The Colossus
ACROSS
2. Band worn over the shoulder
4. Hand-held metalcutting blade
8. Wander off, … from the path
12. Alliance of nations, … of countries
16. Piece of legislation
17. Be in a supine position, … down
18. Frankenstein’s servant
19. Adjust slightly, … the recipe
20. Endorses, supports
21. South African ethnic group
22. Skilled and talented
24. Effortlessness, with …
27. Wrecked (2,5)
28. Benchmark golf score
30. French saint, Joan of …
32. Hanoi is there
33. Writer of the Iliad
34. Dull pains
36. 90 degrees, right …
37. Sharp little bites
41. Rock-band concerts
42. Eyelid inflammation
43. Religious song
44. Last word of a prayer
46. Work for pay, … your living
48. Lion star sign
50. Drummed out of the army
55. Extremely cold
58. Brewed soft drink, ginger …
59. Financier
61. Spanish rice dish
63. US singer, … Diamond
64. Utterly disgusting
65. James Bond’s preferred cocktail
66. Front of lower leg
67. One and only, … survivor
69. Engines
71. Mark of a fold
73. Dog’s bark of pain
76. Witness
77. Start, … of illness
79. Hamburger, Big …
81. Russian alcoholic drink
82. Money put aside (4,3)
84. Search around, ransack
86. More advanced in years
87. Cauldron, cooking …
88. Tennis court divider
89. Legal documents, title …
91. Slimy garden pest
93. Generally supposed, … to be
97. Company of actors
99. Maudlin or sentimental
101. Show to be true, … your case
103. Membrane at back of eye
104. Unfamiliar but intriguing
106. Legs Eleven game
108. Lack of harmony
109. Make up for, … for sins
110. Small variety of domestic fowl
112. Academy Awards
114. Place to practise shooting, rifle …
116. Babies’ tummyache
119. Distribute playing cards
120. Tether to the ground (3,4)
123. Colleague or equivalent
125. Tobruk’s country
127. Story, … Baba and the Forty Thieves
128. Sense of self
129. Hourglass
130. Adele hit, … Like You
133. Famous Vivaldi pieces, The Four ...
136. Soil wrigglers
137. Friend, mate
138. Lamb condiment, mint …
141. Anger, wrath
142. Fairground rides, dodgem …
145. Made a speech
147. Army first-aiders
148. Walk wearily
150. Absent
151. Typical specimen, prime …
152. Ocean’s rise and fall
153. Coastal bird, Pacific …
154. Respiratory illness
157. Notwithstanding (4,2)
160. Playthings
161. Viral illness
162. Count off one by one
166. Jewelled sphere
169. Extinct bird of Mauritius
170. Billionaire philanthropist, … Gates
172. Revolve, turn
174. Small particle
177. Enter (2,2)
178. Chantilly or Honiton, eg
180. Discharge of artillery
181. British mystery series, Rosemary & …
182. Correct
185. Colonnade
186. Song, Till There … You
188. Parched, arid
190. Curving over
191. Person from Dundee, eg
196. Come to a standstill, halt
198. TV psychologist, Dr …
199. Arrogant stuck-up people
200. Restrict, … their access
201. Harry Potter star, … Watson
202. Painting, work of …
203. Payable, outstanding
204. Children’s game, Simon …
205. Island where Napoleon was born
206. Quantities
207. Plunge, … in
DOWN
1. Strong emotions
2. Equestrian’s footrests
3. Dependable, phlegmatic
4. Basil or dill, eg
5. Pretty and sweet
6. Biblical monarch, Queen of …
7. Roused from sleep
8. Tells tales on, … in
9. TV sitcom, The … of Dibley
10. Recessed part of a church
11. Epochs
13. Noisier
14. Briefing, notifying (6,2)
15. Lucky escape, close shave (4,4)
22. Cigarette residue
23. Knobbly and uneven
25. Aquatic organisms, blue-green …
26. Night before, on the … of their wedding
28. Marilyn Monroe movie, The … and the Showgirl
29. Taxi stands, cab …
30. Australian actress, … Keddie
31. Maple-leaf country
35. Stereo system (2-2)
38. Go without food
39. Electric fish
40. Humphrey Bogart movie, … Largo
41. Apple variety, … Smith
43. Weeding tool
45. No score in soccer
47. Brave person
49. Pieces, the … of the puzzle
51. Family insignia, coat of …
52. Large wading bird
53. Privileged clique
54. Long adventure story
56. Type of window frame
57. Barbra Streisand musical, Funny …
60. Jots down, makes …
62. Peruvian animal
67. Put (money) by (5,2)
68. Soup-serving spoon
70. Regret, … your decision
72. Dash into violently
74. Turn out to be, … as (3,2)
75. Involved in, … the dispute (5,2)
76. Drains of vitality
77. Eye lasciviously
78. Genealogy chart, family …
80. Babies’ beds
83. Ribbon-like pasta
85. Scientific magnifying tools
90. Tom Hanks movie, The … Code (2,5)
92. US actor, Tommy … Jones
93. Let in again
94. Book and movie, A … to India
95. Capital of Ontario
96. Become progressively weaker (3,4)
98. Travel across snow
100. Japanese paperfolding art
102. Rodent, water …
103. Chest bone
105. Crispy lettuce
107. Wisecrack, joke
109. Self-denying
111. Reverence, hold in …
113. Fish eggs
115. Passed by, time …
117. Small Madagascan primate
118. Find fault continually
119. Treacherous
121. Julius Caesar’s fateful day, the … of March
122. Shrewd, astute
124. Electrical-current impeder
125. Star of The West Wing, Rob …
126. Greenish gemstone
131. Intended, … to be
132. Mineral source
134. Wood-chopping tool
135. Weepy vegetable
139. Panic button
140. Illicit or ridiculous escapade
143. Border on
144. Pink fish, Atlantic …
146. Volare crooner, … Martin
147. Encounter
148. Bowser, … pump
149. Striped agate
155. Reserve player
156. Having a rich smooth taste
158. Church changing room
159. Male offspring
161. Enemy, adversary
163. Measures of alcohol, eg
164. Unsettling and exciting
165. Inquired, … about
167. Flying mammal
168. Person from Cairo, eg
169. Upsets, … the meeting
171. Inuit ice-house
173. Gold bar
175. Sauce for soaking
176. Indian fish and rice dish
179. Neatly
180. Distress signal (1,1,1)
183. Bug a phone line, wire …
184. Large prawns
187. Garlic mayonnaise
189. Juliet’s lover
192. Stylishly fashionable
193. Russian emperor
194. Continent to our north
195. Appeal, make a …
196. Amaze, astonish
197. Poems
Solution in next month’s issue.