MEGA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Unbelievable rubbish 6. Stalemate 10. Resists

15. Diva’s song 18. Second audition summonses 19. Pesters

20. Roof slate

22. Skin design 23. Dissimilar 24. Puzzling question 25. Cloth colorant 26. Riviera resort, ... Carlo 28. Two-party contests 30. Cereal

31. Cause trouble (3,2) 32. Major Norwegian port 33. Diction flaw 34. Employing

35. Spots

37. Child’s toy bricks 39. Short car trip 40. Tapering fruit 42. Otherwise

45. Allow access again 48. Neat & smart 49. Brink

50. Internet domain 53. Top

54. Nuclear weapon (1-4) 56. Beam

59. Cluster

61. Date of birth (1,1,1) 62. Experts

63. Male title

64. Laugh out loud 65. Sadly 66. Endeavour 68. Meaty

69. Lump of turf 70. Modern paintings 71. Loses speed (5,4) 72. Crack army force (1,1,1) 73. Enhances 74. Actress, ... Thurman 76. Gratify

78. Slips by

80. Low bar dance 81. Pretends 84. Defamation

85. Close at hand 87. Exquisite 89. Athletic apparel brand 92. Babbling 94. Contributes 96. University teacher

97. Public addresses 98. Petulant fit 100. During dark hours 101. Outlaw, Robin ... 104. Chastity

105. Speak out (4,2) 107. Belonging to them 108. Fragile outer casings 112. Great artery 113. Algiers is there 115. Shellfish 117. Pardon?

118. Baby’s ... cord 120. Magnetic resonance imaging (1,1,1) 121. Covered 123. Ambiguous 125. Delight 126. Commemoration 127. Nucleus

129. Eyelid swelling 130. Rainbow shape 131. Mischievous kid 133. Magazine leaf

134. Cry

136. Human trunk 137. Authority (3-2) 140. Grill

141. Oui or ...

142. Bets

146. Ow! 147. Boyfriend 148. Certified (accounts) 152. Padlock clasp

154. ... shui 155. Military exercises 156. River deposit 157. Jewels

159. Rice dish

160. Grape variety, Pinot ... 162. Freshwater duck 164. Supplementing, ... out 165. Lamb’s bleat 167. Stomach inflammation 169. Singer, Bob ... 171. USA, Uncle ... 173. Eire’s capital 174. Acted dishonestly 175. Makes amends 177. Ostrich-like birds 178. Tombstone inscription 179. Stamp firmly 180. Divorce, decree ... 181. Irreverence 182. Profoundest 183. Warships

DOWN

1. Overcome

2. Laymen

3. Diverted 4. Foregone conclusion, fait ... 5. Beauty, ... of Troy 6. Sends forth 7. Supernatural 8. High-pitched quality 9. Implants

10. V-shaped block 11. Pirates’ booty 12. Maintains

13. Rowdy 14. Soothsayer 16. Half-diameters 17. Relaxed (2,4) 20. Shooter’s goal

21. Onion relatives 27. Dental cleansers 29. Aristocrats (5,7) 35. Religious fanatic 36. Trampled 38. Community spirit 41. Abysmal

43. Give temporarily 44. Small earphone 46. Inflatable pad (3,7) 47. Gauged

51. Avoids 52. Notoriously

55. Vapour 56. Right-wing ideology 57. Swamped 58. Warmest

60. Sit idly

67. Muslim woman’s veil 69. Cold-shouldered 72. Hairdressing shop 75. Wheel shafts 77. Emancipator 79. Irregularities 82. Economic recoveries 83. Unsurpassed (favourite) (34)

86. Church table 88. Exclusive group

90. Acute care ward (1,1,1) 91. Santa’s helper 92. Specialist 93. Obtained

94. Volcanic particles 95. Twins 98. Hindrance

99. Newly

102. Scullers

103. UAE state, Abu ...

104. Practical philosophy 106. Falling into a stupor (7,3) 108. Refreshing scent (3,2,7) 109. Fowl offal

110. Tenor, ... Pavarotti 111. Considerately

114. Grey colour 116. Released from obligation 119. Foyer 122. Transgresses

124. Office note

125. Bible’s Mary & ... 128. Drinking sprees 130. Emerge

132. Of the pope 135. Luggage items 138. Abomination

139. Fill-in

141. Without a stitch on 143. Shocks

144. Audacity

145. Unduly demonstrative 149. Tools

150. Copycat

151. Incites (4,2)

153. LP record 158. Lip-synchs

161. Exotic flower 163. Prescription medicines abuser

166. Lies adjacent to 168. Ocean fringe 170. Moved with long strides 172. Spice, star ...

173. Feat

176. Samples (wine)

“I AM NO LONGER ACCEPTING THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE, I AM CHANGING THE THINGS I CANNOT ACCEPT.” ANGELA DAVIS