The Colossus
ACROSS
1. Not all, just … of us
4. Set aside for a special purpose
8. Strangling, throttling
13. At a distance, from …
16. Temperamental female singer
17. Module, … of study
18. Group of oil-producing nations (1,1,1,1)
20. Extremely, … masculine
21. Return on investment (1,1,1)
22. Principal religion of Pakistan
23. Australia’s intelligence service (1,1,1,1)
24. Dull thumping sound
25. Centres of activity, creative …
26. Italian city with a leaning tower
27. Peptic sore
29. Purse
32. Giza is there
34. Over-the-top publicity
35. Reduce intensity, … the sound
38. People who expect the worst
41. Japanese port city
42. Cuts into shape
45. Smoked ham
47. Slovenly untidy people
49. Clumsy fool
51. Crave, … for
53. Green area, … reserve
55. Curiously, unexpectedly
56. Eyeshades
59. Hymn, Gloria in Excelsis …
61. Relating to the senses, … disorders
63. George Orwell classic, Animal …
64. Aussie landmark, Great Barrier …
65. Scolding, rebuking
70. Learn, … their names
73. South-East Asian legume, ... bean
74. Redgum song, I Was Only …
76. Sniff while crying
77. Viral infection
78. United Arab Emirates capital, … Dhabi
80. Sign of disapproval
82. Blimp, Zeppelin, eg
85. Initial advantage in race, eg (4,5)
88. Fluctuations, highs and …
91. Military overthrow, coup d’ …
92. Popular Italian dish
95. French term meaning “with reference to”
96. Jumpy
99. Energetic and forceful person
100. Ill-fated
102. Polka dots
104. Most clueless or unworldly
105. Short Japanese poem
108. Olivia Newton-John song, Banks of the …
109. Frank, candid
111. Tact, sensitivity 116. Following as a consequence
121. Looked lecherously
122. Command to a horse, … up
124. Please turn over (1,1,1)
125. Large Asian citrus fruit
127. Topped up, … my glass
128. Alien spaceships (abbrev)
130. Addis Ababa is there
133. Brings to mind, implies
137. Lower limbs
138. Glance, sneak …
140. Large cut of meat (1-4,5)
142. Underwent, … an examination
144. Buttery biscuits, … fingers
147. Men and boys
149. Tempests, gales
150. Pome fruits, apples and …
151. Boy, young male
152. Ban, exclude
154. Deserving, … of consideration
157. Chinese spice, star …
159. Small annoying insects
161. Grievances, protests
163. Most secure, … place 167. Hit with an open hand
169. Do really well, … at
170. Gave off, … fumes
174. Restorative medicine
176. Italian veal dish, … buco
178. Pet hate or archenemy, … noir
179. Spinal problem, slipped …
180. Anchor
181. Spiritualist’s tool, … board
182. Put your nose in
183. Cook on a barbecue
185. Bean curd
186. Solid sudden hit, daze with a …
187. Thick air pollution
188. Gradually, one … at a time
189. Easygoing
190. Pulled along the ground
191. Word of assent
DOWN
1. Spilled, splashed
2. Convenes, the society … every year
3. Follower of Brahma or Shiva, eg
4. Pale green colour, … de Nil
5. Quits work for good
6. Flooded, the decks are …
7. Muslims’ holy book
8. Ascend, … up
9. Due for payment
10. Disorder of health
11. Lolly, bubble …
12. Novel, Around the World in … Days
14. Fastidious, picky
15. Housetop workers
19. Variety of beet
23. Find repugnant, loathe
28. Short cloaks
30. Charity money
31. Dog breed, Lhasa …
33. Sparsely populated Canadian province
36. One obliged to move from a war zone
37. Name for grandma
39. Players on the bench (abbrev)
40. Digging implement
41. Dedicated or lyric poems
43. Creamy casseroles
44. Up-front betting stake
46. Molten rock
48. Commits perjury, … in court
49. Fabric scrap
50. Italian city
52. Repents, … her decision
54. Personal teacher
57. Put in the post, … a letter
58. Italian sausage
60. Gave voice to, … her anger
62. Mixed-gender (2-2)
65. Dark glassy volcanic rock
66. Train track (7,4)
67. Cult TV series, Star …
68. Debt notes (abbrev)
69. Bog fuel
71. Courtroom pledge, swear an …
72. Honours highly
73. Single lens reflex, … camera (1,1,1)
75. US basketball league (1,1,1)
77. Soft-drink gassiness
79. Strongly advocate, … caution
81. Nickname for sensationalist tabloids (6,5)
83. Be dismissed, get the … (5-2)
84. Small vicious South American fish
85. Contentedly, … married
86. Harshly simple
87. Instrumental compositions
89. Hobbles when walking
90. Arouse, … emotion
92. Social gaffe, faux …
93. Menagerie
94. Australian Institute of Sport (1,1,1)
96. No (slang)
97. Suggested dietary intake (1,1,1)
98. Michael Buble song, Haven’t Met … Yet
101. Sheepdog breed, Border …
103. Surveyor’s marker, … point
106. AD, … Domini
107. Pries, spies on
110. Political protest march (abbrev)
112. For each, … head
113. Welsh national emblem
114. Posted, … the letter
115. Enormous, huge
117. Feeling of sickness
118. Story opening, Once … a time
119. Holiday movie, … a Wonderful
Life (2’1)
120. Disc struck for dinner
123. Changed to fit in
126. TV series, Santa Clarita …
129. Lilt, accent
131. From Lhasa, eg
132. Holy of holies, … sanctum
134. Mistake, blunder
135. Educates, instructs
136. Rescue from danger
139. “Slow” call to horse
141. Average (2-2)
143. Warning bell, fire …
145. Urban communities
146. Festival, Mardi …
148. Heats before the grand final, … finals
150. Sudden terror
153. Amber substance
155. Film of impurities on a liquid
156. Berry-flavoured spirit, … gin
157. Undertakes, … responsibility
158. Marvellous, … duper!
160. Estonia’s capital
162. All gone, … left
164. Icy ground cover
165. Excess (3,4)
166. Sickly, infirm
168. Higher than,
… the law
170. Escape, elude
171. Data entry
172. Tinkered, dabbled with
173. Fixed doctrine
175. IT data storage disk (1,1-1,1,1)
177. Opportunity, latitude
181. Supposedly wise bird
184. Hallucinogenic drug (1,1,1)
Solution in next month’s issue.