194 AWW.COM.AUAUGUST 2017
The ColossusCOMPILED BYCHRISTINE LOVATT
ACROSS
- Leading, – the
orchestra - Incomplete
- Practical jokers
- Catch, – a thief
- Inn
- Prince Charles’ wife
- Cain’s victim
- 1920s design style, Art –
- Taking bone photos
(1-6) - Slopped over
- Dashboard displays, eg
- Riots, brawls
- Hi!
- Pester
- Salivate
- Go to a cafe, eg (3,3)
- Misjudge
- Scandinavians
- Confronted
- Meted, – out
- Gesture of assent
- Bronte novel,Jane –
- In reverse order, vice –
- Wool grease
- Weepy
- Insignificant, – trifle
- Enchantress, – fatale
- Agony
- Cooking dish
- Heavens
- Opera divas
- Keep calm and – – (5,2)
- Distillery tank
- Splatters
- Pummels
- Drinks through straw
- Enclosure
- Slide, – over
- Demons
- Travelprices
- Speech defect
- Require
- Oily goo
- Details, – and outs
- Grew dim, the light –
- Smidgen
- Philosopher, – Marx
- Ceylon, – Lanka
- Gown
- Tumbles
- Race, – the motor
- Wound encrustation
- Negative votes
- Rescue
- Viola plant
- Aspect
102.Annihilate, slay
104.Boast
106.Rifle through garbage - Restaurant servers
109.Declared - Improve, – chances
- Anti-terrorist
group (1,1,1)
113. House’s grassy area
114. Metal track
116. Angler’s lure
118. Bus base
119. Primary, – point
121. Envelop
123. Genuine, true
125. Alternatively, or –
127. Married woman’s title
128.Ill-suited
130. Penitentiary
132. Snooze
134.Rip-off, con job
136.CD brand (1,1,1)
137. Black magic, the –
139. Warty creature
140.Security cameras
(1,1,1,1)
141. Lhasa is there
143. Dexterity
145.Street-sign gas
147. Honey insect
148.Power of refusal
149.Mud
150.Curly-horned goat
152. Finished
154.Nuisance email
156.Up hill and down –
158.Nervous twitches
159. Gratified, happy
161. Singer, – King Cole
163.Bridge length
165.Profoundly wise
167. Ardent admirers
169.Subtracted
171. Paradise garden
173. Becoming dull
175. Holy day of rest
177. Biblical king of Judea
179. Engrave
181. Scrapes, – his knee
182.Green gemstone
183.Burgles
185.Evaporated, – up
187. Saturate
189.Daughter’s brother
190.Fruit conserves
191. Sound repeat
192.Science room (abbrev)
194.Church table
196.Moral wrongdoing
197. Dance to jazz
198.Regret
199.Judged, – to be
202.Aden is there
204.Tinkled
205.Child’s toy, – hoop
206. Swampy
208.Individuals
210.Mutineer
212. Hire
213. Commotion (2-2)
214.Entering territory,- the country
216.Fiji’s capital
217. Go aboard ship
219. Disappeared
221. Misappropriated,
- money
223.Trades college
(abbrev)
225.Alien spaceship (1,1,1)
226.DIY manual,
- book (3-2)
227.Highway
230.Juvenile
232.Recreate, – the
scene (2-5)
235.Paris river
236. Volcanic flow
238.Summit, peak
240.Hickory nut
242.Skulk, – around
243.Undersized, puny
244.Heavy weight
245.Internet search engine
246.Beauty parlour
247.Wood thickness
248.Fuses metal by heat
24 9.Political system,
totalitarian –, eg
251. US, Uncle –
253.Frostiness
255.Testimonial
256.Border upon
258.Action-taker
259.From Tel Aviv
260.Swab lightly
261.Rots, goes –
262.Sheer (3-7)
263.Gather crops
264.Beachfront
promenades
- the country
DOWN- Lebanese salad
vegetables - Sprightlier
- Less attractive
- Streetcar
- Codswallop
- Artist, – Picasso
- Aid a felon
- Copied
- Clear-headed
- Meatballs
- Following
- Mariner, sailor
- Serial part
- Blind
- Fingertip coverings
- Lodge, – with
- Defendant’s statement
- Crisp Mexican tortilla
- Plunder
- Before (poetic)
30.Hurts - Nursemaid
- Congeal
34.Seeps, oozes
36.US actor, – Hanks
38.Test runs (abbrev) - Outdoor festivals
- Quick swim
42. Tap trickles
45. Air shafts
46. Songbirds
47. Deep blue shade
49. Shouts
51. Doesn’t succeed
52. Strode
54. Indian bread
56. Yacht canvases
58. Raw mineral
59. German wine valley
60. Heals
61. Baby bird shelters
63. Arduous journey
65. Goads
66. Heart monitor (1,1,1)
68. Sorrowfully
70. Crooner, – Martin
72. Coercion
73. Quivers
74. Fake
76. Fill suitcase
78. Dowdy
80. Identify, – ailment
81. Roman XI
83. Viper teeth, eg
84. Religious offshoot
86. Low platform
88. Ancient harp
91. Extremist
92. Cloudburst
93. Swerve
95. Betray secret
97. City, – Francisco
99. Chilean currency
100.Beige shade
101. Use dragnet
103.Fibber
105.Indian clarified butter
107. Bide your time, –
patiently
108.Respectful address
110. Perishes
113. Portable computers
115. Jousting weapon
117. Battle plans
118. Duck’s mate
119. Men and boys
120.Bleated
122. Agreements
124. Hideouts
126.Implant
129. Convent sister
130.Task, chore
131. Concepts
133. Please turn over (1,1,1)
135. British award (1,1,1)
137. Ancient
138.Tighten, – fist
142.Song,– There Was You
144.Not fit for consumption
146.Scruff of neck
148.US city, Las –
149.Chinese dynasty
151. Reconciles, – ledgers
153. Outmoded
155. Constructed
157. In the – of luxury
158.Treats cowhide
159. Mocking remark
160.Idolised
162.Solid ground, – firma
164.Volleyball barriers
166.Large deer
167. Helsinki native, eg
168.Darwin’s – of evolution
170.Paper cake-mat
172. Non-coms (1,1,2)
174. Leo zodiac symbol
175. Equivalent
176. Commercials (abbrev)
178. Put off, – from
180.Scalp strands
182.Indonesian island
184.Pacific nation
186.Titled ladies
188.Scoundrel
190.Abandon, – lover
191. European monetary
units
193.Curves
195.Disprove, – claim
197. Rubbish
198.Airwavesmedium
200.Geological period, era
201.Divine being
203.On no occasion
205.Movie good guy
206.Riviera resort, – Carlo
207.Garden tool
209 .Pry
211. Delicate fabrics
212. Makeshift boat
213. Type of port
214.Waters, – the fields
215. Pastes
218.Shift blame, pass the –
219. Invalidates
220.Insulin-deficient
people
222.Sheathing
224.Assist
226. Careless
228.Vaporise
229.Canine
231. Carnival
233.Cairo’s waterway
234.No matter which,- of them
235.Auction off
236.Captain’s diary
237. Ouzo flavour
239.Furrowing machine
241. Desert wanderer
243.Odd
24 4.Iran’s capital
248.Flour cereal
250.Nought
252.Bass brass instrument
253.Ears of sweetcorn
254.Cash register
257.Phooey!
Solution in next
month’s issue.
- of them