MEGAXWORD 1

ACROSS

1. Absurdly

6. Plateauing, ... out

11. Inappropriately

15. Court doorkeeper

16. Lovelier

17. Crusaders’ foe

18. Disguised

21. Ugandan metropolis

22. Arouse

23. Strolls

24. Irritated

28. Palm cereal

30. Fringe

32. Lenin’s successor

35. Bawls

37. Becomes matted

38. Move furtively

40. Set ablaze

43. Fortress

45. Nursemaid

47. Wide bay

48. Surpassing

52. Reproductive cells

53. Arbitrating

56. Venture forth

58. Specifically

60. Supervised

61. Pays attention to

62. Movie outline

64. ‘No’ vote

65. Yelp

67. Capital of Brazil

69. Point of fable

72. Biblical letters

75. Cylinder

77. Terrace

78. Downfall

79. Pulmonary organ

81. Newborns

83. Jeans fabric

84. Tummy

86. Stepped (on)

87. Foaling farms

90. Aspic

92. Holy picture

93. Swiss lake

95. Patron’s young charge

96. Walk wearily

98. Hum

99. The N of NATO 100. Slumber

101. Prosciutto and jamon 102. Ocean predator 103. Mongolian desert 104. Notables (1,1,2) 106. Classroom learner 110. Asian narcotic 113. Tinkle

115. Vaguer 116. Transylvania is there 117. Brassy

118. Next

119. Affair

122. Urgency

125. People’s self-pride 126. Rebrand

127. Bordello boss 129. Salamander 130. Misplacement

131. Chilly

132. Reached, ... to 133. London’s ... Park 134. Alcohol-abstaining 137. Slight impressions 138. Dependence

142. Large bird

143. Asphalt

145. Calibrate (4-4)

146. Flood barrier 149. Seeing that, ... as 151. More affluent

152. Adult (video) (1-5) 154. Hairgrips (5,4) 156. French affirmative 157. Guise

159. Poker variety, ... hold ’em 161. Fortune cards 163. Bright red 168. Barbarians 171. Digression

172. Peace (activist)

176. Ink smears 177. Polecat

180. Dish, chop ... 181. German medal, ... Cross 183. Serviceman’s carryall 187. Linger

188. Summer meals 190. Malfunction 191. Criterion

192. Recited (prayer) 193. Guru

194. Jabbed with leg 195. Undershirt 196. Political stirrers 197. Class of travel

DOWN

1. Freezing up 2. Horrible 3. Comedian, ... Murphy 4. Xmas cake, ... log

5. Densely

6. UK natives 7. Employed (4,2) 8. Fireplace shelf 9. Legendary man-like being 10. Cleaning (fish)

11. Riles

12. Own up

13. Forest path

14. Hanker

19. Orderly 20. Electronic markers

25. Try, have ... (1,2) 26. Money, filthy ...

27. Tint

29. Win 31. Supermarket section 32. Perform slalom

33. Bend to circumstances 34. Wrath

36. Tension

39. Decisive trial (4,4) 40. Trussed

41. Aerated (soft drink) 42. Small pre-decimal coin 44. Drags laboriously

46. Pair of oxen

47. Posse

49. Grotto

50. Slip-up 51. Tenderest 53. Transcendental 54. Maxim 55. Curved-bill wader 57. Corresponded in sound 59. Psychiatric hospital 63. Car racing break (3,4) 66. Locomotives 67. Boozing spree 68. Stimulate

70. US Portland state 71. Ascended

73. Visit (4,2)

74. Snow vehicle

76. Life history writers 80. Endlessly

82. Winter Palace monarch 85. Computer data unit 88. Maintains (law) 89. Phantom

90. God

91. Wounds 94. Fashionable, in ... 97. Reappear 104. Essentially

105. Most level-headed 106. Illegal (DVD copy)

107. Prude

108. Pierce with lance 109. Unbroken 111. Mountain goat 112. Actor, ... Brando

113. Cut first incisors

114. New Testament books 120. Colonists 121. Released grip, ... fist 123. Deviation from type 124. Scandal sheets 127. Basic element 128. School teacher 135. Hostile opponent 136. Vacationers 139. Scaremonger 140. Humped beast 141. Bough

144. X-ray procedure, CAT ... 147. Greek Cupid 148. Motorway off-ramp 150. Wanes

153. Joins in matrimony 155. Drilling insect 158. Isolated

160. Pimples

162. A bit open 164. Snooker stick 165. Recant, ... one’s words 166. ... Horatio Nelson 167. Acquitted 169. Request, ... for

170. Hour expected (1,1,1) 172. Saintly radiance 173. Dictator 174. Shrewdest 175. Increased

177. Military flutes

178. Wear the crown 179. Identical

180. Old photo colour 182. Police informers 184. Lead-in

185. Stringed instrument 186. Reeling 187. Remembrance phrase, ... we forget

189. Sports team