ACROSS
1.Stooge, flatterer (colloq.).
4.Fault-finding.
9.Disaster.
13.Drive.
19.Snaps.
20.Morass, bog.
21.Give confidence.
22.Disappear.
23.Ovum.
25.Rides at full speed.
28.Pole.
29.Had knowledge.
32.Nothing better.
34.Observe.
35.It contains sugar.
40.Age.
41.Skill.
43.Evaded.
45.Imaginary part of the heavens.
46.Control.
47.Mysterious, magical.
48.Found on a barbecue.
49.Spy for the other side (2 words).
55.Hand over.
57.Bans.
62.Organised.
63.Reawaken interest.
64.Cartoon, parody.
65.Aid.
66.Motoring event.
70.Make new again.
71.Goes round.
77.Farewell.
78.Stage whisper.
32.Evil, harmful.
83.Lofty.
85.Clean, tidy up.
87.Detail, entry.
88.Silent.
90.Distributed.
91.Instruction.
92.Investor in a company.
94.Alternative name.
97.Diligent.
100.Man’s name.
102.Gate locks.
104.Minute remains.
108.Finished.
109.Mark with spots.
113.Permit, authorise.
115.Manufactured.
116.Continent.
117.Conditional release of a prisoner.
121.Overture, curtain raiser.
123.Racing horse.
125.White water on a river.
130.Developed during WWII.
131.Inaccurate.
133.Coins.
136.Girl’s name.
137.Strike back.
138.Astute, shrewd.
142.The business of using spies.
143.Tree.
145.Skimpy.
147.Hurt, wound.
149.Solidifies.
150.Plant support.
152.Rage, fume.
154.Limb.
155.Tall building.
157.Feeble, frail.
159.Diminutive suffix.
160.Freshwater duck.
161.Affirm, declare.
162.Fluster, unsettle.
163.Scull.
165.Tornado.
169.Himalayan animal.
171.Animal hide.
173.Links, bonds.
174.Volcano features.
175.Curtain.
176.Involved deeply.
180.To the point.
182.Resident of Aladdin’s lamp.
184.Pertinent, related.
187.Assault.
189.Glowered.
191.Weighty.
192.Weep.
193.Hints, prods.
196.Relief, let-up.
198.Tune.
199.Literary device.
200.Used in rope-making.
201.Operates.
204.Stamp-collector.
211.One who plots and schemes.
214.Dutch cheese.
215.Indefinite number.
216.Terminate.
219.Govern, manipulate.
222.In arrears.
224.Public.
227.Herb.
229.Poorly lit.
231.Familiar, conventional.
235.Ornament with raised work.
237.African river.
238.Scheme.
239.Place of refuge.
241.Overwhelm with brilliance.
242.Cunning.
243.Puts to work.
246.Comes back.
250.Engine.
253.Joins the Army.
254.Criminal.
255.Despondency.
256.Smallest amount.
258.Gloss.
262.Conspire.
263.Notch.
266.Consult, discuss.
267.Type of knot.
269.Study hard.
270.To guarantee against loss.
271.Produced, developed.
274.Obtained from the sheep.
276.Distant.
278.Suppresses.
281.Magician.
282.Native New Zealander.
283.Take to pieces.
288.Bloodsucker.
289.Sea bird.
291.The end is -.
292.Comprehend.
293.Active volcano.
294.Scottish dance.
296.Female feline.
297.Deceived, tricked.
298.Thrown.
299.Able to pay all debts.
300.Agreement between nations.

