MEGA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Incandescence 6. Stoats 10. Overstated 15. Stovetop containers 18. Motorcycle attachment 19. Camping anchor (4,3) 20. Tie

22. Dart

23. Withdraw (4,3)

24. Goes into partnership 25. Caviar

26. Trusty

28. Wading bird

30. Twit

31. Recess

32. Spool

33. Unusual

34. Pester 35. Deliberately avoid 37. Immediately following 39. Aye 40. Baby-bottle top

42. If not, or ...

45. Paint board

48. Guzzle

49. Chap

50. Coastal 53. Negotiable (1,1,1) 54. Whirl

56. Listens to

59. Valleys

61. Polish

62. Tattooing fluids 63. Conger or moray fish 64. Geological period 65. Snowfield lift (1-3) 66. Lament 68. Specialised divisions 69. Opponent 70. Forecaster 71. Eternity 72. Magnetic resonance imaging (1,1,1) 73. Permanent (stain) 74. Aged

76. Thankless person 78. Mediterranean rice dish 80. Deeply desire

81. ... & weaknesses 84. Russian mountains 85. Inventor, Alexander ... Bell 87. Piles

89. Resound

92. Convict work team (5,4) 94. Marsh plant 96. Proliferated 97. Lowest graded soldiers 98. Utter (cry) 100. Occasionally 101. Terrible tsar 104. Flattening 105. Reached understanding 107. Russian country house 108. Food sensitivities 112. Bring upon oneself 113. Was unable to (6’1) 115. Jolts

117. They were, I ... 118. Poisonous fungus

120. I have (1’2)

121. Extra gear in car 123. Estimation of worth 125. Saloon

126. Artiste 127. Conclusion 129. Grizzly beast

130. Chew the fat 131. Unburden 133. Advertising symbol 134. Scottish outlaw, ... Roy 136. Monaco’s Monte ... 137. Smooths (wood) 140. Immature insect

141. Fix (election) 142. Computer (publishing) 146. Bullocks 147. Spotless, spick & ... 148. Continuous

152. Light beams 154. Boyfriend

155. ... & buts

156. Wild goat 157. Umpires

159. Bell chimes 160. Sudden outflow 162. Deserve

164. Instil

165. Pro

167. Vows

169. Urged, ... on

171. Flit (about) 173. Examines (accounts) 174. Suppresses (feelings) (5,2) 175. Corroded

177. Plan

178. Marine polyp, sea ... 179. The ... Scrolls (4,3) 180. Naked

181. Water sprayers 182. Stricter 183. Discourage

DOWN

1. Loops

2. Paris railway 3. Stumbling block

4. Slack

5. Distasteful

6. Sing like a canary

7. Last New Testament book 8. Gave confidence 9. Broody hen 10. Charitable benefactor 11. Cut off (limb)

12. Boosts

13. Takes large swallow 14. Failures

16. Celebrity, ... Winfrey 17. Earthy pigment 20. Hee-hawed

21. Hornet homes 27. Picture museums (3,9) 29. Social reunions (3-9) 35. Relish

36. As far as (2,2)

38. Weird

41. Colorado resort town 43. Shakespearean king 44. Entitle

46. Fencing of hot money 47. Struggling roughly 51. Non-representational 52. Rash 55. Reconstruct

56. Secret collector

57. Praise highly 58. Effervescent treat 60. Be defeated

67. RIP inscription 69. Cheese

72. Perhaps 75. Medicated

77. Left stranded 79. Establishing (7,2) 82. Harmful look (4,3) 83. Silencing 86. Humming (with excitement) 88. Hoisting machine 90. Wheel-shaft projection 91. Dietary fibre, ... bran 92. Digitally-encoded discs (1,2) 93. Sat nav device (1,1,1) 94. Typist’s ailment (1,1,1) 95. Evita, ... Perón 98. Bequeath

99. Tooth 102. Inoculation serum 103. Clinic sister 104. Organised crime figures 106. Serving (7,3)

108. TV naturalist, Sir David ... 109. Loungers

110. Play piano, tickle the ... 111. Every cloud has a ... (6,6) 114. Beat (rival’s) price 116. Padre

119. Protest by occupation (3-2) 122. Calf flesh

124. Opera solo

125. Trade

128. Numerals

130. Fumble 132. Unmanned aerial vehicle 135. Group

138. Wipe out 139. Disharmony

141. Tether

143. ... de corps

144. Kitbag

145. Defunct

149. Rusts

150. Hire from tenant 151. Building timber, ... pine 153. Bad

158. Dimmed 161. Doormen

163. Stucco 166. Unpleasant whiff 168. Hand-held implements 170. Stately 172. Grown-up

173. Gorillas

176. Cult actor, James ...

“CHRISTMAS IS NOT A TIME NOR A SEASON, BUT A STATE OF MIND.” CALVIN COOLIDGE