MEGA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

“A VACATION IS HAVING NOTHING TO DO AND ALL DAY TO DO IT IN.” ROBERT ORBEN

1. Public servant

6. Underhand

10. Juveniles

15. Rock growth

18. Finger shield

19. Greed

20. Large pond

22. Shirt arm

23. Emphatic

24. Ages

25. Belonging to that

26. Sliver

28. Diary record

30. Automatic teller (1,1,1)

31. Asian fruit, star ...

32. Wine, ... spumante

33. Ore vein

34. Fraudster

35. Paper quantity

37. Talk wildly

39. Operations

40. Steamer fuel

42. Harsh

45. Polecats

48. Ripped

49. Storybook monster

50. Cuts new teeth

53. Seed vessel

54. Vex

56. Radar images

59. Sharp point

61. Price on application (1,1,1)

62. Eyelid swelling

63. Distress signal (1,1,1)

64. Olympic Games body (1,1,1)

65. Stand on hind legs

66. The Da Vinci Code author, ... Brown

68. Include

69. Tender (for)

70. Chilli tortilla

71. Lovingly

72. Lingerie item

73. Gentlest

74. Purge

76. Drink cooler (3,4)

78. Baleful stare (4,3)

80. Unsoiled

81. US footpaths

84. Approaches

85. Evangelist, Billy ...

87. Genetic aberration

89. Space flight organisation

92. Most punctual

94. Employs

96. Discovers (5,3)

97. Commanding

98. In case (we forget)

100. Candid

101. Overacts, ... it up

104. Staff recruitment

105. Layers

107. Unnecessary

108. Distracting topic (4,5)

112. Stomach inflammation

113. Heathen

115. Kidnaps

117. Lout

118. Unrolling (flag)

120. Hour expected (1,1,1)

121. Urging

123. Vital

125. However

126. Farm science

127. Christen

129. Old VCR format

130. Country, ... Lanka

131. Sore (loser)

133. Tropical wading bird

134. At the present moment

136. Cue holders

137. Flying fowls

140. Remove completely

141. Nevada city, ... Vegas

142. Concert venue, ... Square Garden

146. The N of NB

147. Security cameras (1,1,1,1)

148. Interferes (5,2)

152. Chatters

154. Relinquish

155. Type of plastic (1,1,1)

156. Orient

157. Bias

159. Hinge

160. Begone!

162. Pitcher

164. Fall behind

165. Ingested

167. Got up

169. Digression

171. Top credit rating (1,1,1)

173. Chimneys

174. Acts as go-between

175. Doorknob

177. Repressed, ... up

178. Ran steadily

179. Deceive (lover) (3-4)

180. Lavish affection (on)

181. Spellbound

182. Canoeist

183. Tourists

DOWN

1. Loafers

2. Readjust

3. Hidden (motive)

4. Stick in again

5. Shinbone

6. Is in terror of

7. Relating to profession

8. Beef broth (6,4)

9. Skimmed

10. Raising agent

11. Single-wheeled bike

12. Least experienced

13. Enforce (payment)

14. Witnesses

16. Kalamata or Spanish

17. Magic phrase, open ...!

20. Detest

21. Cambodia’s ... Rouge

27. Death Valley reptiles

29. Requires

35. Massaged

36. A distance

38. Donkeys

41. Garret

43. Right away (1,1,1,1)

44. Call for

46. Replenishing

47. Precipitate

51. Forever

52. Persecution

55. Empty

56. Tanned

57. Propel

58. Dreamlike

60. Verse

67. Spruces up

69. Secondary routes

72. Cured pork

75. Brushes (off)

77. Austere

79. Swamped

82. As a group (2,5)

83. Conduct

86. Viper

88. Main artery

90. Orang-utan or gibbon

91. Astern

92. Turn over (1,1,1)

93. 2240 lbs

94. Yuck!

95. Spreading tree

98. Awful

99. Hedging wager (4,3)

102. Fuse metal (3,4)

103. Damascus is there

104. Enhanced

106. Lucky

108. Lethargy

109. Disobeying

110. Saliva

111. Keen workers (5,7)

114. Sends on

116. Shrewdest

119. Recycle

122. Police informer

124. Scorch

125. Filleting

128. Confer

130. Part of play

132. Smears

135. Uterus

138. Disappeared

139. Triumphant

141. Connect

143. View

144. Shareholder

145. Eight-sided figures

149. Speaking

150. Wooden box (3,5)

151. New York’s Long ...

153. Diminish

158. Glorify

161. Robbed (bank) (4,2)

163. Christian festival

166. Assault vehicles

168. Plumped (for)

170. Symbolic pictures

172. Worship

173. Nuisance email

176. Slippery fish