DOWN
1.River of Melbourne.
2.Theatre seat.
3.Teller of fables.
5.Solid and firm.
6.Deception.
7.Competent, efficient.
8.Citrus fruit.
9.Obstruct.
10.Food store.
11.Intended.
12.Examinations.
14.Rejoice, make merry.
15.Sudden fear.
16.Endures.
17.Mineral crystal.
18.Stop and hold.
24.Book by Margaret Mitchell (4 words).
25.Jar, irritate.
26.Free.
27.Strangely.
30.Narrow connecting piece.
31.Cleaned.
32.Trade by exchange.
33.Pack away.
36.Customary.
37.Gems.
38.Jugs.
39.View.
42.Contempt, disdain.
44.Excavate.
48.Body pouch.
50.At hand.
51.Principal.
52.Absent.
53.Related.
54.Step.
55.Condemn.
56.Rise up.
57.Lacklustre, insipid.
58.Reduced.
59.Loving gesture.
60.Country.
61.Diplomacy.
67.Ignited.
68.Leash.
69.Christmas.
71.London art gallery.
72.Employer.
73.Edge.
74.Pliable.
75.Monster.
76.Claws.
79.Type of engine.
80.Go off course.
81.Join up again.
82.Strength.
84.Youth.
85.Condition.
86.Puzzled.
87.Girl’s name.
89.Order, arrangement.
93.Organ.
95.Weapon.
96.On guard.
98.Zero.
99.Yield.
101.High speed.
103.Old cloth measure.
104.Entertain.
105.Electrical term.
106.Sign showing where something has been omitted.
107.Merchandises.
109.Fruit.
110.Fragment.
111.Cut down.
112.Leaves the stage.
114.N.Ireland combatants (abb).
117.Analyse a sentence.
118.Proficient.
119.Values.
120.N.African seaport.
122.Follows closely .
124.Tuber, bulb.
126.Writing implements.
127.Furious.
128.Single figure.
129.Fragrance.
131.Phases, angles.
132.Allow.
134.Fresh.
135.Globe.
139.The wattle.
140.Vehicle.
141.Patient.
143.Amaze.
144.Fly.
146.Swing.
148.Euclid’s subject.
150.With the least risk.
151. Encounter
152.Blackthorn.
153.Contest.
155.Curt, to the point.
156.Garden tool.
157.Source of water.
158.Vessel for heating.
162.Battle.
164.Aim.
166.Ironic or bitterly amusing.
167.Halt.
168.Unit of work.
170.Deflects.
172.Motive, purpose.
177.Beams.
178.Eat into.
179.Venture.
181.Male cat.
183.Bite.
184.Shower.
185.Miscalculates.
186.Prepare articles.
188.Percussion instrument.
190.Set going, initiate.
194.Settled.
195.Pretence.
196.Shows regret.
197.Flip through.
202.Sound reflection.
203.Join together.
205.Bird.
206.Tag.
207.Devoted.
208.Number.
209.Insect.
210.Cheap, penny-pinching.
212.Atoll.
213. Obligation
217. Part of the eye
218.Standard, average.
219.Beg.
220.Part of the hose.
221.Enjoyment of something eaten.
222.Plaything.
223.Discover.
225.Jetty.
226.Tailed amphibian.
227.Urge on.
228.Jokes.
229.Information.
230.Legend.
232.Uncontrollable.
233.Notify.
234.African country.
236.Not saying a word.
240.Container.
243.Guide.
244.Earth’s threatened layer.
245.Part of a car engine.
247.Diffuse.
284.World-wide, general.
249.Grammatical term.
250.Face covering.
251.Transparent.
252.Chocolate covered cake.
255.Structural beam.
256.Body blemish.
257.Owned by me.
259.Agile.
260.Surgeon’s instrument.
261.Conflagration.
264.Bird of prey.
265.Proclaimed ruled.
268.Exhaustion.
269.Disorder, mess.
272.Facial organ.
273.Toddlers.
275.Live coal.
276. Perch.
277. Less.
279. S. Amer. animal.
280. Out of sorts.
281. Marine creature.
284. Irritates.
285. Handle roughly.
286. Number.
287. Departed.
290. Fit out.
295. Fish.

