MEGA CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Immeasurably
6. Stroll aimlessly 10. Liberate 15. Confesses, ... up 18. Stricter
19. Of the liver
20. NB, ... bene
22. Lentil or chickpea 23. Fictional vampire count 24. Womb
25. Dram
26. Slack
28. Facial features 30. Compile (exam) 31. Medicine vessel 32. Fleur-de-lis
33. Rock concerts 34. Boundary
35. You
37. Verve 39. Veneration
40. Better late ... never 42. Caper
45. Officiate 48. Surround 49. Likeable
50. Coup organiser
53. Ad ... decision 54. Kitchen strainer 56. Brought before judge 59. Looked inquisitively 61. Bleat
62. Aura
63. Border
64. Absent 65. Half-open
66. Droop
68. Very wealthy person 69. Rear 70. Distinguished politicians 71. ‘Head-in-sand’ creatures 72. Animal doctor 73. Ruling families 74. Weeder 76. Concentrated 78. Perception
80. Former Soviet ... 81. Distributes (funds) 84. Third planet from the Sun 85. Peek
87. Cuban drums 89. Clothes
92. Removed jockey’s seat 94. Fitness clubs
96. Car emission pipes
97. Raised (6,2) 98. Scheming girl
100. Wild pranks 101. Solemn promise 104. Jump queue (4,2) 105. Commonsense 107. Typical
108. Bungle
112. Escort
113. Interpret (data) 115. More sodden
117. Regal title (1,1,1) 118. Troublemaker
120. ... the barricades! 121. Pendant shapes 123. Credit
125. ... & hers 126. Colliding with (7,4) 127. Swab
129. Eyelid swelling 130. Neither rhyme ... reason 131. Sprite
133. Line on a graph 134. Radio frequency (1,1,1) 136. Commotion 137. Uninspired writers 140. Forewarn
141. US shares index, ... Jones 142. Largest
146. Comic actor, ... Idle 147. Tender
148. Goes to bed (5,2) 152. Flurry
154. While
155. It is (poetic) (‘3) 156. Cosy home
157. Gull relative 159. Desire
160. Siamese
162. Eject
164. Wicked wrongs 165. Contemptuous cry 167. Oversight
169. Wan
171. Cardiac monitor (1,1,1) 173. Austere
174. Tennis match for two 175. Struck down 177. Trampled 178. Shipment 179. Escapologist, Harry ... 180. Decline 181. Olympic winners 182. Morsels
183. Paschal gifts (6,4)
DOWN
1. Teenage heartthrob 2. Mushrooms
3. Gains through will 4. Enlisted
5. Yay! 6. Premeditated killing 7. Diplomat 8. Disclosure 9. Rearrange (gallery paintings)
10. World fairs
11. Potters & stonemasons 12. Salad vegetable 13. Cherish 14. Geological ages 16. Serving lass 17. Evening repast 20. Snuggle closely 21. Coach 27. Dedicated (6-6) 29. Porous bones condition 35. Acute fever disease 36. Heroic tale 38. Crowbar
41. Certify (accounts) 43. Riding horse breed 44. Persian Gulf nation 46. Digging 47. Impudent 51. Refreshing 52. Skydives
55. Bar’s atmosphere 56. Abilities
57. Fetters
58. Journals
60. Regrets 67. Stripper’s garment (1-6) 69. Smoker’s receptacle 72. Crypt 75. Community spirit 77. Want
79. Ending (rumour) 82. Film star & director, Kenneth ... 83. Reconfigured 86. Throat lump, ... apple (4’1) 88. Gluttony
90. French affirmative 91. Gender
92. Utilise 93. Nightclub music hosts 94. General Post Office (1,1,1) 95. Greeted
98. Lip-sync
99. Game, ... & crosses
102. Embarrassed 103. Wading bird 104. Making believe (4-6) 106. Mutterings 108. Dimensions 109. Unyielding 110. Thin-petalled flowers 111. Realtors (6,6) 114. Spectators
116. Copier
119. Doubter 122. Specialists
124. Bridge tax 125. Possessing
128. Archers
130. Halfway golf hole 132. Deeds
135. Tells lie
138. Selling to highest bidder 139. Resuscitation routine (4,2,4) 141. Denmark native 143. Irritated
144. Indebted
145. Risks heatstroke
149. Tools
150. Emery board 151. Separately, by ... 153. Brown pigment 158. Stormed
161. Actor, Charlton ... 163. Waist bands
166. Shy away from 168. Summons over loudspeaker 170. Put into accommodation 172. Metallic ringing
173. Stalk
176. Young society entrants
“THERE IS NOTHING IN THE WORLD AS IRRESISTIBLY CONTAGIOUS AS LAUGHTER AND GOOD HUMOUR.” CHARLES DICKENS