MEGAXWORD 173

ACROSS

1. Deletable

5. Holy journeys

11. Popular newspapers

15. Regret

16. By what means?

17. Ballroom dance (3-3)

19. Agreements

21. Engine booster

23. Expresses gratitude to

25. Reel

27. Hammering (in)

28. Slender boat

30. Until (2,2)

31. Empty

32. Specks

33. Capital of Peru

34. Sheep barber

35. Spookier

36. Bath fittings

38. Delivered unreturnable serve

40. Money

42. Bullocks

44. Varicose …

45. Train tracks

46. Amiss

48. Wagnerian epics

49. Actress, … Collette

50. Interrupting cough

51. Sinew

52. A distance

53. Skin irritation

54. Ring (of bells)

55. Dowdy

56. AD, anno …

58. Initiate

59. Mistreat (3-3)

61. Water bottle

63. Actors Gibson or Brooks

64. Flee

65. Ram zodiac sign

67. Stadium

69. Gull relatives

71. Attract (penalty)

73. Intimate friend

74. Monarch’s food sampler

76. Tend plot of flowers

78. Ellipses

80. Prayer’s final word

82. Tyrant

83. Rowdy party

85. Improves morally

89. Bag-snatchers

91. Matured (4,2) 93. Swindle

94. Fluff timing

96. Hard to pin down

98. I have (1’2) 99. Payable immediately 100. Dispossess

102. Side of chair

103. Baby hare 104. Midwestern US state 105. Computer modifying key 106. Household animal 107. Percussion instruments 108. Primp & powder (4,2) 110. Chew

112. Game of trumps 114. Think of 117. Moorland plant

120. Falls asleep (4,3) 123. Haul

125. Extensive 127. Approaches 128. Collared 131. Unsightlier 133. Waterway 134. Lovers’ meeting

135. Feel

136. Athenian

137. Velvety kidskin 140. Alphabet (1,1,1) 141. Perjure oneself 142. UK racecourse 145. Choosing 147. Retaliation (3,3,3) 148. Las Vegas is there 150. Requests

151. Exude

152. Roster

153. Bring in (harvest)

154. Basic Instinct actress, … Stone

156. Boxer’s coat 158. Otherwise, or … 160. Hebrew country 162. New Zealand bird 163. Illegal moneylending 164. Princess Royal 165. Business note 166. Rainbow shapes 167. Kilted Celt

168. Aid in crime 170. Unshackle 172. Communist creed 173. Trots for exercise

DOWN

174. Agilely

177. Pretext 179. Actress, … Thompson 180. Phase

182. Attains 183. Russian emperors 185. Perches

187. Car accident

188. Flow out 189. Consumption 191. Cereal grass 192. Meadow

193. In the open air 194. Dark outlines 195. Lightweight frock

1. Cake (with mud)

2. Also known as (1,1,1) 3. French bistro 4. Therefore 5. Travelling vendor 6. Jungle creeper

7. Take (exam) again 8. Embroidered pattern 9. Chasm

10. Traumas

11. Identical sibling

12. Small (mouthfuls) (4-5) 13. Charged atom 14. Prolong

18. Puzzles with clues 20. Type of lamp

22. Let loose 24. Multi-talented athlete (3-7) 26. Gauge too highly 29. Discovering

37. Wily

38. Termite mounds 39. More delicate 40. Clashing 41. Hindered

43. Inhale & … 44. Fruitless

47. Scream

57. Said yes to

60. Malay garment 62. Garlic mayonnaise 66. Vacuous (comment) 68. In excessive manner 69. Arranged, … up 70. Equivalent

72. Green liqueur (5,2,6) 73. Beautician

75. Afresh 77. Immense periods 79. Gripping (story) 81. Flying saucer (1,1,1) 84. Making twig home 85. Writing on headstone 86. Chilled cuppa (4,3) 87. Well researched (2-5) 88. Blast furnace 90. Berlin natives 92. Blunder

95. From Prague

97. Mail truck

101. Hour expected (1,1,1) 109. Roman gown 111. Automatic teller (1,1,1) 113. Prehistoric dwelling 115. Banded gemstone 116. Arch of foot 118. Previous spouses 119. Brink

121. Floored

122. Hog noises 124. Aggravating 126. Buenos Aires citizens 129. Germs

130. Inability to hear 131. Power-grabbers 132. Abuse (3-5)

138. Not certain 139. Cheap lodging places 143. The P of MP 144. Carrot colour 146. Alcove 149. Simplicity 155. Infected sores

157. Belt fasteners 159. Asian fruits 161. Cinema entry price 165. Spanish holiday isle 169. Buyers & sellers 171. Sister’s daughters 172. Inns

175. Fistfight

176. Holler of delight 177. White wine, … Riesling 178. Financial holding 181. Hairstyle

184. Sadly

186. Rotten

190. Grow old