MEGA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Furniture coverings 6. Dowdier

10. Isolates

15. Mark

18. Insults

19. Cricket batting spell 20. Treaty 22. Withdraw 23. Capered

24. US VP, Kamala ... 25. Viper

26. Noosed rope

28. Soil

30. Dinghy paddle 31. Crisscross weave 32. Exclusive English college 33. City chief, ... Mayor 34. Poppy narcotic 35. Greenish-blue

37. Noble rank

39. In vogue, ... mode (1,2) 40. Barley product

42. Baby carriage 45. Protects

48. Loose fat 49. Cosmonaut, ... Gagarin 50. Facets

53. Actor, ... Carrey 54. Understood 56. Transmission cogs 59. News stories

61. Price on application (1,1,1) 62. Detest

63. Tennis barrier

64. The birds & the bees 65. Hot beverages

66. Go on and on (about) 68. Resonate

69. Pool stick

70. UK’s Chancellor of the ... 71. Underscore

72. Jolt

73. Assessor

74. Arrest

76. Comes into view 78. Ultra

80. Conduct (meeting) 81. Blemished (reputation) 84. King cats

85. Market stalls 87. Buttery

89. Beauty queen’s ribbon 92. Camera attachments 94. Continent

96. Edgier

97. Deep down 98. Abandon

100. Mania

101. Assuage

104. Got the better of 105. Large showy flower 107. Stroll 108. Intensifying (7,2)

112. Bad conscience 113. Crassly

115. Clue

117. Fire warming shelf 118. Writer for theatre 120. Neither rhyme ... reason 121. Catch-up goal 123. Dining implements 125. Wet clay

126. Opinion (5,2,4)

127. Apply gently 129. Open-mouthed 130. Substantial 131. Scottish outlaw, ... Roy 133. Reform, turn over a new ... 134. Chinese lunch, ... cha 136. Swiftly

137. Stiff

140. Once the ninth planet 141. Animal pouch 142. Haziest

146. 2nd Greek letter 147. Small amphibian 148. Eventful trip 152. Submissive

154. Brave fellow

155. Gunk

156. Docile

157. Pokes

159. Infuse

160. Hawaiian island

162. In reverse order, ... versa 164. Apprenticeship skill 165. Engine revs reading (1,1,1) 167. Mausoleums

169. Bicker

171. Rotter

173. Faux pas (3-3) 174. Episode

175. Meat chop 177. Norway’s capital

178. False pretence 179. Disciple of Jesus 180. Sodium bicarbonate, baking ... 181. Supplants 182. Slimmers

183. Temps (4-6)

DOWN

1. Soviet Union (1,1,1,1) 2. Owl’s cries 3. Footwear fastener 4. Wrapped

5. Tugs

6. Absolute ruler 7. Achievable 8. Block-work specialist 9. Invader

10. Spanish Mr

11. Pistol blasts 12. Immortalise, ... in memory 13. Jewelled crown 14. Solidifies

16. Calm

17. Drink habitually 20. Remind 21. Approximately (that date) 27. Personal advantage (4-8) 29. Governed 35. Legendary gift, ... horse 36. Biblical first man 38. Luxury auto, ... Martin 41. Liquid rubber 43. Invitation reply (1,1,1,1) 44. Desert illusion 46. Bankers 47. Unassisted vision (5,3) 51. Occur later than 52. Inventively

55. I was, you ...

56. More glorious

57. LP record

58. Relieve itch

60. Swarm

67. Berlin natives

69. Bleeps out

72. Car hoists 75. Brazilian dance, ... nova 77. Dizziness 79. Retrograde step

82. Most intrusive 83. Registers (5,2) 86. Mideast people

88. Of hearing 90. Emirate, ... Dhabi 91. Crude dwelling

92. To & ...

93. Anger or gluttony, deadly ... 94. Yes vote

95. ... & buts

98. Quell

99. Partook of liquor 102. Straightened 103. Restaurant patron

104. Resenting

106. Makes worse 108. Nuclear weapon (8,4) 109. Thoroughbred’s racing tutor

110. Felt sorrow

111. Sound of light rain (6-6) 114. Constrain legally 116. Beliefs

119. From end to end 122. Long film

124. Absent without leave 125. Commotion

128. Upper arm muscle 130. Coat in pan juices 132. Voluptuous 135. Change position 138. Conceivable 139. Original

141. Tofu bean

143. Hands on hips 144. Unclogs

145. Sturdy pony 149. Mechanical sensing device 150. Scantest

151. Expels

153. European cash 158. Waited, ... one’s time 161. Rise

163. Gem weight units 166. Throat growth 168. Intends

170. Category 172. Unaccompanied

173. Hits quickly

176. Labels

“I AM NOT BOSSY. I AM THE BOSS.” BEYONCÉ