MEGA CROSSWORD

1. Goods wagon (7,3) 6. German port city 10. Acts up, is naughty 15. Salt Lake City’s state 18. Sightseer, traveller 19. Jollier, more cheerful 20. Ruse, confidence trick 22. Diminish, abate 23. Bequest administrator 24. Primps

25. Due time (1,1,1)

26. Ski trail

28. Amber substance 30. Typist’s complaint (1,1,1) 31. Yours (poetic)

32. Great Lake 33. Effortless, simple 34. Harden up

35. Sandal or boot 37. Material flaps 39. Convent dweller 40. Duelling sword 42. Require

45. Name and residence inscribed on an envelope 48. Udder tip 49. Fictional sleuth, Nancy … 50. Printing machines 53. Used to be

54. Marsh plants 56. Trudges, slogs

59. Beef cut (1-4) 61. Affirmative vote

62. Not fully shut

63. Take a chair 64. Pseudonym, … de plume 65. Choux pastry confection, cream … 66. Complete collection 68. Reshaped, modified 69. Yield, give …

70. Large triangular sail 71. Show in episodes

72. Fah, soh, …

73. Light operas

74. Earl Grey or English Breakfast 76. Nuclear agreement (4,3) 78. Letter, missive

80. Sci-fi author, Jules … 81. Expels evil spirits

84. Pay out, expend 85. Stage-works 87. Moistens meat

89. Waist band

92. Spear vegetable 94. Dance movement 96. Leading, progressive 97. Coordinate, put in order

98. Overcast, gloomy 100. Prescribed by law 101. Hence, thus 104. Comedian, … Barker 105. Fleet of warships 107. Breadth 108. Walled garden 112. James Dean film, … Without a Cause 113. Illicit, criminal 115. Malady, illness 117. Knight’s title 118. Public referee 120. Austen novel,

Pride … Prejudice 121. Shabbiest 123. Confine, restrain 125. Shade, colour 126. Playboy, adulterer 127. Gene acid (1,1,1) 129. Belgrade native 130. Neckwear accessory 131. Contented sigh 133. Somersault, forward … 134. Spider’s trap 136. Computer symbols 137. Barely sufficient 140. Circus performer 141. Money fold 142. Innards

146. Monster like Shrek 147. Rip violently 148. Transmitted, passed on 152. East Timor’s capital 154. Tart, acidic 155. Mongrel, mutt 156. Whirlpool 157. Slender, slim 159. Frenzied, crazed 160. Search for 162. Biblical partnership, … and Eve 164. Dodge, avoid 165. Nucleus, crux 167. Attach, join 169. Computer memory units 171. Wine tub 173. Basement

174. Tsar’s wife 175. Student’s dissertation 177. Creative, artistic 178. Greed

179. High singing voice 180. Average, standard 181. Dressmaker

182. Stops, ceases

183. PR person (5,5) DOWN 1. Roman IV

2. Pass a bill into law 3. Innkeeper

4. Holey breakfast cakes 5. Drizzles 6. Wonderland character, The Mad … 7. Massive, tremendous 8. Left alone

9. Xbox or Wii players 10. Adult female horses 11. Scrawnier

12. Noise stoppers

13. Bad habits 14. Amounts

16. Molars and incisors 17. Warmed up 20. Tranquil, calm 21. Asian spice, star … 27. Male hormone 29. Onlookers 35. Deposits eggs (of fish) 36. Boat’s paddles 38. Donkeys

41. Bath treatment, … salts 43. Catch sight of, glimpse 44. Bleak, dismal 46. Disconnected, incoherent 47. Lobe jewellery 51. Tusked animal 52. Untrustworthiness 55. Dreadful, awful 56. Dummy pill 57. Earthy pigment 58. Flattens, evens out 60. Foreshadow, portend 67. Casual garments (1-6) 69. Least dry

72. Exists

75. Find the total of (3,2) 77. Forking off 79. Introductory

82. US property broker 83. Unsuitably

86. Once more 88. Athlete’s foot

90. What we breathe 91. Seasonal affliction, … fever

92. Promos

93. Japanese cuisine staple, … sauce 94. Perceive with the eyes 95. Cardiac monitor (1,1,1) 98. Gapes in amazement 99. Approve officially 102. Change company image 103. Eyed lustfully, leered 104. Large horned animal 106. Picture museum (3,7) 108. Airing frame 109. Unlatches, unlocks 110. Seat divider

111. Ballet school (5,7) 114. Small spotted beetle 116. Outside, extrinsic

119. She Works Hard for the Money singer, … Summer 122. Twirl, rotate 124. Verbal, lingual 125. Made a noise like a wolf 128. Astronaut, ‘Buzz’ … 130. Human trunk 132. Stockpile, amass 135. Save someone under threat, … out 138. Defeats in chess 139. Stories, anecdotes 141. Walk through water 143. Agilely, gracefully 144. Unenlightened 145. Intensify, heighten 149. Tinted visor 150. Converters

151. Cricket side

153. Close friends, … circle 158. Up and about 161. Lengthen, enlarge 163. Belittles, demeans 166. The ‘U’ in ‘UV’ 168. Tough, hard as … 170. Replenish (3,2) 172. United, all together (2,3) 173. Crow calls

176. Speck of soot

“Every piece of the puzzle that doesn’t fit gets you closer to the answer.” CYNTHIA LEWIS, WRITER