MEGA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Gather again 6. Waddling bird

10. Fruit grower 15. Parched

18. Hazier

19. Escorted 20. Aperture 22. Late-night (flight) (3-3) 23. Luggage

24. Fjords

25. After tax

26. Boxer’s weapons 28. Weird

30. Compass direction (1,1,1) 31. Fossil resin 32. Exclusive English school 33. ... & Eve

34. Beijing is there 35. Italian sparkling wine 37. Dedicatory poems 39. Exercise club 40. Agreement

42. Zing

45. Suffer

48. What a dog wags 49. Dance 50. Separated, torn ... 53. Frozen water 54. Timer signals

56. Viper

59. Small restaurants 61. US intelligence agency (1,1,1)

62. You (archaic) 63. Crooner, ... King Cole 64. Ram’s mate

65. Iran’s neighbour 66. Wrath

68. Daring

69. Adieu!

70. More protracted 71. Vital

72. Nuptial vow (1,2) 73. Hang-up 74. Aggravate 76. Computer’s ... chip 78. Move heavily on wheels 80. Turn out (tenant) 81. Away from west 84. Aligned oneself 85. Annually 87. Chooses (government) 89. Follows (along) 92. Maximum velocity (4,5) 94. Colorants

96. Facilitate 97. Originated

98. Uncle & ...

100. Clear description 101. Change yacht’s course 104. Senility

105. Theatre

107. Deep cut

108. Epsom salts treatment 112. Inexact (definition) 113. Entourage

115. Short for nightwear 117. Typist’s ailment (1,1,1) 118. Renaming (product) 120. Gallivant 121. Indicators 123. Gaberdine & Burberry 125. Royal title (1,1,1) 126. Compensation 127. Spacing key

129. Power group 130. Precursor to AIDS (1,1,1) 131. Cry

133. Ore vein

134. Type, kind

136. Wide open

137. Child’s magazine 140. Carp

141. Blue, down

142. Regal rod

146. Poker stake 147. Fronded plant 148. Chatterboxes 152. Medicine amount 154. Energy, style 155. Caviar

156. Prison

157. Actor, ... Ifans 159. Adjudged, considered 160. Bamboo stick 162. Steamship fuel 164. Andes beast 165. Bunny’s mother 167. Ward off 169. Cyclist’s outfit 171. Sandwich meat 173. Noisy summer insect 174. Meant

175. Muffle

177. ... & toe 178. Improving

179. Catch on

180. Horse’s neck hair 181. Imagined, ... about 182. Guy Fawkes’ crime 183. Passed laws

DOWN

1. Lion’s call 2. Tolerate 3. Devitalise

4. Large adult tadpole 5. Sagas

6. Most virtuous 7. Faddishly modern 8. Decode

9. Sick feeling 10. Different 11. Adjusts

12. Also, in ...

13. Lazes

14. Toddlers

16. Tears

17. Keep in custody 20. Corrupt goings-on 21. Single entities 27. Male hormone 29. Gun positions

35. St Francis of ... 36. Toothpaste container 38. A dime a ... 41. Coffee, ... latte 43. Troy actor, ... Bana 44. Diatribe 46. Unscrupulousness 47. Counter-argument 51. Not endorsed 52. Gloominess

55. Lay flagstones on 56. Affirms 57. Dormitories 58. Chancier 60. Daunts

67. Fleeing with lover 69. Recklessly 72. Clumsy 75. Brownie points 77. Dropping by (7,2) 79. Disburdening 82. Inclining

83. Enjoy!, Bon ...! 86. Forestall

88. Pursue

90. UAE state, ... Dhabi 91. Solidify 92. Sustained

93. Cosy or secluded room 94. Banned pesticide (1,1,1) 95. And so on

98. Rage

99. Foster

102. Amid

103. Massage

104. Remove restrictions 106. Nile delta city 108. Tenacity 109. Automated 110. Foolish 111. Absorbingly 114. Stereotyped 116. Gauche

119. Fact

122. Stumble 124. Unknown writer 125. Saluted

128. Small, low baths 130. Eye colour 132. Numbers game 135. Smooch

138. Reveal for too long 139. Viral

141. Waist ribbon

143. Corn or rye 144. Hazards 145. Reworks (script) 149. Relieving 150. Liquid-filled sacs 151. Evangelist, Billy ... 153. An ... but a goodie 158. Mideast nation 161. Dismount 163. Astronaut, ‘Buzz’ ... 166. Great sea 168. Worked at (one’s trade) 170. Grovel

172. Bend to circumstances 173. Food professional 176. Geek

“I LIKE GOOD STRONG WORDS THAT MEAN SOMETHING.”

JO (LITTLE WOMEN)