MEGA CROSSWORD

“EDUCATION IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON WHICH YOU CAN USE TO CHANGE THE WORLD.”

NELSON MANDELA

ACROSS

1. Inherited privilege 6. Angry outbursts 10. Magazine retailer 15. Lamb bleats 18. Prince Charles’ wife 19. Milk farms 20. Excess weight 22. Parchment roll 23. Clad

24. Aches

25. Actress, ... Thurman 26. Considerable 28. Happen next 30. Negotiable (1,1,1) 31. Mouthwash 32. Great Lake 33. Forbidden activity (2-2) 34. Actor, ... Eastwood 35. She was, they ... 37. Showers

39. Lab animal 40. Space agency 42. Punches

45. Speech 48. Forearm bone

49. US state

50. Fitness 53. Gallivant 54. Subdue

56. Fuse

59. Inuit snow shelter 61. Night before 62. Soya-bean curd 63. Secure

64. Vapour 65. Legumes

66. Weep 68. Thriftiness

69. Set

70. Highest

71. Cuticle treatments 72. Trend 73. Motivation

74. Leaf brew 76. Scalpel wielder 78. Compact story 80. Get-up-and-go 81. Baptismal sponsor 84. Hitler’s ... Reich 85. Crises 87. Overlook

89. Child’s play 92. Primped & preened 94. Elderly

96. Illegal (drinkers)

97. Renamed (product) 98. Cascade 100. Nervously

101. Skim swiftly

104. Derive

105. Actress, ... Lansbury 107. Ditto

108. Hostile party 112. Approaches

113. Notion

115. Gumboil

117. The H of HMV 118. Jogging outfit

120. Blend

121. Too enthusiastic

123. Rear part

125. Oui or ...

126. Scout pioneer, Lord ... (5-6) 127. Massage

129. Huge

130. UK TV network (1,1,1) 131. Et cetera

133. Impact sound 134. Chitchat

136. Smallest

137. Overfills

140. Fix (problem) 141. Tempo (1,1,1) 142. Geographical tomes 146. Entry permit

147. 2nd Greek letter

148. Pale colours 152. Scandinavian

154. Glass sheet

155. Ha ha (1,1,1)

156. Snog

157. ... out a living

159. Guru

160. Auld ... Syne

162. Wheel spindle 164. Jargon

165. Early pesticide (1,1,1) 167. Doesn’t move 169. Dispatch

171. Leer at

173. Control 174. Enticements (4-3) 175. Queen Mary & Titanic 177. Thoroughfare 178. Traditional (3-4)

179. Due for settlement 180. Facts 181. Idiosyncrasies 182. Feared 183. Exaggerates

DOWN

1. Nods (head) 2. Re-equip 3. Comfortable chair 4. Betting men 5. Mosaic maker 6. Buyer & seller 7. Revive 8. Objecting 9. Depress

10. Building spikes 11. Wave tip

12. From Vienna 13. Lingerie fabric 14. Louts

16. Sharp (pain)

17. Flew

20. Lathers

21. Roughly

27. Bowing to altar 29. Impartiality

35. Thick slices

36. South African currency 38. Advantage 41. Departs port

43. The ... of Capri

44. Yelp

46. Rotted 47. Questioner 51. Equatorial

52. Émigré

55. Reposes

56. Bullied

57. Instant noodles 58. Adjoining bathroom (2,5) 60. Dotty

67. Friends 69. Stripper’s garment (1-6) 72. Soft sweet 75. Contributed 77. Coming forth 79. Vagrants

82. Actor, Sidney ... 83. Library patrons 86. Skilful

88. An ... but a goodie 90. Alias (1,1,1)

91. Actor, ... Brynner 92. Golf peg

93. Thirsty

94. Promos

95. ... de Cologne 98. Ostentatious 99. Dupes (5,2) 102. Smooth talker

103. Spay

104. Candid (2,3,5) 106. Accountable 108. Prettily 109. Beards 110. Parrot’s cries 111. Sidewinders

114. Bib & brace 116. Enables 119. Wrecked 122. Wanes 124. Singing pitch 125. Baddie (2-4) 128. Jolted 130. Model-plane wood 132. Applauds 135. Grain husks 138. Integrate 139. Boldly decorated 141. Sunbathe 143. Examined

144. Meat plant 145. Serial sessions 149. Congregate 150. Caravans 151. Celebrity

153. Of hearing 158. Turn outwards 161. Scale

163. Spoke with defect 166. Gaunt 168. Corrosive substances 170. Authority (3-2) 172. Leaven

173. Barrel

176. Cuts (timber)