MEGA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Rice-growing plot (5,5) 6. Disfigured 10. Milk-jelly dessert 15. Breathe hard 18. Yelping 19. Hoists (car) (5,2) 20. Wind-borne toy 22. Eventually becomes (4,2) 23. Capital of Cyprus 24. Thin slice 25. New Year’s Eve (1,1,1) 26. Hospital worker 28. LP material 30. Ham & ... soup 31. Cordons (off) 32. Mediterranean volcano 33. Oil container 34. Unfasten (garment) 35. Former wives 37. English actress, ... Watson 39. Cuban hero, ... Guevara 40. Water-filled trench 42. Resound 45. Repeat (theme) 48. Soldier’s respirator, gas ... 49. Scientific information 50. Relaxation 53. Circle portion 54. Card game 56. Implores 59. Russian mountains 61. Meadow 62. Defendant’s statement 63. Contemptible man 64. Nevada’s ... Vegas 65. Sanction 66. Part of a piano 68. Oblong 69. Missing in action (1,1,1) 70. Removes jockey’s seat 71. Mild 72. Hollywood film company (1,1,1) 73. Orderly 74. Besiege (of fans) 76. Due (of money) 78. Madman 80. Silly 81. Oddly 84. Funeral song 85. Craves 87. Smudges 89. Belgrade native 92. Emotional eruptions 94. Please reply (1,1,1,1) 96. You 97. Family trees 98. Stallion 100. Region 101. Curly-horned goat 104. Golfer’s assistant 105. Music recording venue 107. Fuzzy fruit 108. Returning to custody 112. Strong drink 113. Asylum seeker 115. Emit energy 117. Unrefined 118. Asian island nation 120. ... & outs 121. Sponge-like 123. Convalescence (period) 125. Mock-modest 126. Marzipan (6,5) 127. Sandwich 129. Pretty Woman lead, Richard ... 130. British medal (1,1,1) 131. Singer, ... King Cole 133. Tattoos 134. Liqueur, ... Maria 136. Dental thread 137. Requires 140. Early anaesthetic 141. Zoo’s physician 142. Pamper 146. The N of NB 147. Soft pulpy mass 148. Imperial queen 152. Keep 154. Wood-trimming tool 155. Apron top 156. Duelling weapon 157. Eager 159. From Baghdad 160. Go away! 162. Sigh of relief 164. Sports stadium 165. Jerk 167. Signal crackle 169. Very pale 171. Cloth flap 173. Tend (young) 174. Band’s tour helpers 175. Began shooting, ... fire 177. ... & sciences 178. Grand Canyon state 179. Less full 180. Dead as a ... 181. Gloominess 182. Wishes 183. Lost for words

DOWN

1. Catholic leader 2. Yankee Doodle ... 3. Insect-catching strip 4. Overheads 5. More parched 6. Metal attracting bar 7. Walnut or pecan opener 8. Unevenly 9. Happened-before feeling (4,2) 10. ... & eggs 11. Unadulterated (nonsense) 12. Upturns (boat) 13. Artless 14. Large jug 16. Attach 17. African fly 20. Smoked fish 21. Give lessons 27. Dressmakers 29. Spotlessly 35. Venture forth 36. Comic, ... Idle 38. Doctor 41. False name 43. Prisoner’s quarters 44. Ontario city 46. System of beliefs 47. Internally 51. Impudent 52. Upsets equilibrium of 55. Certain 56. More trivial 57. Uncles & ... 58. Frankfurter 60. Well-done, medium or ... 67. Tastier 69. Club participants 72. ... & groans 75. Purchase (entire stock) (3,2) 77. Conversing wittily 79. Put forward as candidate 82. W Canadian province 83. Revolved 86. Bitter-smelling 88. Grant 90. CD brand (1,1,1) 91. Farewell 92. Frequently (poetic) 93. Conniving 94. Typist’s ailment (1,1,1) 95. Such is life, c’est la ... 98. Marvellous 99. Road surface 102. Small pet birds 103. Bone images (1-4) 104. Baptised 106. Over-productive (gland) 108. Fidgetiness 109. Heavy rain season 110. Pressure lines on map 111. Siblings’ grandsons (5-7) 114. Powerful 116. Runway 119. Muddle 122. Arrests 124. Stunt 125. Lemon or orange 128. Make secure, ... down the hatches 130. Exuded 132. Roman III 135. Israeli city, Tel ... 138. Explains further 139. Food lift (4,6) 141. Cut-flower holder 143. Whinnies 144. Undaunted 145. Obtain a delay (4,4) 149. In the interim 150. Oratory 151. Glided on ice 153. Thespian 158. Waned 161. Harbinger 163. Painting supports 166. Sheer 168. Religious pictures 170. Anticipates 172. Type of electrode 173. Mutilate 176. Pavlov’s lab animals

“I LOOK FORWARD TO GROWING OLDER WHEN WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE BECOMES LESS OF AN ISSUE, AND WHAT YOU ARE IS THE POINT.” SUSAN SARANDON