The Colossus
ACROSS
2. Referring to briefly 7. Absurd pretence 11. Significant 17. Remedy 18. Thee 19. British award (1,1,1) 20. 12-month period 21. Close call (4,4) 22. Sterile 23. Combines 26. Child’s plastic bricks system 28. Multiple birth baby 29. Vertical 31. Revise, – article 34. Appetite disorder 36. Perfume, – – toilette (3,2) 39. Wallop 41. Germs 43. Kilt folds 46. Joiner’s machine 47. Human being 49. Wheel cover 51. Bidder for contract work 52. Bedridden folk 53. Laboured hard 54. Shuts violently 55. Membership fees, club – 56. Sydney’s 2000 Games 61. Presumed 64. Graceful bird 65. Dehydrated 66. Brain, mind 67. Prattle 69. About-face (1-4) 71. Soreness 74. Handing out 76. Deep chasm 78. Faucet 79. Hates 81. Phone text (1,1,1) 83. Animation fawn 84. Rise to feet 86. Pavlova base 89. Wild ox, water – 90. Lamps 93. Former FBI boss, J. – Hoover 94. Launch forward 97. Ponged 100. Colorado resort town 101. Reject (4,3) 103. Unending 106. Envelop 108. Chain loops 109. Desert wanderers 110. Dog 111. Stroll 112. Metric weight units (abbrev) 113. Sighted 115. Skilled repairers 118. Stressing, – the point 121. Cooking fat 124. Steep rugged rocks 128. Charmer, – fatale 129. Normal 130. Supporter 134. Baron or duke 135. Unfastened 136. Delete 137. Colloquial saying 138. Shock result 139. Book of maps 140. Alluring 143. Fell ill 144. Butter vat 147. Location 150. Household 151. Balanced, – design 155. Hot condiment 157. Exploits 158. Oestrogen organ 159. TV celebrity, – Winfrey 162. Incapacitated (4,2) 164. Vet’s patient 167. Parish minister 168. US cattle herders 169. United, live in a – community (5-4) 172. Extremist 173. Prod, – the furnace 174. Demand 177. Swiss lake 180. The “King”, – Presley 181. Steamed coffee 183. Goaded (5,2) 184. Coordinate 186. Arab faith 187. Perfect 188. Cunning 191. Split second, in an – 195. In vogue, – – mode (1,2) 197. Approaches 198. Coldness 200.Goalkickers 202. Abides by, – the rules 203. Pub 205. Delaying growth, eg 206. Corrode, – away at 208. Excited squeals 209. Making fizzy 212. Enthusiasm 215. Cipher 217. Witches’ meeting 220. Outside or – 222. Male highlander 224. Opiate 226. Granny Smiths or Pink Ladies 228. Kitchen duo, – and pestle 229. Respond 230. Santa’s sledge 232. Least abundant 235. Fought with fists 236. Anaesthetic gas 238. Barrister’s holding fee, eg 241. Canned fish 242. Nazi secret police 243. South American country 244. Football arbiters (abbrev) 246. Regions 252. Uncontrollable emotion, frenzy 253. Restricts, limits 254. Joy 255. PC keyboard quit button 256. Pastry dish 257. Gain, – respect 258. Stepmother’s daughter 259. Shades of gold 260. Separates by race, eg
DOWN
1. Heavy load 2. Guru 3. Indian bread 4. Indecency 5. Protect from heat 6. Spin 7. Caribbean nation 8. Eagerly expectant 9. Tiny particle 10. Utter, – cry 11. Tousle hair, eg (4,2) 12. Loathed 13. Next-door occupants 14. Affectionate 15. Chinese fruit 16. US Aloha State 24. Serving spoons 25. Parthenon city 26. Splurged (6,3) 27. Devours (7,2) 28. Gratuity 30. Brown in sun 32. Passages to garages 33. Lateness 35. Arrival time (1,1,1) 37. Illegally help 38. Soonest 39. Quilting finger guards 40. Defensive castle ditch 42. Israel’s – Aviv 44. On the summit of 45. Light meals 47. Poster girls (3-3) 48. Invitation reply (1,1,1,1) 50. Poverty-stricken 53. Sodium bicarb, baking – 57. Songwriters 58. Cutting grass, – the lawn 59. Not fit for consumption 60. Dressmaker’s shears 62. Root cause 63. Fragile outer casings 65. Gene acid (1,1,1) 68. Embargo 70. Cabbie (4,6) 72. Live coal 73. Recap (3,2) 74. Stupid, – remark 75. Move crabwise 77. Fire detector (5,5) 80. Weaken 82. Hitting 85. Congregate 87. Historical ages 88. Until (2,2) 91. Yemen port 92. Space flight agency 95. French heroine, Joan – – (2,3) 96. Rapture 98. AWOL prisoner 99. Nairobi’s republic 102. Unhealthily 104. Requests 105. Abate 107. South African ex-president (6,7) 113. Crumple 114. Hearing membrane 116. Evenly 117. Reside in 119. Movie-plot giveaway 120. Drugs steed, – racehorse 122. Accrues 123. Gods 125. Khartoum is there 126. Of the nose 127. Church singers 128. Vendettas 130. Collection 131. Guys 132. Formerly Ceylon, – Lanka 133. Oil-drilling platform 141. Receives 142. Do voice-over 145. Friendly 146. Filled suitcase again, eg 148. Changing booths 149. Pessimistically 152. Travels by bike 153. Protracted 154. Most impetuous 155. Sacred anthem 156. Banish, send into – 160. Weeding tools 161. Indigenous Australian 163. In existing condition (2,2) 165. At a great distance 166. Utilises, – resources 167. Battles with 170. Arranged in list 171. Flaring up 175. Sound 176. Ticks over, – engine 178. Requires 179. Swedish car company 182. Spittle 185. Capitulate (4,2) 188. Haughtiest 189. Sailor 190. Typist’s complaint, eg (1,1,1) 192. Salted 193. TV watchers, eg 194. Baby’s bed 195. Jetliner 196. Examiners 199. Higher in rank 201. Treasure trunks 204. Scruff of neck 207. Mount Everest’s continent 210. Inaccessibility 211. Dummy-run 213. Lovely 214. Resettling abroad 216. Norway’s capital 217. Job path 218. Chatter 219. Pimples condition 221. Medical practitioner (colloq) 223. Clouding of eye lens 225. Mistreating (3-5) 227. Soup, – and ham 228. Food enhancer (1,1,1) 231. Magician’s cry, – presto! 233. Hug 234. Allergy symptoms 235. Worry 237. Hurries 239. Popular garden flowers 240.Exertion 245. The – of Capri 247. Risqué 248. Cult hero, movie – 249. Greek drink 250. Little devils 251. Jaunty rhythm Solution in next month’s issue.