1 Asian region spanning India
and Bangladesh (B)
2 Negelectful, careless (R)
3 Tennis shot played before allowing
the ball to bounce (V)
4 Panda’s stable diet (B)
5 – Colman, British actress, star
of Broadchurch (O)
6 Friendly and good-natured (J)
7 Sparkling Christmas decoration (T)
8 Helen –, famous deaf and blind author
and educator (K)
9 Capricious, irresolute (F)
10 Morally corrupt, wicked (S)
11 Bring back to mend (R)
12 – Johnson, Logie award-
winning actor
and cancer research
fund-raiser (S)HEXWORD
Each of the clues below has a six-letter
answer. Write the answer clockwise in
the spaces around the appropriate clue
number. Where the hexagons touch, the
letters in the adjoining segments will be
the same. We’ve answered one clue for
you. The letters in brackets tell you the
first letter of the answer. The letters in
the inner coloured hexagon will spell a
hidden word.
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134681191210752CLUES
1 Plane terminal (7)
3 Stevie –, Fleetwood Mac singer (5)
5 Humped desert ruminant (5)
8 American tomato condiment (7)
10 Cereal grass crop (3)
11 Large Irish hunting dog (9)
13 Young seal (3)
14 Fruit conserve (3)
15 Prison room (4)
17 Dinner jacket (6)
20 Tom –, actor pictured in box A (5)
23 Monetary penalty (4)
24 Inquisitiveness (9)
28 Outcome (6)
30 Small crown (5)
31 Kimono sash (3)
32 Forearm bone (4)
34 Soup-serving spoon (5)
35 Midday (4)
36 Part of the school year (4)
37 Write with a keyboard (4)
38 Tina–, singer (5)
39 Enormous (4)
41 Warm, down-filled quilt (5)
42 Lawn –, sedate sporting pastime (5)
44 Cairo’s country (5)
47 Hurl (5)
49 Magnitude (4)
51 Hiatus, brief interruption (5)
53 Unclothed (4)
54 – Tasman, Dutch navigator (4)
56 Unorthodox religious doctrine (6)
58 Young deer (4)
59 Esteem, admiration (7)
61 Sleeping facility (3)
63 Deep red hue (7)
64 Points tally (5)
65 Additional (5)
67 Squad of players (4)
69 Pottery oven (4)
71 Part of a shoe (5)
73 Adhesive label (7)
76 Productive chicken (5)
79 Cute aquatic mammal (5)
80 Nun’s garb (5)
81 Hero’s adversary (7)
82 Bathroom storage unit (7)
83 Assumed identity or appearance (5)
85 Strength, energy (5)
87 Proposal (5)
90 Speaker’s stand (7)
93 Shy and fearful (5)
95 Naming word (4)
96 Attack, incursion (4)
97 Soft French cap (5)
98 Strategic boardgame (5)
100 Substance burned in church (7)
103 Burned residue (3)
105 Toni Morrison novel (7)
108 Ancient France (4)
109 Reduce to subzero temperature (6)
110 Stalin’s empire (1,1,1,1)
111 Martial arts training centre (4)112 Drying cloth (5)
114 Second-hand (4)
116 Elephant’s nose (5)
119 Retail outlets (5)
121 Fooled, deceived (5)
122 Colour of purity (5)
124 Shakespeare’s river (4)
126 Slightly wet (5)
127 Water source (4)
129 Good fortune (4)
131 Fairytale monster (4)
132 Supple, flexible (5)
133 Asian desert (4)
134 High looping tennis shot (3)
136 At a higher level (5)
137 Tom –, actor pictured in box B (6)
138 Punctuation mark separating parts
of a sentence (9)
139 Fiddling Roman emperor (4)
140 Emma –, actress (5)
142 Particular skill or ability (6)
146 Ancient Irish dialect (4)
150 Name before marriage (3)
151 Shirt or blouse (3)
153 Particularly clever (9)
154 Start of a horse race (3)
155 Word with the same meaning (7)
156 Measure of inclination (5)
157 Fashionable Italian city (5)
158 Imaginary line at 0° latitude (7)1 Majestic and dignified (6)
2 – War, conflict in Homer’s Iliad (6)
3 Albuquerque’s state in the USA (3,6)
4 Statue near the pyramids (6)
5 Sporting organisation (4)
6 – Allsop, Dame Edna’s
long-time companion (5)
7 Circuit of a course (3)
8 Maintained (4)
9 Buccaneer (6)
12 Lingering suspiciously (9)
15 Theatrical outfits (8)
16 – Palmer, Twin Peaks’
murder victim (5)
18 Avoid, escape (5)
19 Personal journal (5)
21 Part-time player (7)
22 – Prince, Wonder Woman (5)
25 Immature frog (7)
26 Cook –, body of water between
NZ’s North and South Islands (6)
27 Snapshots (6)
29 Star Wars princess (4)
33 – King, New Idea relationship
advice columnist (4)
34 – Zeppelin, rock group (3)
39 Potential dangers (7)
40 Hard black wood (5)
43 Tapering block (5)
45 Old coin worth 21 shillings (6)
46 Contented cat sound (4)
48 H.G. –, science fiction author (5)
50 In good physical condition (7)51 Low musical register (4)
52 Joan of –, Medieval
French heroine (3)
55 Airship, particularly used
for advertising (5)
56 Tom –, actor pictured in box C (5)
57 Sudden trauma (5)
60 Choose by vote (5)
61 Ale or lager (4)
62 Bargain (4)
63 Adolescent infatuation (5)
66 Titan (5)
68 Spoil, disfigure (3)
70 Chewy confection (6)
72 Come back (6)
74 Inuit shelter of snow blocks (5)
75 Select group (5)
77 Conscious, sentient (5)
78 Effective distance (5)
81 Goddess of love (5)
84 – McGuire, TV personality (5)
85 Golf score (3)
86 Spin, pirouette (5)
88 Chemical recipe or
mathematical rule (7)
89 – Hayworth, actress (4)
90 Scottish lake (4)
91 Shout of approval
or encouragement (5)
92 Cacophonous sound (5)
94 Subtraction symbol (5)
97 Circus tent (3,3)
99 Cowboy hat brand (7)
101 Dracula’s noble title (5)
102 Round playing field (4)
104 Single-masted yacht (5)
106 Sense of self (3)
107 Hurry, sprint (4)
109 Acting family including Henry,
Jane and Peter (5)
113 Referee’s signal (7)
115 Australian soldier in WWI (6)
117 Mythical one-horned horse (7)
118 Young cat (6)
120 London nightlife precinct (4)
121 Fragile, exquisite (8)
122 Vertical element of a building (4)
123 Female sheep (3)
125 Rudolph –, silent film heartthrob (9)
126 Intended (5)
128 Bitter citrus fruit (5)
130 Intentionally unkind (5)
133 Honking bird (5)
135 Tom –, actor and singer
pictured in box D (9)
141 University grounds (6)
143 US rap music star, born
Marshall Mathers (6)
144 Andrew –, TV presenter (6)
145 Reflective glass (6)
147 Baseballer’s attempt to hit
the ball (5)
148 Elemental particle (4)
149 Feverish pain (4)
152 Green pod vegetable (3)ACROSS
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