MEGA CROSSWORD

“ALL THE GREAT THINGS ARE SIMPLE, AND MANY CAN BE EXPRESSED IN A SINGLE WORD: FREEDOM, JUSTICE, HONOUR, DUTY, MERCY, HOPE.” WINSTON CHURCHILL

ACROSS

1. Reshuffles

6. US cotton state

10. Limit (range) (6,4) 15. A partridge in a ... tree 18. Word jumble 19. Postage by plane 20. Manager

22. Less challenging

23. Put right (4,3) 24. Pedestal base 25. Umpire

26. Outline

28. Seed shells

30. Golf ball holder 31. Willowy

32. As soon as possible (1,1,1,1) 33. Dashing style 34. Numbskull

35. Auld Lang ...

37. Hindu robe 39. Illuminated 40. Delivered unreturnable serve

42. Gain (respect) 45. Guides (to seat)

48. Court order, decree ... 49. Stay calm, keep one’s ... 50. Areas

53. Over the top (1,1,1) 54. Angry indignation 56. Become informed 59. Evict

61. Glum

62. Mix (ingredients) together 63. New Year’s Eve (1,1,1) 64. Dinosaur, tyrannosaurus ... 65. To ... his own 66. Restaurant bill 68. Legislatures

69. The Good Place actor, ... Danson

70. Longer

71. Travel plan 72. Excessively 73. Geometric shapes 74. Price on application (1,1,1) 76. Motivate

78. Absolves

80. Worried look 81. Wandered 84. Reception host 85. Inventor, Alexander ... Bell 87. Subdues (unruly crowd) 89. Complete collections 92. Russian guitar 94. Appeal

96. Rough (manner) 97. Implant once more 98. Spiders’ traps 100. Accused person 101. Follow directives 104. Decapitate

105. African republic, ... Leone 107. ..., aim, fire! 108. Wanton

112. Slight jab

113. Patron’s young charge 115. Vienna is there

117. Sink in middle 118. Expressing indifference 120. Public house 121. Nations’ finances 123. Moves overseas

125. ... & feather

126. Scout

127. Fireplace hotplate 129. Seethe

130. Lancelot’s title

131. Ingot

133. Xmas

134. Parched

136. Stretch of land 137. Run-down 140. Privileged few 141. Nervous twitch 142. Spendthrift

146. Drink, ... colada 147. Surveillance system (1,1,1,1) 148. Refrains 152. Scandinavian 154. Redecorate

155. Tertiary student campus 156. Biblical garden 157. Wheel slide

159. Raised strip

160. Spoken test 162. Low-quality

164. Eighth, ninth, ...

165. Egg cells

167. Building site hoist 169. Academy Award

171. Kind

173. Racial enclave 174. Socially rebuffed (3,4) 175. Hair roller 177. Motorist’s fury, road ... 178. Neatly arranged (4,3) 179. Authorise

180. Hue & cry (2-2) 181. Sensible (2-8)

182. Lives (at)

183. Cathodes or anodes

DOWN

1. Heavy cord 2. Degrade 3. Almond-flavoured liqueur 4. Most magnificent 5. Lebanon’s northern neighbour

6. Lets in

7. Aider & abettor 8. Totally

9. Poirot creator, ... Christie 10. Standards 11. Highway verge 12. Artist’s medium (3,5) 13. Endangered atmosphere layer

14. Chow 16. Premature 17. Hunting guns 20. Acrimonious 21. Navigate

27. Timid (5-7)

29. Not publicised 35. Begin journey (3,3) 36. Ants’ home

38. From Japan or China 41. SE England county 43. Unchanged (2,2) 44. Required 46. Claiming in debate 47. Rehashes 51. Purveyors 52. Overshadows

55. Write with keyboard 56. Soothing

57. A second time 58. Knitting implements 60. Joke

67. Snuff (candles) (4,3) 69. Indicative

72. Small quarrels 75. Stadium 77. Spiritless

79. Kills on cross 82. Newspaper subscribers 83. Juicy gossip 86. Flooded

88. Last place-getter 90. Ram’s mate 91. Anti-terrorist group (1,1,1) 92. B&B, ... & breakfast 93. Painting & sculpture 94. See next page (1,1,1) 95. East-southeast (1,1,1) 98. Intestine parasites

99. Big talker

102. The B of Canada’s BC

103. Alaskan river

104. Side effects (2-8) 106. Suites

108. Cutlery item 109. Humourless

110. SUV, sport ... vehicle 111. Keen workers (5,7)

114. Car distance gauge 116. Infrequency

119. Film category

122. Comic actor, ... Idle 124. Ground grain 125. Cleared up (junk) 128. Tossed (rider off horse) 130. Prized fur

132. Brazil’s ... Janeiro (3,2) 135. Open mouth wearily 138. Ornamental shoulder-pieces 139. Cracked code 141. Assignment

143. Make fizzy 144. Immature frogs 145. Construction 149. Captivate 150. Blameless

151. Casual garment (1-5) 153. Waikiki welcome 158. Annoyed 161. Churchman

163. A great number

166. Strict vegetarian 168. Do penance (for) 170. Secret store 172. Composer, Andrew ... Webber

173. Mum’s mum

176. Fishing poles