MEGA CROSSWORD
“FIND SOMETHING YOU’RE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND KEEP TREMENDOUSLY INTERESTED IN IT.”
JULIA CHILD
ACROSS
1. Trivial
6. Partook of alcohol
10. Missile course
15. Recited
18. Actor, ... Gere
19. Kindles
20. Close friend
22. Country’s interior
23. Slant
24. Spades, diamonds, clubs & ...
25. Dutch airline (1,1,1)
26. River-mouth triangle
28. Stage setting
30. Profit after tax
31. Piebald
32. Colony insects
33. Lavish affection (on)
34. Royal rule
35. Carnival
37. Ooze (of sore)
39. Him or ...
40. Hurry
42. Lord Spencer’s title
45. Ahead (2,5)
48. Dublin republic
49. Adjoin
50. Attached items
53. Twit
54. Not a soul (2-3)
56. Undoes
59. Typeface styles
61. Sympathy-arousing tale, ... story
62. Way of walking
63. Bladder
64. Climbing plant
65. Lamb or veal
66. Lout
68. Crime-fighting agency (6,5)
69. Untruth
70. UK’s Chancellor of the ...
71. Undercover state
72. Illegal hallucinogen (1,1,1)
73. Most delicate
74. Apply friction to
76. Utmost
78. Incited (5,2)
80. Monk
81. Revamps
84. Variety bill presenter
85. Insufficient
87. Wounded by blade
89. Pip
92. Minor disputes
94. Applaud
96. Protester
97. In so far (as)
98. Brag
100. Annoyed
101. Per, for ...
104. Ill-tempered
105. Supervised
107. Family, ... & blood
108. Represents (6,3)
112. Cinder
113. Judicial investigation
115. Dreadful
117. Pixie
118. Comforted
120. Disfigure
121. Explain
123. Lack of education
125. Small amount
126. Waste-burner
127. End of pen
129. Informal talk
130. Relax, ... out
131. Edge
133. Obligation
134. Feminist movement, women’s ...
136. Turn outwards
137. Lessened
140. Pungent bulb
141. Pull along
142. Former Spanish money units
146. Actress, ... Thompson
147. SW Pacific nation
148. Recently amended
152. Metal filing tool
154. Overriding
155. British award (1,1,1)
156. Clairvoyant
157. Conformed, ... the line
159. Last Greek letter
160. Burrowing sea-dwellers, moray ...
162. Lay aside
164. Get-up-and-go
165. Facial twitch
167. Frog relatives
169. Bonfire residue
171. Henpeck
173. Girl’s protective bonnet
174. Capsicums, red ...
175. Invaded
177. Gorillas or chimpanzees
178. Chubbier
179. Road transportation
180. Apple centre
181. Banishes from society
182. Wobbles
183. Bookkeepers
DOWN
1. Divorce, decree ...
2. Cross-examine
3. Horticulturist
4. Capitulation
5. Electronic message
6. The Subcontinent’s ocean
7. Nursery rhyme, Baa, Baa, ... (5,5)
8. Exodus of gifted workers (5,5)
9. Thirstiest
10. 1000 kilograms
11. Horned
12. Fix (in law)
13. Yellow-brown pigment
14. Root vegetables
16. Leg joint
17. Deaden (enthusiasm)
20. Tinned
21. Absolute (chaos)
27. Cassette player (4,8)
29. Proficiency documents
35. Bizarre
36. Arrow points
38. Guiding beliefs
41. Shrewd
43. Oohs & ...
44. Susceptible
46. Bankers
47. Fly in the ...
51. Dispirited
52. Independent
55. Scruff (of neck)
56. Viewpoint
57. Boot out
58. Least speedy
60. Stove
67. Time to hit the hay
69. Rapturous
72. Dumb waiters
75. Paging noise
77. Easily stimulated
79. Affability
82. Public speech
83. Pure white animals
86. Rink
88. Got steamed up
90. Aural organ
91. US shares index, ... Jones
92. Ceylon, ... Lanka
93. Be in session (of court)
94. Cuban guerrilla, ... Guevara
95. Form a curve
98. Coffee, ... latte
99. Gave too much food to
102. Meringue ingredient
103. Leaser
104. Tiny dogs
106. Lawbreaker
108. Reinforced
109. Greed
110. Video wind-on, fast ...
111. X-ray specialists
114. Calmest
116. Stranded
119. Appears
122. Layer
124. Broad smile
125. The T of ATM
128. Delivered cricket ball
130. In reverse order, vice ...
132. Huffiness
135. Strikes
138. Throat protrusion (4’1,5)
139. Fizz
141. Kerfuffle (2-2)
143. Eras
144. Shaver, ... razor
145. Non-professionals
149. Male gland
150. Fans
151. Racial
153. Throw a tantrum (3,2)
158. Avid
161. Group loyalty, ... de corps
163. Cummerbunds
166. Bumbling
168. S. American ranges
170. Stamping ground
172. Greatly love
173. Pudding starch
176. Debutantes