MEGA CROSSWORD

“THE REAL VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY LIES NOT IN SEEKING NEW LANDSCAPES, BUT IN HAVING NEW EYES.” MARCEL PROUST

ACROSS

1. Ball-punching game

6. Hubby

10. Remained torpid

15. Cipher

18. Metric

19. Obliterating

20. Hurtle

22. Develop

23. Feudal farm worker

24. Seismic shock

25. Compass direction (1,1,1)

26. Plain writing

28. Assuages

30. Telepathy (1,1,1)

31. Swedish car

32. One of the Great Lakes

33. Vicious mongrels

34. Canteen

35. Capri or Wight

37. Potato skin strip

39. Destroy inside of (house)

40. Ballet dress

42. Whirlpool

45. Form hard coating on

48. SW Pacific archipelago

49. News

50. As soon as this

53. Unburden

54. Acknowledged

56. Ermine

59. Lazes

61. Self-esteem

62. Daze

63. Be seated

64. Crack military force (1,1,1)

65. Outdoor bench wood

66. Medico

68. Bright controlled lamp

69. ... the season to be jolly (‘3)

70. Come hell or ... (4,5)

71. Automate

72. ... was that masked man?

73. Bearable

74. Massage

76. Mini-series leads (2,5)

78. Appointee

80. Adult goslings

81. Bible part, Old ...

84. Jungle vine

85. Serious plays

87. Prayer beads

89. Impulsive

92. Depraved

94. Marsh plant

96. Progressed

97. Cordial

98. Risqué

100. Held dear

101. Eminence

104. Extract (alcohol) by heating 105. Disengage

107. Brazil’s ... Janeiro (3,2)

108. Unleashing

112. Roof edges

113. Cinema

115. Peaceful

117. Oxfam or MSF (1,1,1)

118. Excellent (5-4)

120. Chinese dumpling, dim ... 121. Immigrant

123. Deadly snow slide

125. Radio frequency (1,1,1) 126. Compact cooking room 127. Blue

129. Vegetable, ... bean

130. Laundry clip

131. Wicked

133. Languish

134. Souped-up car, hot ...

136. Money bag

137. Hearty

140. Nearly identical

141. Ribbon tie

142. Maltreats

146. Current (1,1/1,1)

147. Contented cat’s sound

148. Intervening time

152. Pealed

154. Sleeveless garment

155. Bullring shout

156. Minuscule amount

157. Box lightly

159. Ill-gotten cash, filthy ... 160. Ajar

162. Fully (awake)

164. Vibrations

165. Excessively

167. Paris cathedral, ... Dame 169. From Baghdad

171. Yuck!

173. Rapeseed oil

174. Did research into

175. Picturesque

177. Mineral rocks

178. Effervescent treat

179. 100-cent units

180. Extinct bird

181. Defencelessly

182. Approve officially

183. Slimmest

DOWN

1. Carpentry clamp

2. Enticed (3,2)

3. Alpine singer

4. Pre-mixed drinks

5. Back-bending dance

6. Aide

7. Policy planner

8. Emperor Penguin continent

9. Calorie counter

10. Makes well

11. Very happy

12. Ready-to-wear industry (3,5)

13. Sports squads

14. Roe or buck

16. Kilns

17. XI

20. Stank

21. Managed

27. Personal advantage (4-8)

29. Wonderment

35. Accustomed

36. Loan

38. Guiding beliefs

41. Pursues closely

43. Embankment

44. Triumphant hollers

46. Pilloried

47. New actors

51. Inhibit

52. In a harsh manner

55. Sagacious

56. Marches

57. Alternate, every ...

58. Finger shield

60. Palm fruit

67. Dog-training collars

69. Patio

72. Place bet

75. Goatee

77. Anti-state revolutionary

79. Sullenness

82. Flat bun

83. Experimental models (4-3)

86. Saudi natives

88. Ethiopia’s capital, Addis ...

90. Cry of discovery

91. Cattle food

92. Early pesticide (1,1,1)

93. Papa

94. Football arbiter

95. Spreading tree

98. Showed (DVD) again

99. Lose interest (4,3)

102. Recommends 103. Purgative, ... salts

104. Adjudges

106. Chopper

108. Cooling chamber

109. Be effusive, wax ...

110. Crossly

111. Australia’s ... Reef (5,7) 114. RIP inscriptions

116. Piece

119. Lock of hair

122. ... out a living

124. Calf meat

125. Anglican church caretaker 128. Bummer

130. Lever (off)

132. Number

135. Blast!

138. Not devoured

139. QWERTY machine

141. Lump

143. Eskimo buildings

144. Impure

145. Uniformity

149. Steer

150. Moulded in relief

151. Dispatched

153. Sacrificial block

158. Blackfly

161. Mortar & ...

163. Swindle

166. Ryan or Tatum (1’4)

168. Rotund

170. Map book

172. Garden figurine

173. Cudgel

176. Cowboy gun, ... 45