MEGA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Cutting into four 6. Cowered, recoiled 10. Milk-jelly dessert 15. Alehouses, pubs 18. Cleans (carpet)
19. Most noisy 20. Toothed wheel 22. Taiwanese capital 23. Earphones
24. Kicks out of a property 25. Israeli city, … Aviv 26. Beautiful woman 28. Monastery superior 30. Punt, gamble 31. Hawaiian hello 32. English comedian, Eric … 33. Fragrant flower with thorny stem 34. Exploiters
35. Colours clothing 37. Piquancy
39. City in Brazil, … de Janeiro 40. Not far
42. Fairytale opening,
… upon a time 45. Reprove, admonish 48. Home stereo (2-2) 49. Double-reed woodwind instrument
50. Greek wine 53. Shakespeare play, Much … About Nothing
54. Childhood
56. Explosion
59. Basketball player, Shaquille … (1’4)
61. Dwindle, abate
62. Actor, … Ifans
63. Tell an untruth
64. Schoolboy
65. Turn over a new …
66. Expression of rebuke
68. Controls, influences
69. Writer, Edgar Allan …
70. Escapee
71. Story of events
72. Jive, dance
73. United (community) (5-4)
74. Cantonese meal, yum …
76. Trap, catch
78. Reading stand
80. EU currency units
81. Breakthrough, finding
84. Porcelain, crockery
85. Witchdoctor 87. Nurse at breast
89. Seed vessels
92. Pastry delicacy (3-2-4) 94. Secondary identities, alter … 96. Computer equipment 97. Strike with skull 98. Donkey cry
100. Closely woven twill fabric 101. Taxis
104. Plaster painting 105. Balkan republic 107. Harness-racing horse 108. Inhabiting, tenanting 112. Scientist, Sir … Newton 113. Starters, appetisers 115. More perilous
117. Wild animal’s lair 118. Patience, understanding 120. Belonging to him 121. Tease, provoke 123. Useful, efficient 125. Affirmative reply 126. Inappropriate, unsuitable 127. Daub, blot
129. Fiji’s capital 130. Pertinent, fitting 131. Mink or ermine 133. Acorns & pecans 134. Wood glue (1,1,1) 136. Lightweight timber 137. Desert springs 140. Images used for worship 141. Shack, cabin 142. Underground prison 146. Coloured portion of the eye 147. Spider, daddy-…-legs 148. Naval flags 152. Unspoilt paradise 154. Disallow, deny 155. Wedding promise (1,2) 156. Different, other 157. Chooses
159. Artificial, fake
160. Flying saucers (1,1,2) 162. Viable project
164. More accurate 165. Corporate boss (1,1,1) 167. Increase in salary 169. UK racecourse
171. Iconic Chinese leader, … Zedong 173. Postpone 174. Accumulates, gathers 175. Achievable, feasible 177. Guardian’s charge 178. Earl Grey sachets 179. Titillating publications 180. Air mattress 181. Unnecessarily 182. Sledges, toboggans 183. Kitchen utensils (3,7)
DOWN
1. Resign from a job 2. Sharpshooter, … Oakley 3. Surrounding districts 4. Prepare for hatching 5. Thin oatmeal 6. Swapped (cheque) for money 7. Irrelevant, trivial 8. Emerging spontaneously from the people 9. River-mouth regions 10. Book jacket spiel 11. Hole, fissure 12. Purveyors of food 13. Brother’s daughter 14. Makes a mistake 16. Dapper, snazzy 17. Create an impression, make a …
20. Actor, Mel … 21. Topmost room in a house 27. Carefree, cheerful 29. Altruistically, generously 35. Leave, retreat 36. Reverberating sound 38. Void, nullify 41. Carrying a gun 43. Scruff of neck
44. Fit to consume 46. Cabin crew member (3,7) 47. Kids’ stores
51. Road fee collection point 52. Unwillingness to wait 55. What a clock tells 56. Structures spanning rivers 57. Grown-up 58. Apprentice, learner 60. US space agency 67. Narrowed
69. Kissing lightly 72. Censor, … out 75. Mideast natives 77. Alpine landslide
79. Holy War fighters 82. French castle 83. Clearly, distinctly 86. Befuddle, confuse 88. Skewered meat 90. Belonging to us 91. Timid
92. Relax, … out
93. Film, Gone With … Wind 94. And so on
95. Globe, sphere 98. Two-footed 99. Emphasises, accentuates 102. Embarrassed 103. Religious offshoots 104. Disapproves of (6,4) 106. Rescuing by plane 108. Flashy, flamboyant 109. Caribbean music style 110. Sets on fire 111. Gardening talent (5,7) 114. Able to be rubbed out 116. Enrages, infuriates 119. Tops of cars
122. Drinks daintily 124. Bitter, continuous hostility 125. Hurrah!
128. Washes, cleanses
130. By oneself
132. Stout cords 135. Attendant, helper 138. Cooperation, support 139. Extolling, praising 141. Clasp, fastener 143. Unwrap, unfurl 144. Safety razor inventor 145. Flyover 149. Annoying, provoking 150. Flood, overwhelm 151. Standard, usual 153. Russian villa 158. Cave-dwelling monster 161. Banquets
163. Artist’s canvas supports 166. Hauntingly frightening 168. Boot-shaped country 170. Hag
172. Put up with
173. Ballet, … Lake
176. Ages, eras
“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.” OSCAR WILDE, POET