The Colossus

ACROSS

1. Shoe repairers 5. Blacksmith’s block 8. Participates in an election

11. Ardent follower 15. Electric particle 16. Misfortune

17. Of milk, sterilised at high temperatures (inits)

18. Cook in water 20. Invigorating medicine 21. Reminiscent of the recent past 22. Tightly closed shellfish

24. Cut down

25. Prescribed quantity 27. Common NZ greenstone pendant 29. South American rodent

30. Thick‑soled shoes 34. Correspond in sound 35. Cattle‑catching rope 36. Truss (3,2)

37. Single entity

40. Hits high

42. Person in line to inherit

44. Hard animal fat 45. Lacerate

46. Calf‑length garment 47. Beverage

48. Porridge cereal

50. Flat, marine, cartilaginous fishes 52. First number

54. Roman item of attire 56. Stooge, puppet 58. Select, ... for

61. Watch chains

62. Out of sight, concealed

64. Variety of tropical lizard

66. Heap, mound 67. Opposite of west 68. Reveals

69. Persian monarch 70. Lumps of turf

72. Witch’s curses

74. Team spirit,

... de corps

76. Awry, distorted 79. White wood

80. Garnish

82. Bone connected to the sternum 84. Brilliance

85. Sensory organ 86. Bright object in the sky

87. It doesn’t matter which

88. Whales’ habitat

89. Exuded

90. Right, fitting

92. Perch

94. Opening statement

98. Fate

102. Home for aquatic

pets

105. Humble, modest

108. More than enough

111. Edible fish, John ...

113. Rhythmic guitar phrase

115. Landing field for planes

116. Vast period of time

118. Produced offspring

120. Conifer

121. Road‑building

material

122. Muslim prayer

leader

123. Variety

125. Highly respected

128. Cole Porter musical,

Anything ...

131. Toil hard

133. Of a town or city

135. Michaelmas flower

137. Dress for a grand

dance (4,4)

141. Abstains

144. Permanent fixtures with taps and a plughole

148. Salty oriental sauce

150. Green vegetable

152. Ticks over

(of an engine)

153. Big tub

154. Lennon’s widow,

Yoko ...

155. Zero

156. 21st Greek character

157. Additional

158. Shade

159. Glide on ice

162. TV breaks

163. Tiny nail

166. Breed of hunting

dog

168. Bright, moving

heavenly body

169. Santa’s big bag

171. Sector

172. Charming, engaging

173. Very short distance

174. Worthless unwanted

items

175. Small protuberance

178. Evaluate

181. Train track

182. Combine numbers

183. Manipulated

184. Essence

185. Belonging to

that thing

188. Long heroic tale

189. Final judgement

191. Have debts 192. Assert

194. Child’s stick

on a spring

197. Very thin pastry

198. Roof support

200. Wooden‑hulled Arab

sailing vessel

202. Old wound mark

204. African plains animal

205. Head‑parasite

208. Mould of gold

209. Meditates

214. Seize wrongfully

215. Minim or quaver, eg

218. American rock

legend, Joan ...

220. Outward motion

of the tide

221. Far down

222. Flower of the

pansy family

223. Game of chance

224. Cool box

225. Sturgeon’s eggs

226. Open‑top truck

227. Apiary insect

228. Ten‑gallon hats

229. Famous Parisian

cathedral, ... ‑Dame

230. Notifies

231. Senselessly

DOWN

1. North African staple food

2. In stages (3,2,3) 3. Process of childbirth 4. Grain tower

5. Initial stake at poker 6. Kitchen flooring 7. Permissible 8. Left‑hand page of a book

9. Native American religious pole

10. Study intensively 11. Knock to the ground 12. Image recorder 13. Australian duck‑billed animal 14. Last man in at cricket

19. Man‑made god 23. Problem with pronunciation 26. Japanese dish 28. Incompetent 30. Well‑mannered

31. Long white vestment 32. Have regret for 33. Powerful, mighty 38. Tightens

39. Golf expert

41. Famished

42. More cheerful 43. Painting, drawing etc

44. Slender graceful women

46. Adult males

49. Close relative

51. Toy reeled up and down on a string (2‑2) 53. Concisely, in a ... 55. Burden

57. Sagacious, clever 59. Smoked and seasoned slices of beef

60. Chimney duct

63. Range of mountains with jagged peaks 65. Stop (a criminal) 70. Trod, paced or walked

71. Look carefully (into) 73. Steven Spielberg film, Schindler’s ... 75. Expresses in words 77. Buzzing musical instrument

78. Moved like a duck 79. Small particle

80. The Intern star,

... Hathaway

81. Indian flatbread

83. The pair

91. Fixed bench in a church

93. Naughty sprite

95. Really bad

96. Except for

97. Pixie

98. Colour (hair)

99. Cigarette users

100. Encroach, make ...

101. Tropical root

vegetable

102. Price charged

103. Biblical meaning

of ‘trespass’

104. Looked after

an infant

106. Make a bid of

107. Caterpillar,

for example

109. Doles (out)

110. Big

112. Electrical measure

114. Climbing evergreen

plant

117. Crude mineral

119. Self‑worth

122. Integral,

intrinsic (2‑5)

123. Number of seats

on a tandem

124. Play on words

126. Bring to a conclusion 127. Elvis film, Viva ...

Vegas

129. Sphere

130. Solidified

132. World War I

respirator (3,4)

134. Shout of displeasure

136. Digit of the foot

138. Pale purple

139. Over‑enthuse

140. Range of

frequencies

142. Cupid

143. Adjust (a radio)

to a specific signal

145. Another name

for a beekeeper

146. Gardening tools

147. Extremely

148. Filament, thread

149. Cry of pain or

distress

150. Ballet step

151. Per item

160. Realm ruled

by a monarch

161. Paraded, marched

164. Adjoin, border

165. Flightless NZ parrot

167. Farm animals

168. Beef, pork etc

169. Gestures of

indifference

170. Smart, fashionable

176. Weird, strange

177. Relating to the curve

above the sacrum

179. Shoulder coverings

180. Respectful form

of address

182. Winning serve

186. Secret intelligence

gatherer

187. Commissioned

soldiers

188. Suitable for marriage

190. Planetary path

193. Evade (capture)

195. Came about

196. Predict

199. Seek out the target

201. Roasting

203. Short musical pieces

204. Geographical region

206. Partakes of

207. Mythical Australian

animal

210. Wartime German

submarine (1‑4)

211. Very angry

212. Share out, distribute

213. Lift up, praise highly

216. Composer’s numbered work

217. Level, flat

218. Chores

219. Items of golfing equipment

Solution in next month’s issue.