MEGAXWORD 2

ACROSS

1. Quantifiable 6. Swallowed with gusto 10. Incentive 15. Orchestra woodwind 18. Chuckle 19. Fastens

20. Yacht’s canvas 22. More taut 23. Insistent

24. From that time 25. After tax

26. Grain pits 28. Purgative, ... salts 30. Corporate boss (1,1,1) 31. Mexican pal 32. Actress, Meg ... 33. Republic of Ireland 34. Non-reactive 35. Conversation 37. Whisky ingredient 39. Contribute

40. Line of rotation 42. Stew, ... bucco 45. Most abrupt 48. Parsley or sage 49. Plough beasts 50. Creche

53. Rift

54. Sightless

56. Makes joke 59. Robbery 61. Subside 62. Clarified butter 63. Dove call

64. Fight

65. Paper quantity 66. Accomplished 68. Straightforward 69. Souped-up car, hot ... 70. Correction 71. Pound (meat)

72. The U of IOU 73. Casual labourer 74. India’s ... Mahal 76. Equestrians’ seats 78. Malevolent gaze (4,3) 80. Inn

81. Stuffed toy (5,4) 84. Domain 85. 12-monthly

87. Homo sapiens 89. Gambling chances 92. Very painful 94. Command to dog

96. Fish tank 97. Resulting (6,2) 98. Infamous ruler of Rome 100. Became quiet (5,4) 101. Starchy tubers 104. Actress, Charlize ...

105. Go to

107. Rage

108. Tennis coup (5,4) 112. Elude (capture)

113. Hand out again

115. Strict

117. Mi, fah, ..., lah 118. Compass point 120. Academy Award winner, ... Brynner 121. Exterminate 123. Shackles

125. Child 126. Enunciates

127. Drink brand, ... Maria 129. Gigantic

130. Through 131. Hamburger, Big ... 133. Utilised

134. WWW, World Wide ... 136. Cave-dwelling monster 137. Twist (nose) 140. Rosebush pest

141. Vinyl material (1,1,1) 142. National (government) 146. Category

147. Indian garment 148. Infuriates 152. Soya-bean curd 154. Office note 155. Pesticide (1,1,1) 156. Instance

157. Boorish people 159. Deadly serpent 160. Seniority

162. US state

164. Bellows

165. Regal title (1,1,1) 167. Bath coats

169. Maui ‘hello’ 171. Keyboard spacing key 173. Swerved

DOWN

174. Dealers

175. Enlists

177. One of the Great Lakes 178. Vehement 179. Targeted items (3,4) 180. Zone

181. Fixations

182. Xmas fowls 183. Official records keepers

1. Arguable

2. Do penance (for)

3. New employees 4. Prospers

5. Eulogise

6. Bilious 7. Accessible

8. Went berserk (7,3) 9. Blackboard wiper 10. Derides

11. Coffee dessert 12. Immensity 13. Vacuous

14. Cairo’s waterway 16. Carpenter’s worktop 17. Large property 20. Subdivision

21. Sacred likenesses 27. Teeth-straightening expert 29. Nutty bread spread (6,6) 35. Obtained by begging 36. Upon

38. Loft

41. Tabulated list

43. Auld Lang ... 44. Surpass in auction 46. Callously

47. Lodged deeply 51. Recover 52. Catch-up goals 55. Naming word 56. Prised (open)

57. Pigs

58. Wurst 60. Firefighter’s apparatus 67. Discouraged

69. Pull in (claws)

72. Yay!

75. Edgy

77. Sweets on sticks

79. Engulfs 82. Underground prison 83. As well 86. Conscious 88. Sharpshooter, ... Oakley 90. Scheduled to arrive 91. Brazil’s ... Paulo 92. Sound booster 93. Post-baby-boomers, ... X 94. Observe covertly 95. Limb 98. Salamanders 99. Extended 102. Financial adviser

103. Nick

104. Menaced 106. Extra-cold refrigerator 108. Corner shop (7,5) 109. Food-drop mission 110. Recline (3,4)

111. Of sums or calculations 114. Impersonator 116. Omitted

119. Cottage or bungalow 122. Shadow

124. Quickly (1,1,1,1) 125. Persian Gulf land 128. Curved spans 130. Sheer fabric 132. Friends 135. Enthusiast 138. Gardener’s poison spray 139. Self-restraint 141. Leaning Tower city 143. Five-card game 144. Gives concrete form to 145. Almond-flavoured liqueur 149. Carbonating 150. Insulin-related disorder 151. Mafia, Cosa ... 153. Different

158. Mythical story 161. Contend 163. Cleanses

166. Bridle straps 168. Premium

170. Exterior

172. Main artery 173. Overriding vote 176. Utters