The Colossus
ACROSS
1. Shoe repairers
5. Blacksmith’s block
8. Participates in an election
11. Ardent follower
15. Electric particle
16. Misfortune
17. Of milk, sterilised at high temperatures (inits)
18. Cook in water
20. Invigorating medicine
21. Reminiscent of the recent past
22. Tightly closed shellfish
24. Cut down
25. Prescribed quantity
27. Common NZ greenstone pendant
29. South American rodent
30. Thick-soled shoes
34. Correspond in sound
35. Cattle-catching rope
36. Truss (3,2)
37. Single entity
40. Hits high
42. Person in line to inherit
44. Hard animal fat
45. Lacerate
46. Calf-length garment
47. Beverage
48. Porridge cereal
50. Flat, marine, cartilaginous fishes
52. First number
54. Roman item of attire
56. Stooge, puppet
58. Select, ... for
61. Watch chains
62. Out of sight, concealed
64. Variety of tropical lizard
66. Heap, mound
67. Opposite of west
68. Reveals
69. Persian monarch
70. Lumps of turf
72. Witch’s curses
74. Team spirit,
... de corps
76. Awry, distorted
79. White wood
80. Garnish
82. Bone connected to the sternum
84. Brilliance
85. Sensory organ
86. Bright object in the sky
87. It doesn’t matter which
88. Whales’ habitat
89. Exuded
90. Right, fitting
92. Perch
94. Opening statement
98. Fate
102. Home for aquatic pets
105. Humble, modest
108. More than enough
111. Edible fish, John ...
113. Rhythmic guitar phrase
115. Landing field for planes
116. Vast period of time
118. Produced offspring
120. Conifer
121. Road-building material
122. Muslim prayer leader
123. Variety
125. Highly respected
128. Cole Porter musical, Anything ...
131. Toil hard
133. Of a town or city
135. Michaelmas flower
137. Dress for a grand dance (4,4)
141. Abstains
144. Permanent fixtures with taps and a plughole
148. Salty oriental sauce
150. Green vegetable
152. Ticks over
(of an engine)
153. Big tub
154. Lennon’s widow, Yoko ...
155. Zero
156. 21st Greek character
157. Additional
158. Shade
159. Glide on ice 162. TV breaks
163. Tiny nail
166. Breed of hunting dog
168. Bright, moving heavenly body
169. Santa’s big bag
171. Sector
172. Charming, engaging
173. Very short distance
174. Worthless unwanted items
175. Small protuberance
178. Evaluate
181. Train track
182. Combine numbers
183. Manipulated
184. Essence
185. Belonging to that thing
188. Long heroic tale
189. Final judgement
191. Have debts
192. Assert
194. Child’s stick on a spring
197. Very thin pastry
198. Roof support
200. Wooden-hulled Arab sailing vessel
202. Old wound mark
204. African plains animal
205. Head-parasite
208. Mould of gold
209. Meditates
214. Seize wrongfully
215. Minim or quaver, eg
218. American rock legend, Joan ...
220. Outward motion of the tide
221. Far down
222. Flower of the pansy family
223. Game of chance
224. Cool box
225. Sturgeon’s eggs
226. Open-top truck
227. Apiary insect
228. Ten-gallon hats
229. Famous Parisian cathedral, ... -Dame
230. Notifies
231. Senselessly
DOWN
1. North African staple food
2. In stages (3,2,3)
3. Process of childbirth
4. Grain tower
5. Initial stake at poker
6. Kitchen flooring
7. Permissible
8. Left-hand page of a book
9. Native American religious pole
10. Study intensively
11. Knock to the ground
12. Image recorder
13. Australian duck-billed animal
14. Last man in at cricket
19. Man-made god
23. Problem with pronunciation
26. Japanese dish
28. Incompetent
30. Well-mannered
31. Long white vestment
32. Have regret for
33. Powerful, mighty
38. Tightens
39. Golf expert
41. Famished
42. More cheerful
43. Painting, drawing etc
44. Slender graceful women
46. Adult males
49. Close relative
51. Toy reeled up and down on a string (2-2)
53. Concisely, in a ...
55. Burden
57. Sagacious, clever
59. Smoked and seasoned slices of beef
60. Chimney duct
63. Range of mountains with jagged peaks
65. Stop (a criminal)
70. Trod, paced or walked
71. Look carefully (into)
73. Steven Spielberg film, Schindler’s ...
75. Expresses in words
77. Buzzing musical instrument
78. Moved like a duck
79. Small particle
80. The Intern star, ... Hathaway
81. Indian flatbread
83. The pair
91. Fixed bench in a church
93. Naughty sprite
95. Really bad
96. Except for
97. Pixie
98. Colour (hair)
99. Cigarette users
100. Encroach, make ...
101. Tropical root vegetable
102. Price charged
103. Biblical meaning of ‘trespass’
104. Looked after an infant
106. Make a bid of
107. Caterpillar, for example
109. Doles (out)
110. Big
112. Electrical measure
114. Climbing evergreen plant
117. Crude mineral
119. Self-worth
122. Integral, intrinsic (2-5)
123. Number of seats on a tandem
124. Play on words
126. Bring to a conclusion
127. Elvis film, Viva ... Vegas
129. Sphere
130. Solidified
132. World War I respirator (3,4)
134. Shout of displeasure
136. Digit of the foot
138. Pale purple
139. Over-enthuse
140. Range of frequencies
142. Cupid
143. Adjust (a radio) to a specific signal
145. Another name for a beekeeper
146. Gardening tools
147. Extremely
148. Filament, thread
149. Cry of pain or distress
150. Ballet step
151. Per item
160. Realm ruled by a monarch
161. Paraded, marched
164. Adjoin, border
165. Flightless NZ parrot
167. Farm animals
168. Beef, pork etc
169. Gestures of indifference
170. Smart, fashionable
176. Weird, strange
177. Relating to the curve above the sacrum
179. Shoulder coverings
180. Respectful form of address
182. Winning serve
186. Secret intelligence gatherer
187. Commissioned soldiers
188. Suitable for marriage
190. Planetary path
193. Evade (capture)
195. Came about
196. Predict
199. Seek out the target
201. Roasting
203. Short musical pieces
204. Geographical region
206. Partakes of
207. Mythical Australian animal
210. Wartime German submarine (1-4)
211. Very angry
212. Share out, distribute
213. Lift up, praise highly
216. Composer’s numbered work
217. Level, flat
218. Chores
219. Items of golfing equipment
Solution in next month’s issue.