CRYPTIC CLUES
Clues Across
1. Funny man, full of stories for children (5)
4. The constabulary cut back on the ice (6)
8. Nag team about getting a powerful man (7)
9. Most Angolans hold a dance (5)
10. Out-and-out way to say something (5)
11. Demonstrable principle or theme to be worked out (7)
12. Make something new in the outlet (6)
14. Is down with the vanquished (6)
17. Harsh way to give us a tree to break up (7)
19. Stroll, and take he blame for getting it wrong (5)
21. When winter halves go in for it (5)
22. Face pulled giving me cigar for a change (7)
23. Something that spans part of the nose (6)
24. Something that takes place in the seventies (5)

Clues Down
1. Corresponds with communist ace like this (12)
2. The power that could possibly appear (5)
3. Vexation show when it’s arching the wrong way (7)
4. More than enough ten-ply twist (6)
5. In all, it requires a thousand cubic centimetres (5)
6. In the middle of trance maybe love begins (7)
7. Start of comment men make about EC (12)
13. One calling after five is one to the right (7)
15. Greed shown by a vicar turning east (7)
16. Dog will be about to break a leg (6)
18. Went wrong with some of the harsher reductions (5)
20. A couple to tone one up (5)

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
CLUES
Clues Across
1. Rub down and groom horse (5)
4. A sponsor, supporter (6)
8. Bell rung at morning, noon and sundown in Catholic countries(7)
9. Whiskey (5)
10. The entire amount (5)
11. Policeman; serviceman holding commission (7)
12. Street Island for pedestrians (6)
14. International distress signal (6)
17. A rower (7)
19. Beaten path in the wilds (5)
21. Jargon (5)
22. 10,000 square metres (7)
23. To agree; to run together (6)
24. Quits (5)

Clues Down
1. City street, square; school near Godalming (12)
2. The conservatives (5)
3. Cake eaten at Christmas time (1,3)
4. Port In Lincolnshire and Massachusetts (6)
5. High steep rock face (5)
6. Clearly showed (7)
7. Home of the State coaches (3,5,4)
13. A disordered mixture (7)
15. To bind to apprenticeship (7)
16. Hedge, killick (6)
18. Sorcery (5)
20. To humble, degrade (5)

Continuous Crossword is a conventional crossword where ALL words overlap and interlock.  The grids remain the same while the clues and solution change completely from puzzle to puzzle.  

ACROSS:

1.    away; form; a cutting blow.
2.    depart; overtime (abbr.); flying machine.
3.    cereal; transvestism; frozen water; pigpen.
4.    shade; limited; lacelike fabric; refreshing drink.
5.    chem.symbol for Ethyl: almost; pubescent pimples; finish.
6.    giant; avoid; coloured.
7.    whether; agave fibre; negation; reach one’s destination.
8.    dumb; detour; queen.
9.    sick; sledge; divinely inspired.
10.    regimen; enquire; at no time; drink.
11.    Consumer; animal; facile; preposition.
12.    killed; branch of learning; item.
13.    of the air; eggs; ascertain the value.
14.    animals; drunk; servant; rectal.
15.    editor; settle; direction; let it stand; depend.

DOWN:

1.    solo; shy; custom.
2.    charming; land surrounded by water; U.S.    state (abbr.)
3.    devil; name; facial feature; preposition.
4.    level; facilitated; group; Aust.    state (abbr.)
5.    new (comb.    form); argot; dull; inquisitive.
6.    hue; free; Shakespeare’s  river.
7.    yet; tax; martial art.
8.    hurried; combination; paces.
9.    goal; father; scull; Greek letter; container.
10.    regal rank; preposition; mean.
11.    peculiar; corrode; allow.
12.    Greek island; conjunction of alternation; belonging to us; personal pronoun; United Arab Republic (abbr.)
13.    Hurry; an inserted decoration; stick.
14.    many times; biblical figure; mature; boy’s name.
15.    proprietary; snake; corded fabric; wriggling.

ACROSS
1. Wobbly dessert (5)
4. Start off (8)
9. Bird of prey (6)
14. Lifeless (5)
15. Very slim odds (6,2,1,7)
17. Waxed and dyed fabric (5)
18. Application (3)
19. Row (7)
20. Pliable (9)
21. Warplane (6)
24. Raising in rank (9)
25. Surprise attack (6)
26. Ask to come (6)
29. High regard (10)
31. Stitch (3)
32. Stick (6)
33. Note (4)
35. Insect (3)
37. Villein (4)
39. Crisis (9)
40. Having sworn to be truthful (5,4)
41 End-of-season clearances (5)
42. Infidelity (8)
47. Brown-haired woman (8)
51. Displayed (5)
55. Change (9)
56. Turned out (anag)(9)
58. Pen (4)
59. Black sealant (3)
60. Tart (4)
61. Prey (6)
62. Large water body (3)
63. Amends for wrongdoing (10)
66. Dried seasoned sausage (6)
67. Calm (6)
69. Decorated (9)
72. Quick drawing (6)
73. Adaptable (9)
75. Got away (7)
77. Annoy (3)
80. Join forces (5)
81    Speak bluntly and plainly. (4,1,5,1,5)
82. Pixies (5)
83. Thawed (6)
84. Egg dish (8)
85. Wooden-soled shoes (5)

