unable to hear
145. Average (2-2)
147. In the past, back …
149. Most slack
151. Bushy barrier
152. Jupiter’s wife
154. Brave person
159. India’s capital, New ...
161. Rock song,
Long … Sally
162. Excessively quaint
163. Male admirer
165. Space speedster, Halley’s …
167. Aussie slang for “sheep”
170. Pleasantly sharp
172. Grand dances
173. Craved, … for
174. Illness that affects
breathing
175. Smile in an
ingratiating way
177. Movie, … A Boy
179. Manipulates fraudulently, … election
180. Sudden rush or swell
181. Ornate
182. Fortune, Lady …
184. Arwen in the Lord of
the Rings films, Liv …
186. Plea of having been elsewhere during crime
190. Building for pigs
193. Wet soil
Solution in next month’s issue.