MEGA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Deeply shock
6. Actor, Kirk ... 10. Granted licence
15. Radar screen spot 18. Responded to stimulus 19. Radical
20. Nanna
22. Dealer
23. Lacking prospects (job) (4-3) 24. Disquiet
25. Pint-sized 26. Flavouring herb 28. Encumbered
30. Plump (for) 31. Corroborative story 32. Multitude 33. Conforms, ... the line 34. Blackball
35. Operates
37. Calf meat 39. Non-clergy 40. Category
42. Actor, Richard ... 45. Acrylic glass substitute 48. Passenger vehicle
49. Floor covering 50. Re-equipped
53. Express disgust or outrage 54. Deliver (writ) 56. Robbery 59. Accustom
61. Popular musical, Mamma ...!
62. Netting
63. Drink brand, ... Maria 64. Unhappy
65. Wharf 66. Experiment room 68. Lightpole lamp
69. Unit of resistance 70. Netherlands capital 71. Deerskin shoes 72. Untruth
73. Personify 74. Margarine container 76. Betwixt
78. Best (approximation) 80. Morbid spectator 81. Closely integrated (5-4) 84. Freezing over 85. Antelopes
87. As a gamble (2,4) 89. Assignment 92. Business expenditures 94. Notting Hill actor, ... Ifans
96. Spanish filled pastry 97. Mimics
98. Delicate
100. Reshape 101. Indolently
104. Hip bone
105. Droning insect 107. Gumleaf-eating marsupial 108. Miners’ lights 112. Abrade
113. Lean
115. Assail
117. Demand 118. Understates (5,4) 120. Discontinue
121. Chalk
123. Arrogant
125. Secure
126. Protective shielding (6,5) 127. Twitch
129. Soviet republics (1,1,1,1) 130. Slapped
131. Olympic Games body (1,1,1) 133. Sterilise
134. Peculiar
136. Sheer fabric
137. Barely sufficient
140. Guru
141. Craze
142. Strutted
146. Sore crust 147. Prerequisite 148. Disregard
152. Happily ... after 154. Actress, Dame ... Dench 155. Constrictor snake 156. Curly-horned goat 157. Cranium 159. Recurrent pattern 160. Execute orders 162. Forbidden (2-2) 164. Expunge 165. Disgusted cry 167. Genetic copy 169. Deduce
171. Listening organ 173. Pertains
174. Tumid
175. Expired 177. Unchanged (2,2)
178. Twirl (thumbs)
179. Hard stone
180. Not too bad (2-2) 181. Priority
182. Slim 183. Bookkeepers
DOWN
1. Cloth flaps 2. Sprightly 3. Bombing strikes (3,5) 4. Passive
5. Diary record
6. Move feebly 7. Uncivil
8. Ways of living 9. Burden (with) 10. Impostor
11. Person who is present 12. Gherkin 13. Cowhide thong 14. Desert landmark 16. Author, ... Carroll 17. Satisfy
20. Actor, ... Segal 21. Afoot
27. Abuse
29. Great surprise 35. Beneficial 36. Duelling sword 38. Wield (influence) 41. Stuck-up 43. Red-skinned cheese 44. Mummify 46. Two-sided (garment) 47. Most domineering 51. Passable 52. Puritanical
55. Travel pass 56. Bearing in mind 57. Preamble 58. Private teaching 60. Europe/US defence pact 67. Large African monkeys 69. Powerful running bird 72. Boxing match 75. Dodgy 77. Inspiring affection 79. Annual payments 82. Careworn
83. Sect, Hare ... 86. Futilely, to no ... 88. Shopping mall
90. Top credit rating (1,1,1) 91. Code explanation 92. Rowing blade 93. Transgress 94. Overuse injury (1,1,1) 95. Actor, ... Brynner 98. Malaysian noodle dish 99. Exploding sound 102. Darling
103. Harvest
104. Expert (4,6)
106. Liable to lawsuit
108. High blood pressure 109. Female warriors 110. Lunar-illuminated 111. Disinfection 114. Booked (tickets) 116. Revolt
119. Middle Eastern country 122. Spike
124. Mew
125. Corps de ballet 128. Obtained by sponging 130. Indian Brahma worshipper 132. Actor, Michael ...
135. Fool
138. Child’s play area (5-5) 139. Unoccupied zone (2-3’1-4) 141. Gala
143. Curved spans 144. Solicited
145. Ousting
149. Work out 150. Pamphlets
151. Chick’s calls 153. Vibrations
158. Broad expanse 161. Besieges 163. Reddish-brown 166. Blazing
168. An ... but a goodie 170. Sumptuous repast 172. In unison (2,3) 173. Increase, ... up
176. Polka marks
“I WILL HONOUR CHRISTMAS IN MY HEART, AND TRY TO KEEP IT ALL THE YEAR.”
CHARLES DICKENS