DOWN
2. Tired out (9)
3. Of the moon (5)
5. Not any (4)
6. Kettle-drums (7)
7. New Year song (4,4,4)
8. Heath shrub (5)
9. Group of admirers (3,4)
10. Tosses (4)
11. Alternative (6)
12. Thigh-bone (5)
13. Tapering church tower (7)
14. Art of Japanese flower arrangement (7)
16. Take revenge with a like punishment (3,3,2,3)
22. Submissive (6)
23. Narrow connecting land (7)
24. Sore (7)
25. Forever (6)
27. Not precise (7)
28. Merchant (6)
30. Impending (4)
32. Coral reef (5)
34. Yellowish pigment (5)
36. Wide smile (4)
38. Finish (3)
42. Gather together (5)
43. Mismatched (7)
44. Neaten (4)
45. Regretful (6)
46. Loot (5)
48. Submarine (5,3,3)
49. Titillated (7)
50. Label (3)
51. Surprise (7)
52. Cared for while ill (6)
53. Deadpan expression (7,5)
54. Mix (4)
57. Fix (6)
64. Sailor of long experience (3,3,3)
65. Time’s up (anag)(7)
66. Wither (7)
68. Bullied into doing (7)
70. Illness return (7)
71. Writer (6)
72. Shirk a duty (5)
74. Volley of shots (5)
76. Horrify (5)
78. Remaining (4)
79. Check and correct (4)

HARDER
Clues Across
1. Longed to go around the Gobi perhaps as was foreordained (11)
9. Heard five times, kind friends, in a Tavern in the Town (5)
10. What they say about one food additive placed in the allowance (10)
11. Celtic priest soundly delineated fish (5)
12. He’s been asked to tie vein off (7)
14. Any dialect form to be cautious about when initiated by West (3)
15. They eat together in service — old service (4)
16. Mean as a trick to hush baby thus (6)
17. Being in when others are out, he gets a fungous disease (4)
21. It used to be enough energy for the present (4)
22. Squeeze out a bit of a melody (6)
23. Put forward when surgeon’s boys are away (4)
26. Yarn measure used in pleating (3)
27. Be earlier than red tape can have sorted it out (7)
29. Match-score?  (5)
30. Not straightly for the Channel Island : rent idly arranged (10)
31. She, being vulpine, gets archdeacon when about nine (5)
32. Social get-together for people between beds?  (6,5)

Clues Down
2. Start race again with Sappers, and fleet around the turn (5)
3. Quite wrong to be fit, but fair (9)
4. Unfroze the wad and broke it up (6)
5. Is found, in subtle difference, to be an annoying thing (8)
6. Father and the Big Apple turn out swell (5)
7. A number of vital statistics (6)
8. Go farther than studio can with ET (11)
12. It conveys knowledge but curve isn’t it anyhow (11)
13. Some curve alluringly from the calves (4)
18. Ranunculus will be flattering to the trophy (9)
19. It strains Noel getting card in this way (8)
20. Special performance upset a recidivist (4)
24. Splendid assemblage of 20 with two unknowns (6)
25. Euphorbia gives encouragement to fifty per cent of Geum (6)
26. Prone to speaking in one’s throat?  (5)
28. Meeting-place designated to put good man to the test (5)

