The Colossus
ACROSS
1. Grump 6. Orange groves 11. Deep red vegetable 16. Couch potato 21. Untie 22. Ripples 23. Elliptic 24. Excessive 25. Calamity 26. Blots out 27. Computerised price tags 28. Auction off 29. Scales zodiac sign 31. Prosecutes 32. Knocked softly 36. Perpetual 37. Copious, – thanks 38. Womb 41. Complies 44. Baghdad citizen 45. Revolving tray, lazy – 48. Able to be seen 49. Aft 52. Splinter, – of wood 56. Learn (4,3) 57. New Zealand, The – – The Long White Cloud (4,2) 58. Sprightliness 61. Bobbing on water 62. Film studio’s outdoor area 63. Hormone organ 64. Selectively eliminates 65. Matured 66. Probing, an – interview (2-5) 67. Insurance evaluators 71. Ethiopia’s capital, Addis – 73. Wear away 75. Recommended 80. Whet 82. Sauce for fish 83. Curved span 85. Shielding 86. French for Peter 88. Meagre 90. In these times 91. Author, F. – Fitzgerald 93. Curled hair lock 94. Went past, – the target 95. Rummages through 96. Stiff whisker 97. Exclusive English school 99. Hideous 100. Pressurised can 104. Throw out of school 105. Doomed person 106. Single-minded experts, computer –, eg 107. Altered, – the text 111. Stockings fibre 113. Relaxation exercise, – chi (1’2) 114. Marriage vow (1,2) 115. Be real 117. Empty, – premises 118. Curt 121. Privileged class 122. Concepts 125. Husband-to-be 126. Terrible tsar 127. Warning, Beware the – of March 129. Back section 131. Soybean curd 132. Creek 135. Cattle-breeding farm 136. Waltz king, Johann – 139. Biblical first man 140. Elbow roughly 144. Smaller in quantity 145. Boiling mad 146. Leavening agent 147. Most foolish 148. Entryway chime 149. Dish, steak – 150. Urge (3,2) 152. Defence boats, – fleet 154. Derisive humour 157. Knitting wool 158. Floor covers 162. Ears of sweetcorn 163. Bondi Beach city 166. Relinquish, – territory 167. Used frugally, – out 169. Frail, feeble 171. Exhale wearily 172. Flash of lightning, eg 173. Halt 175. Haul strenuously 176. Grey-faced 179. Equivalent (2,1,3) 180. TV celebrity, – Winfrey 182. Musical, – Phantom of the Opera 183. And not, neither one – the other 184. Proprietor 186. Clinically examine 189. Should, – to 190. Ignited afresh 191. Sink outlet pipe 192. Stand-in monarchs 196. Toy bricks system 197. Epic story 198. Related to heat 199. Kayaking 201. Pessimistic, – in outlook 202. Natural seasoning (3,4) 203. Fetes 204. Lacy dressing gown 205. The East 208. Snow athletes 210. Degree-holder 211. Pork chop cut 212. French term for “all together” (2,5) 213. Look for 215. Anthem, Advance – Fair 219. Conductor’s rod 221. Flooded, the decks are – 223. Vienna natives 227. Disavowals 228. Unloads a suitcase 230. Work-shy individual 231. Entomb 232. Apprehends, – criminal 233. Children’s book, The – – The Willows (4,2) 234. Alternatively 238. Pass, years will – 239. Pivotal 240. Rinse throat 243. Patched 246. Outcasts 247. Bellows 250. Clutch 251. Midriff 253. Felt intuitively 256. Shorten 257. Crude, boorish 258. Velocities 262. Grim, unsmiling 263. Opt for 266. Periods in time 268. Inner 269. Mexican resort city 270. Tear jaggedly 271. Parking undercover 272. Bawl, cry 273. Special luxury 274. Onion relative 275. Drawn without instruments 276. On tenterhooks, in – 277. Quizzes returning soldiers, eg 278. Police rank
DOWN
1. Cricket or hockey 2. Deplete (3,2) 3. Army chaplain 4. Solar bodies 5. Say “atishoo” 6. Lots 7. Trinket boxes 8. Lack, – of 9. Residence 10. Indian robe 11. Brewery product 12. Fantasy novels, – literature 13. Libyan capital 14. Unclear 15. Hurls 16. Identifying stickers 17. Woe! 18. Royal racecourse 19. Command 20. Dummy-runs 30. Crowd fight 33. Mammals 34. Itch 35. Heaped spoonfuls 38. Merging 39. Infinite 40 Hawaiian guitar 42. Defeat 43. European Jewish language 46. Release from restraints 47. At a distance, from – 49. Kabul currency unit 50. Jewelled crown 51. Glow with health, eg 53. Chinese fruits 54. Swedish automobile manufacturer 55. Bacon slices 59. Roundabout, – route 60. Embeds surgically 67. Northwestern African republic 68. Nut-shifting tool 69. Equestrians’ seats 70. Elaborately 72. Apiarist 74. Unlikely winner (4,5) 76. Farewells 77. Elusive 78. Grilled bread 79. Go down 81. Adversary 84. Population surveys 87. Eventuated 89. Persecution complex 91. Wettest 92. Hardy dogs 98. Heart pain 101. Execute, – law 102. Speak publicly 103. Punctual (2,4) 108. Japanese volcano (2,4) 109. Comes towards 110. Do well, – at 112. Tenant 116. Veneration 119. Disentangle 120. Secondary jobs 123. Disadvantages 124. Accessible 128. Concentrated solution 130. Support, – cause 132. Eyelid sores 133. Respond 134. Behind 137. Helicopter part 138. Uncalled for, – force 141. Quirkily 142. Rail transport 143. Abrasive paper 151. Common lizards 153. Move onto terra firma, go – 155. 007 car, – Martin 156. Perfect 159. Holding fast, – to 160. Oyster treasures 161. Decade of the Charleston 164. Duckling’s dad 165. Praise highly 168. Nursery rhyme, Polly Put The – – (6,2) 170. African anteater 173. Glenn Miller track, Chattanooga – – (4-4) 174. Buenos Aires is there 177. Heftiness 178. Humbug 181. Headlong (4-4) 185. Deletions 186. Aerial 187. Retaliates for 188. Tastier 193. More magnificent 194. Canada-US falls 195. Lounges, sofas 200. Clothes 201. Sicken 206. Teasing 207. Spiral shoot 208. Coastal area, at the – 209. Re-employed, – staff 211. Legitimise drug money, eg 214. Ugandan capital 216. Upset 217. Hypnotic states 218. Clumsy 220. Ceramic-slab layer 222. Performed role 224. Menacing remarks 225. Make list of 226. Scored, – up 229. Missile launch pit 232. Egyptian cobras 235. Disregards 236. Vestige 237. Remove limb 241. Car’s impactcushioning inflatables 242. Tiny grain 244. Atomic power, – energy 245. Teach 248. Worshipped 249. Leftovers 251. Castors, furniture – 252. Pictures 253. Take a whiff 254. Paris cathedral, – Dame 255. Our world 259. Bingle, car crash 260. My Fair Lady heroine, – Doolittle 261. Hidden, out of – 262. Chick’s feathers 264. Folk wisdom 265. Garbed 267. Benefit, for the – of
Solution in next month’s issue.