The Colossus
ACROSS
1. Quoted as an example
5. Facial disguises 9. Former US president, Barack …
13. Foolish escapade 16. Large horned
African animal
17. Movie, A League of … Own
18. Liqueur, Tia ...
19. Sports stadium 20. Landmark,
Sydney ... House 21. Duvet, quilt
22. Train tracks
23. Pretend, … interest 24. Salt water
25. No longer fresh
26. Fish, rainbow …
27. Look intently, … at 28. Crosses out
29. Delivery vehicle
30. Vast ocean 32. Desiccated
34. Song, … About the Boy
37. Sound of a dove
39. At a ship’s rear
41. Tallied up 42. Egyptian-born actor, … Sharif
44. Hard to climb,
… slope
47. Pesters
49. Cut out, the engine may …
50. Song, You … The Sunshine of My Life 52. Piece of prose
54. Poles on a ship 57. Musical,
… Misérables
59. Iceberg vegies
60. Go off with a bang 61. Colourful Australian bird
62. Labyrinth
63. Superb pilots
64. In a friendly way, disagreed … 66. Aroused, … interest 67. Atomising,
… perfume
69. Floppy
70. Born Free lioness
71. Set about, lay into 75. Turned outwards, with feet …
80. Breaks the rules,
… at cards
83. Grieve for
85. Covered walkway 86. Worker at a loom 87. Slaughterhouses 88. Breakfast at Tiffany’s star, … Hepburn 89. Leering
91. Wishing, … for
93. Greek god of music and poetry
96. Lower the spirits of 100. Granny Smith fruits 103. Divulge, … information
104. Empty or boastful talk (3,3)
105. Peeved, put out 108. Nunnery
112. Sheer stockings 115. Geronimo’s North American tribe 117. Extracts with difficulty
118. Fame, celebrity 119. Confident and forceful,
… personality
120. Fat used for soap and candles
121. Visa or Amex,
… card
123. On the waves
125. Acid neutraliser 127. Stores, … away 131. Needed scratching 134. Dramatic, an … movie
135. Slightly open
136. Means, medians 139. Budapest is there 140. Supports for makeshift tables 143. Crisp tortilla
144. Tiny amount 145. Magazine issues 147. Move on snow 148. Exceed reasonable limits (2,3,3)
150. Uproar, racket 151. Available for renting (2,3)
154. First Director of the FBI, J. … Hoover 157. Smallest whole number
158. Daisy-like flower 160. Yellow and black stinging insect
162. Stretchy swimsuit material
164. Additional tax 166. Sudden burst, a … of energy 167. Winter illness 168. Knight’s title
170. Owns
171. Golf hole’s rim
173. Art exhibition hall 174. Go brown in the sun 175. Cracked the cypher, … the message 176. Recorded on cassette
180. Graph, diagram 181. Satellite’s path 182. Bushwalked 183. Ceremonial table 184. Much-married English king, … Vlll 185. Piece, … of cake 186. Separated by a distance 187. Orange-yellow pigment 188. Wood-turning machine
189. Look over (3,2) 190. Level betting odds 191. Flour sifter
192. Cherub
193. Large woody plants 194. Grate, … cheese
DOWN
1. Conversed
2. Explicit facts (3,4,7)
3. Original version, first …
4. Split up
5. Shaft of natural light at night
6. Cried (4,5)
7. Plunges a knife into 8. Pause briefly 9. Directive, command 10. Problem-page columnist (5,4) 11. Building up, gathering
12. Irregular
13. Feels concern, … about
14. Female star in classical dance company (5,9) 15. Admiration, high regard
28. Father
31. Romaine vegie
33. Barely cooked, … steak
34. Snake-haired mythical gorgon 35. Bruce Springsteen hit, Born in the … (1,1,1) 36. Bathtub with jets 38. Canada’s capital
40. Turn tail
43. Oxygenation of the blood 45. Representative, that’s … of him! 46. Sympathetic reaction 48. Claims estimator, insurance … 50. Llama-like animal 51. Whip mark
53. Snoozes
55. Protected from the sun
56. Coarse file
58. Organises, … a play 65. Waltz or foxtrot sport (8,7)
68. Attempt to beat the clock (4,7,4)
72. Clean with a broom 73. Blacksmith’s iron block
74. Combined, the businesses were … 76. Tranquillity
77. Later, … the party 78. Doorways, emergency … 79. TV program with music and comedy skits, etc (7,4)
81. Arrive, … at (3,2) 82. Subject matter, topic 84. Cost label, price … 85. Volcanic residue 90. Small groove 92. Alternatively, on the … hand 94. Awkward lout
95. Fib, tell a …
96. Barbra Streisand comedy film,
What’s Up, …?
97. Metal fastener 98. Female farm animal 99. Posed for a picture 101. Nose into
102. Zodiac lion sign
106. Just right
107. Shrek’s princess bride
109. Beginning, the … of illness 110. “Action” words 111. Racket
113. Pale purple shade 114. Nobody (2-3) 116. Apologise profusely, … humble pie 117. Podded vegetable 122. Embeds surgically 124. Bone break 125. Dumbfounded
126. Make us wait anxiously (4,2,8) 127. Educational institution, primary … 128. General pardon 129. Of greater weight 130. Well-known phrase 132. With lightning speed (4,3,7)
133. Covet
137. Theatrical whispers 138. Megastar,
Dame … Everage 141. Space, have … to move
142. Ice-cream serving spoons
146. Watch face, eg 149. Opposed to 152. Functioning
153. Large deer
155. Judo level
156. Take it in turns
159. Equip with sails 161. Disoriented, baffled (3,2,3) 163. Rustles loudly 165. Flouts,… a law 166. Downcast
167. Runs errands,
… and carries 169. Bunnies
170. Scottish moorland plant
172. Top of a coalmine 177. Sherlock Holmes’ creator, Sir Arthur Conan …
178. Fairground ride, ferris …
179. Convert, change 180. Irritated, cranky