SIMPLER
Clues Across
1. Decreed beforehand (11)
9. Farewell (5)
10. Character generally ascribed (10)
11. Eisteddfod official (5)
12. Person asked, guest (7)
14. Dialect form of any (3)
15. Muddle (4)
16. Dingy, threadbare (6)
17. Blackleg (4)
21. Archaically, enough (4)
22. Melody (6)
23. Impulse (4)
26. Arable land under grass. (3)
27. Be earlier than (7)
29. Notched account-stick (5)
30. By a round-about way (10)
31. She-fox (5)
32. Social gathering out-of-doors (6,5)

Clues Down
2. Do same race again (5)
3. Held or exercised in equity (9)
4. Melted, as ice (6)
5. Troublesome thing (8)
6. Foppish fellow (5)
7. Bodily shape (6)
8. Leave far behind (11)
12. Conveying knowledge (11)
13. Calf-meat (4)
18. Golden-yellow crowfoot (9)
19. Perforated cookery strainer (8)
20. Festivity, sporting occasion (4)
24. The Milky Way (6)
25 Milky-juiced plant (5)
26. Being untruthful (5)
28. Appointed place to meet (5)

CRYPTIC

CLUES  ACROSS
1. Where tents are pitched in the mist, pace it out (8)
5. Account repeated by one with a wattle (6)
10. Ship coming out of a tunnel in Eritrea (5)
11. Is as scrupulous as one bound by monastic vows (9)
12. She comes to a fishy end (7)
13. It is a rotary engine in brute form (7)
14. Enjoy the flavour of a gentleman’s appetiser (6)
16. They are the characters that make up correspondence (7)
19. Grazing land rates up for renewal (7)
21. It’s a food seed, one can tell, in preparation (6)
25. It is not affected as it’s neither sharp nor flat (7)
26. The brainbox shows how rum one can be (7)
28. It is necessary to request one, one might put it (9)
29. Some soup, a starter of macaroni, etc (5)
30. May be sown when chosen for the tournament (6)
31. Lets tune like this disturb one (8)

CLUES DOWN
1. From California Maria might get squid (8)
2. It’s not animal or vegetable, the 10 Ma takes out (7)
3. Rhode Island, say, has gone to the country (5)
4. A string of invective from 
    one in commerce (6)
6. In a trice get a fag out (9)7.A crook cries -- or so it might appear (7)
8. The solution could be as Wren devised it (6)
9. A confused mass of litter first put in a boat (7)
15. Gloomy planet seen in the East (9)
17. Barred structure still to be re-assembled (7)
18. American seafood party giving me a black aspect (8)
20. An old piece of furniture, a quaint sort of end-piece (7)
22. Jumper with cardigan that isn’t wet anyhow (7)
23. Is sleeping soundly perhaps (6)
24. Get the scene right and put it on TV (6)
27. There’s more than enough drink around a politician (5)

SYNONYM

CLUES ACROSS
1. Place where tents are erected (8)
5. Wattle (6)
10. Large passenger ship (5)
11. Pious (9)
12. Fabled half-girl, half-fish (7)
13. Rotary motor(7)
14. Taste with enjoyment (6)
16. Written characters (7)
19. Feeding-ground (7)
21. Yellow food seed (6) 
25. As one would expect (7)
26. The brainbox(7)
28. Something necessary (9)
29. Spaghetti, macaroni and the like (5)
30. With the pips removed (6)
31. Make restless (8)

CLUES DOWN
1. Squid (8)
2. Ore, substance mined (7)
3. Country on the eastern Mediterranean (5)
4. A vehement harangue (6)
6. A fag (9)
7. Bishop’s pastoral staff (7)
8. Reply (6)
9. Disorderly accumulation (7)
15. Grave, gloomy (9)
17. Cross-barred garden structure (7)
18. US picnic party (8)
20. Collectable old furniture item (7)
22. Matching cardigan and jumper (7)
23. Is noisy sleeping (6)
24. VDU (6)
27. Abundant, liberal (5)

