MEGA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Untrue

6. Higher (than) 10. Shortly (6,4) 15. Material flaps 18. Obscure

19. Fortitude 20. Abandon

22. Lenin’s successor 23. Acrobat’s apparatus 24. Views 25. Negotiable (1,1,1) 26. Outmoded 28. Necessities

30. Healthy beverage, green ... 31. West African country 32. Career golfers

33. Shacks

34. Perfect

35. Huge

37. European defence pact 39. Also

40. Frog relative 42. Illegally aid 45. Corrupts

48. NZ bird

49. Launched Hubble telescope 50. Letter

53. Details, ... & outs 54. Muslim rulers

56. Shows the way 59. Choose (government) 61. Yearly, ... annum 62. Cartel

63. Beaker

64. What we breathe 65. Finesse 66. Debutante 68. Post-mission interrogations 69. Baby boy

70. One another (4,5) 71. Forever

72. Mum & ... 73. Intervened (7,2)

74. Just a minute, wait a ... 76. Constantly active (2,3,2) 78. Joins forces (5,2) 80. French farewell 81. Beastliness

84. Lieu

85. Sailor

87. Oversee (gallery exhibition) 89. Ugly witches 92. Trembling

94. Snakes

96. Fragrant

97. Unthought (of) 98. Suckers

100. Most athletic 101. Madam (2’2)

104. Indian spice tree 105. Is naughty (4,2) 107. Classic actor, Henry ... 108. Camera attachments (5,4) 112. Respond

113. Firmer

115. Amount squandered 117. Feminine pronoun 118. Not loud enough 120. Female rabbit

121. Story

123. Articulate

125. Meat & three ... 126. Blacken (name)

127. Date of birth (1,1,1) 129. Thick slice 130. Moreover 131. Liqueur, ... Maria 133. Employs 134. Downhearted 136. Motivate

137. Lions’ manly ruffs 140. Director, Woody ...

141. GP

142. Excavates mud 146. Within range 147. Elephant ivory 148. Coddles

152. Food

154. You (archaic) 155. Missing in action (1,1,1) 156. Mountain goat

157. Skull 159. Childhood & adolescence 160. Epic tale

162. 12 o’clock 164. North-west US state

165. ... & her

167. Have life

169. Stared lasciviously at 171. Hamburger, Big ... 173. Adequate 174. Struggled roughly 175. Without compromise (4-2) 177. Bulb flower 178. Unattractive structure 179. Once-over (4-3)

180. Fully satisfy

181. Tiny blood fluid cells 182. Downpours 183. Offends

DOWN

1. Is the right size for 2. Havana native 3. Abridge 4. Inhabitant 5. Ragouts

6. Sock support 7. Extensive

8. Called

9. Feel aggrieved by 10. Complacent 11. Reverse (4,4) 12. Reconsider 13. Sheep-like 14. Receives

16. Make reparation 17. Advertising motto 20. Flyer’s fatigue (3,3) 21. Exit

27. Govt mouthpiece 29. House sellers (6,6) 35. Countless number 36. Rock concerts 38. Savoury jelly 41. Traffic-light colour 43. Paging sound 44. Actress, Charlize ... 46. Deceptive 47. Supermarket pay station 51. Novels’ locations

52. Last New Testament book 55. Impolite

56. Pantries 57. Devoured (3,2) 58. Cheat

60. Itemise 67. Bedclothes 69. Schemes

72. Passing

75. Gives up (territory) 77. Dramatisation 79. Raised water canals 82. Inns

83. Steeling (self)

86. Plead guilty to 88. Districts

90. Emirate, ... Dhabi 91. Anti-terrorist group (1,1,1) 92. Queen’s Counsels (1,2) 93. Remove intestines 94. Cash point (1,1,1) 95. Wood glue (1,1,1) 98. Aggrieves 99. Medicinal root 102. Conferred (medal) 103. Metric unit

104. Grant citizenship to 106. Profusion 108. Conviviality 109. Scrambled word puzzle 110. Straightens 111. Coaxing (5-7) 114. Snatching 116. Versions

119. Fiend

122. Ivy or jasmine 124. Astronaut, ... Armstrong 125. Foresight

128. Bet on (horse) 130. Foolish

132. Aussie city, ... Springs 135. Non-exploding bombs 138. Senior RAF officer (3,7) 139. Ensnaring 141. Prescribed amount 143. Nursery poems 144. Disbelievers 145. Heavenly 149. Combines with oxygen 150. Mollusc’s home 151. Writer, ... Hardy 153. Turn the ... cheek 158. Royal racecourse 161. Be present

163. Lots

166. Frostier

168. Teenage heart-throbs 170. Famous US actor, ... Bridges

172. Throat lump, ... apple (4’1) 173. CD, compact ... 176. Information

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MARGARET MEAD