Fairlady

MEGAXWORD 2

- COMPILED BY CHRISTINE LOVATT

ACROSS

1. Civil 6. Mime 10. Exultation 15. Police bust 18. Men’s neck scarves 19. Clinging gastropods 20. Thick slice 22. Igloo dweller 23. Windpipe 24. Sums 25. Webcast seminars, … Talks 26. Belonging to them 28. Horse-riding whips 30. Wise bird 31. Tightly-packed 32. Tomato variety 33. Cordon … cookery 34. Capitulate 35. Spoken 37. Divorce, decree … 39. Typist’s ailment (1,1,1) 40. Filled tortilla 42. Posse 45. Bawdiest 48. Sri Lankan robe 49. Pained cry 50. More oxidised 53. Sat nav system (1,1,1) 54. Refuse heaps 56. Oscar-winner, … Witherspoo­n 59. Poet, … Allan Poe 61. From the menu, … carte (1,2) 62. Ammunition 63. Visualise 64. Crack task force (1,1,1) 65. Groan 66. Heart 68. Most furtive 69. Possesses 70. Go beyond (target) 71. Essential article 72. Chop with axe 73. Suggestive 74. Babble 76. Core-group member 78. Understudy (5-2) 80. Straighten 81. Devil worshipper­s 84. Tyre pattern 85. Evangelist, Billy … 87. Hits 89. Meditation art 92. Meet 94. Agents 96. Wined & dined (lover) 97. Hindrance 98. 500 sheets of paper 100. Youthful gofer (6,3) 101. Windmill blade 104. Slim (pickings) 105. Movie theatre 107. Edge (towards) 108. Worrying 112. Trumpet blast 113. Chilli sauce 115. Descends cliff by rope 117. Knot 118. Consequent 120. Smidgen 121. Communitie­s 123. Typify 125. Fuel, natural … 126. Teens 127. Add soundtrack 129. Cartel 130. Specialist 131. Run into 133. Tip of triangle 134. Pen name, … de plume 136. Abode 137. Deviate 140. Up high 141. Wildebeest 142. I n any case 146. Contends 147. Apiece 148. Shift-worker timetables 152. Coarse file 154. 12 months 155. Metal can 156. Balanced 157. Hey there! 159. Red-yellow pigment 160. Alternativ­ely 162. Woman of action 164. Skyfall’s 007, Daniel … 165. Cyst 167. Mexican dip 169. Together (2,3) 171. So-so, not … 173. Nurture (children) 174. Wigs 175. Jacks 177. Copies 178. Haifa native 179. Steel ingredient (4,3) 180. Actor, Richard … 181. Accentuate­s 182. Arduous adventure 183. Blended family sibling

DOWN

1. Infrequent 2. Sharp point 3. Wrapped snugly 4. Razes 5. Hire 6. Cuban leader, Raul … 7. Sea-blue 8. Living on land & water 9. Intertwine 10. Large jet 11. Response to sneeze (5,3) 12. Healthiest 13. Spousal relative (2-3) 14. Arrests 16. Daisy-like flower 17. Cheat 20. Dull person 21. Pooped (3,2) 27. Reddish-brown dogs (5,7) 29. Lack of mercy 35. The O of H2O 36. Swiss peaks 38. Objects 41. Steep rugged rocks 43. Opera song 44. Crows (over) 46. Whining 47. Sanctions 51. Presumed 52. Sanatorium convalesce­nts 55. 100 centavos 56. Announced (4,3) 57. Surplus 58. Enlightens 60. Calendar entry 67. Ten pin … 69. Sanitation 72. Massive 75. Waits, … one’s time 77. Attraction­s 79. Religious sceptics 82. The A of USA 83. Foot arches 86. Ethiopia’s Addis … 88. Pursue 90. Bullring shout 91. The long … of the law 92. Marriage vow (1,2) 93. Fun object 94. Clergyman’s title 95. Sift (for gold) 98. Calibrate anew 99. Postal inscriptio­n 102. Modified 103. Alter (text) 104. Thoroughgo­ing 106. Forbearanc­e 108. Appetisers (4,1’7) 109. Steals (livestock) 110. Mental pictures 111. Interloper­s (4-8) 114. Broken through 116. Quarantine­s 119. Failure 122. Organs of hearing 124. Rumble (of thunder) 125. Goose & … 128. Springy 130. Pea or bean 132. Actor, Roger … 135. Multitudes 138. Stylishly 139. Constituti­onal changes 141. Deep cut 143. Ages 144. Gains estate 145. Ugly buildings 149. Encore! (4,4) 150. Game hunters 151. Fabric scraps holder 153. Greek fable teller 158. Stranger 161. Hispanic US resident 163. Readily 166. Devoured (3,2) 168. Welsh vegetables 170. Reed instrument­s 172. Turn aside 173. Construct 176. Burn surface of

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