ACROSS:
1. Treats with  consideration (8)
5. Reproved severely (11)
11. Circumspect (8)
15. Unit of capacity (6)
16. Adhesive (5)
17. Sample (5)
18. Assembly (6)
19 . Letter (7). 
20. Calming drug (8)
22. Rescues from possible loss (8)
24. Modest (6)
26. Thick (5)
29. Calm (6)
31. Cover with wax (4)
32. Spoil (3)
33. Still (3)
34. Get up (4)
37. Radiolocation (5)
39. Vestment (5)
41. Biblical character (5)
42 . Rivalling successfully (9)
43. Written . . . acknowledgement of debt (9)
44. Masticates (5)
45. Dry, of wines (3)
47. Crude (5)
49. Multiform (7)
51. Meantime (7)
53. Followed orders (6)
55. Small child (3)
56. Seated (6)
57. Torturers (10)
58. Amuses (10)
62. Gets well (8)
64. Advancing (11)
67. Cuts into (8)
69. Friend (Fr) (3)
70. Goal (3)
71. Unspoken (5)
73. Vending (7)
76. Presents (5)
77. White-ants (8)
79. Publications (8)
81. Prise (5)
83. Looking-glasses (7)
84. Leading (5)
87. Gnat-like flies (6)
89. Pokes gently (6)
91. Counterfeit (5)
92. Past instance as example (9)
96. Custom (5)
97. Unit of silk (6)
98. Dispossesses by law (6)
99. Shoal (4)
101. Digs out (9)
102. Malay dagger (4)
103. Night bird (3)
105. Intellect (4)
106. Thunder god (4)
108. Sheltered side (3)
109. Country (4)
111. Soon (4)
112. Inane (9)
116. Part of a church (4)
117. Weeps convulsively (4)
119. Large cask (3)
120. Craft (3)
121. Labyrinth (4)
122. Head cook (4)
124. Policeman (9)
128. Untidy state (4)
129. S African monetary unit (4)
131. Fish eggs (3)
132. Morse element (4)
133. Spoken (4)
134. First woman (3)
135. Undermines (4)
138. Calculates (9)
140. Convicts (4)
142. Desert plant (6)
143. Hardened (6)
144. Zodiac sign (5)
146. Choice (9)
149. Showy feather (5)
150. Foreigners (6)
152. Purify (6)
153. Choose by vote (5)
156. Rightly reasoning (7)
158. Inferior wheat (5)
161. Long curls (8)
163. Ponder (8)
165. Artificial silk (5)
166. Takes away (7)
168. Dulcet (5)
170. Melody (3)
171. Sesame (3)
173. Given up (8)
174. Undergoes (11)
175. Boiled gently (8)
180. Deep thought (10)
182. Preventing (10)
185. Headwear (6)
186. Lubricant (3). 
187. Male goose (6)
188. Makes more loved (7)
190. Refined and luxurious (7)
192. Break out (5)
194. Greek letter (3)
197. Indirect effort (5)
198. Nature spirit (9)
200. Considering as affront (9)
201. Of the moon (5)
202. Snow leopard (5)
203. Precise (5)
205. Main actor (4)
208. Little devil (3)
209. Prosecute (3)
210. Incisions (4)
213. Moorish kettledrum (6)
215. Field diversion (5)
218. Discussion (6)
221. Recreational activities (8)
224. Ministrants (8)
225. Table support (7)
226. Inducing sleep (6)
227. Bird of prey (5)
228. Of the kidneys (5)
229. Frozen formation (6)
230. Emphasises (8) 
231. Most eminent (11)
232. Injecting instruments (8)

