MEGA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Degree ceremony 6. Fluffed timing 10. Percussion instruments 15. ... of Capri

18. Wilder

19. Lizards, Komodo ... 20. Mocking remark 22. Needier 23. Bestowed gift 24. Tantalises 25. Work-out room

26. Coin pouch

28. Tastes defeat 30. Musical, ... Misérables 31. Unresolved problem 32. Helen of ... 33. Peepers

34. Book leaf

35. Actress, Meg ... 37. Country, Costa ... 39. Food can 40. Tropical tuber

42. Lab rodents 45. Removes from country 48. Unit of weight

49. Feast

50. Told (to)

53. Enemy

54. Flooded 56. Disparaging 59. Summons on bleeper 61. Pen point

62. Comic actor, ... Idle 63. China’s ... Zedong

64. ..., two, buckle my shoe 65. Permissible

66. Fairy

68. Great beginning (6,5) 69. Fish eggs

70. Plain

71. Exclude from group 72. Shop ... you drop (‘3) 73. Writing blots (3,6) 74. In favour of

76. Pillow

78. Judicial investigation 80. Prague native 81. Light-headedness 84. Decree

85. Mariner

87. Raid

89. Carry

92. Hospital resident 94. Data

96. Hunted fowl (4,4) 97. Salad dressing liquid (5,3) 98. Labour uphill 100. Intimidate

101. Actress, ... Hudson 104. Public squares 105. Fooled

107. Throat part, ... cords 108. U-boat

112. Happen 113. Primeval

115. Cabin staff

117. US spy group (1,1,1) 118. Opening

120. ... & don’ts 121. Intergalactic vehicle 123. Eliminate

125. Playful bite

126. Survey

127. Just a minute, wait a ... 129. Oliver Hardy & ... Laurel 130. Happy trip, ... voyage 131. Like a ... out of hell 133. Mums & ...

134. Local area network 136. Edit (text)

137. Expand

140. Blunder

141. New Year’s Eve (1,1,1) 142. Liquid crystal (watch) 146. Arm bone

147. Israeli city, Tel ... 148. Punting adviser 152. Lean-to

154. Pleads

155. 2240 lbs

156. Bible’s Garden of ... 157. Affectionate

159. Welsh actor, Rhys ... 160. Whip stroke 162. Soothsayer

164. Botch (lines) 165. Non-com (1,1,1) 167. Complies with

169. In unison (2,3) 171. Retiree (1,1,1) 173. Muppet frog

174. Ice cream dessert 175. Sikh headwear

177. Yes votes

178. Bill

179. Coastal

180. Mosaic pattern part 181. Resemblances 182. Increases fitness level (5,2) 183. Wine-opening tools

DOWN

1. Clamp 2. Metallic mixture 3. In the open air 4. Clumsy 5. More enjoyable

6. Slaughter

7. Area of urban squalor 8. Left alone 9. Short-change 10. Skeleton images (1-4) 11. Searches (5,3)

12. Small sweet 13. Uproar

14. Takes to court 16. Saturated 17. Coronation robes fur 20. Aplenty 21. Surrounded & harassed 27. Equity

29. Brittle bone disorder 35. Tousle

36. Axe-like cutter 38. Koran religion

41. Paris nightclub, Moulin ... 43. Yemen port 44. Unchanging

46. Male family heads 47. Nuclear generators 51. Stark

52. Fought back

55. Alive & well 56. Evaded (duty)

57. Gold brick

58. Twist around

60. Picnic pests 67. Utmost 69. Often-repeated complaint 72. Implied

75. Relative sizes 77. Lacking vitality 79. Finalist

82. Sketch

83. ... here nor there 86. Stadium

88. In the lead 90. Thrilled exclamation 91. Spur (on) 92. Wedding promise (1,2) 93. Every ..., Dick and Harry 94. Kind

95. Porky

98. Public (duty) 99. Unhook

102. Video gaming centres 103. Merits

104. Making believe (4-6) 106. Destitute (4-3-3) 108. Wonderfully

109. Polls 110. Introductory

111. Keen workers (5,7) 114. Least contaminated 116. Start of shower 119. Kayak

122. German medal, ... Cross 124. Aft

125. Synthetic fabrics 128. Manned (ship)

130. Dixie chick, southern ... 132. Hackneyed 135. Protuberance 138. Meteorologists 139. Unscrupulous lenders (4,6) 141. Actor, Robert De ... 143. Turns of phrase 144. Dormant

145. Clears of wrongdoing 149. Lower 150. Stammers 151. Exertion

153. Bee product

158. Asian nation

161. View

163. Devours (4,2)

166. Harsh squeaking sound 168. Slips out

170. French saint, Joan ... (2,3) 172. Tolerate 173. Philosopher, ... Marx 176. Journalism

“THE NICEST THING ABOUT DOING A CROSSWORD PUZZLE IS, YOU KNOW THERE IS A SOLUTION.” STEPHEN SONDHEIM