MEGA CROSSWORD
“CLOSE FRIENDS ARE TRULY LIFE’S TREASURES. THEIR PRESENCE REMINDS US THAT WE ARE NEVER REALLY ALONE.” VINCENT VAN GOGH
ACROSS
1. Joyful celebration
6. Clutched
10. Dining-bench cover
15. Fat
18. Expand
19. Scavenged
20. Wuss
22. Love apple
23. Arise (from)
24. Seventh planet
25. UK defence force (1,1,1)
26. Yawning gulf
28. Father Christmas
30. Receive
31. Fortune-telling card
32. Irritation
33. Rum measures
34. Wet behind the ears
35. Ebb
37. Make (profit)
39. Magnetic resonance imaging (1,1,1)
40. Compared to
42. Coarse file
45. Most basic
48. Gawk
49. Japanese-style wrestling
50. Roomiest
53. Uncertainties
54. Dessert, ... caramel
56. Dazes
59. Immobile
61. Missing in action (1,1,1)
62. 0.4047 hectares
63. Satisfied sigh
64. California’s ... Diego
65. Absent
66. Thus far, as ...
68. Intimate illumination
69. America (1,1,1)
70. World leaders
71. Sullenness
72. Actress, ... Thurman
73. Moral decline
74. TV band (1,1,1)
76. Prickly shrub
78. Proposed job-holder
80. Twirl around
81. Damage reputation of
84. Nephew & ...
85. Sends via Internet
87. Portable storage platform
89. The D of DOA
92. Sinews
94. Inquires
96. Too young
97. Circling (Earth)
98. Relinquish
100. Contrivance
101. Lion’s ruff
104. Country
105. Arm covering
107. Thrust forward
108. Bubbled (of skin)
112. Consolidate
113. Budding (5-2)
115. Attack
117. Disease-prone tree
118. Maize variety (5,4)
120. Unfashionable
121. Miss alarm call
123. Compel
125. Raises (the ante)
126. Post receptacles
127. Chinese lunch, ... cha
129. Dressed
130. Hamburger, Big ...
131. Fool
133. Swaddle
134. Equal footing
136. Discourage
137. Helps (criminal)
140. Chocolate powder
141. Sound of distaste
142. Recuperation (3,4)
146. Havana’s island
147. Unpaid
148. Rework (script)
152. Maintain
154. Slaughter
155. Immature louse
156. Orient
157. Bellow
159. Oestrogen organ
160. Iconic Aussie birds
162. Hurt
164. Pull strenuously
165. For a specific purpose, ad ... 167. Verbose
169. Mountain nest
171. Towards stern
173. Actress, ... Loren
174. Biting wit
175. Lower leg joints
177. Brings into play
178. Inherited British title
179. Cheap-rate period (3-4) 180. Hessian bag
181. Pluckily
182. Reflective road marker 183. Merciless
DOWN
1. Forsake at altar
2. Now Myanmar
3. Security van, ... car
4. Ungrateful people
5. Loud
6. Merriest
7. Add-on
8. Supported by both parties
9. Absorb
10. Link (3-2)
11. Neckerchief
12. Tolerating
13. Sheep-like
14. Pelvic region
16. Major blood vessel
17. Sillier
20. Bets
21. Softens (colours)
27. Unaided (6-6)
29. Wonderment
35. Guardedly
36. Non-coms (1,1,2)
38. Confused, all ... (2,3)
41. Extraterrestrial
43. Nuclear weapon, ... bomb
44. Tropical fruit
46. Unravel
47. And so forth (2,6)
51. Revolution
52. Betrothal
55. Nutmeg spice
56. Tempts
57. Tip over
58. Climbed, ... up
60. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
67. Russian empress
69. Loan sharks
72. Unmarried
75. Fertilises (plant)
77. Lightweight timber (5,4)
79. Rissoles
82. Short scarves
83. Hoist
86. Prevent
88. Flexible
90. Before (poetic)
91. Scheduled to arrive
92. Meadow
93. Distress signal (1,1,1)
94. Club’s yearly meeting (1,1,1)
95. Family
98. Give birth (of whale)
99. Generators
102. Divorce settlement 103. Cairo is there
104. Maori land (3,7)
106. Assisted suicide
108. Wearing glasses
109. Chilled cuppa (4,3)
110. Unruly
111. Ballet school (5,7)
114. Dislodge (jockey)
116. Unseemly
119. Concise
122. Verve
124. Dish, ... bucco
125. Unload (suitcase)
128. Angora wool
130. Plain clothes
132. Disfigures
135. Bath coat
138. Edible shoot (4,6)
139. Dental cleanser
141. Until (2,2)
143. Eras
144. Legible
145. Lift-off direction
149. Delicate
150. Revive (interest)
151. Weirdos
153. Group value system 158. Early Mexican
161. Transcendental thinker 163. Depose
166. Puccini or Verdi work 168. Liquefied
170. Mention, ... to
172. Unshaded flame
173. Beach waves
176. Water scooters, jet ...