DOWN
1. Record (8)
2. Supporting post (6)
3. Entrust (7)
4. Most excellent (7)
5. Duty list (6)
6. Groom the feathers (5)
7. Interior (6)
8. Lessens (6)
9. Frighten from (5)
10. Longing (6)
11. Kitchen sideboard (7)
12. Specimens (7)
13. Scoundrel (6)
14. Beats soundly (8)
21. Against (6)
23. Hostility (6)
25. Widespreading dominion (6)
26. Draw by force (4)
27. Unmusical sound (5)
28. Observed (4)
29. Standing firm (6)
30. Sticks (7)
31. Torch (7)
35. Comes forth (7)
36. Take for granted (7)
38. Seafarer (7)
40. Persists in pressing (7)
44. Maker of tubs and casks (6)
45. Becomes firm (4)
46. Quote (4)
48. Inns (6)
50. Tumultuous (7)
52. Making lace (7)
54. Twelve (5)
56. Hidden obstacles (5)
59. Well-mannered (6)
60. Underground room (6)
61. Gaudy (6)
63. Dodge (5)
64. Hindu garment (4)
65. Scottish musicians (6)
66. Pleasant place (6)
67. Send out (4)
68. Additional (5)
72. Teaching periods (5)
74. Banishment (5)
75. Courage (5)
76. Snap of the teeth (5)
78. Very small person (6)
80. Gold bricks (6)
81. Generous (7)
82. Fashion (5)
85. Live coal (5)
86. Hates intensely (7)
88. American inventor (6)
90. Complete agreement (6)
92. Squeeze (5)
93. Crustaceans (5)
94. Speak slowly (5)
95. Examines (5)
100. Promotes (7)
102. Small falcon (7)
104. Cavalry weapon (5)
105. Well known (5)
107. Entangle (5)
108. Letting agreement (5)
110. Turkish commander (3)
113. Self (3)
114. Newt (3)
115. Sun personified (3)
118. Prohibit (3)
121. Error (7)
123. Make secure (6)
124. Game of skill (5)
125. Glisten (5)
126. Make suitable (5)
127. Red dyestuff (5)
128. Ripe (6)
130. Meal course (7)
136. Company of lions (5)
137. Domesticating (6)
139. Oppose (6)
141. Sky-coloured (5)
145. Glossy fabric (5)
147. Unbound (5)
148. Vacuous (5)
149. Nuisances (5)
151. Literary ridicule (6)
152. Henhouses (6)
154. Depart (5)
155. Multitudes (6)
157. Seemingly mocked by fate (6)
159. Beer-tankard (6)
160. Loyal vassal (5)
162. Burden (4)
164. Ailments (4)
166. Duplicate (7)
167. Hide (7)
169. Verdant (5)
172. In the midst of (5)
173. Disconcert (6)
176. Temperature unit (6)
177. Checked in growth (7)
178. Rotating (7)
179. Rowing (7)
180. Teachers (7)
181. Snout (4)
182. Excuse (4)
183. Buildings for vehicles (7)
184. Naval officer (7)
189. Bring on as consequence (6)
191. Caught the breath (6)
193. Papal ambassador (6)
195. Dance (5)
196. Very small (6)
199. Cuts off top (4)
200. Repose (4)
201. Assails with personal satire (8)
204. Tornadoes (8)
206. Meddles (7)
207. Bacon slices (7)
210. Fortresses (7)
211. Small dog (7)
212. Bombard (6)
214. Arranges in line (6)
216. Like better (6)
217. Eye’s sensitive layer (6)
219. Show clearly (6)
220. Fixed allowance (6)
222. Precipitous (5)
223. Khan (5)

Clues Across 
1. Sue fed so as to make it harmless (6) 
4. 'To do' such a word (4) 
8. Say 1,2,3 and free it from the dud (11) 
10. One of those pieces of eight! (5) 
11. I see I sound very cold (3) 
12. For 2 to sing, 2 leave each other (3-4) 
14. It also sounds like 2 (3) 
16. East in New York backing Tokyo currency (3) 
18. Study of S American country with Sarah (7) 
19. Chop off half the police returning (3) 
20. What Eskimo builds could go with oil (5) 
23. Shortage in the books, Pansy c-cried brokenly (11) 
24. 'D,' quietly profound (4) 
25. Sweet! These cards are lovers! (6) 

Clues Down 
1. Sid turns up at harbour to amuse himself (7) 
2. Small flat surface : turning reveals it (5) 
3. Quart set out for him to live in empty house (8) 
5. Noble has beheaded girl (4) 
6. Bit very wrong but at least it's short (7) 
7. Stop and prop (4) 
9. In which soldiers are sailors? (9) 
13. Get-together of CilIa and Ena (8) 
15. Pop's ode was somehow against it (7) 
17. Fools, to land themselves in the soup! (7) 
19. Cap, nothing more, but there's a place to swim (4) 
21. The stratum for the pullet! (5) 
22. In debriefing, cheese it (4)