BRAINBUSTER
ACROSS
1 Remove skin (of fruit) (4) 3 Pie in . . . (illusory hope)
(3,3) 6 Ridiculous (12) 13 Enquires (4) 17 Performs (4) 20 Kind of penguin (7) 21 Small sofas (7) 22 Taunt (4) 24 Docking area (6) 25 A blood deficiency (7) 26 Onslaughts (6) 27 Pouch (3) 28 Lowest tides (5) 30 31 days (5) 32 Rooibos, eg (3) 33 Periods of 60 minutes
(5) 34 Emit a bad odour (4) 35 Ceased to exist (4) 36 Coral island (5) 37 Blackthorn (4) 39 Or . . .! (4) 41 Fuss (3) 42 Mend (4) 44 As well (4) 47 Unfavourable (7) 50 Dull (4) 51 Noteworthy information (4) 52 Way back then (4,3) 55 Message sent by phone
(abbr) (3) 56 Pessimist (5) 58 Type of nut (5) 61 Tool to drill holes (5) 63 Animal’s coat (3) 64 Trench (4) 65 Geological period (3) 66 Away (3) 67 Intend (4) 68 Direct (3) 70 Not sensible (11) 71 To and . . . (3) 72 Express regret (9) 73 Revolting (9) 74 Brooch (3) 75 Sustained (9) 76 Drink gingerly (3) 78 Questionable (7) 80 Captivate (7) 82 Relax (inf ) (5) 83 Protected (9) 86 Offer an . . . branch (5) 87 Sailing boats (6) 89 . . . and chairs (6) 91 Carolled (4) 94 Buenos Aires is its
capital (9) 96 Exploit (4) 98 Slaughterhouse (8) 99 Length (8) 100 Move by (4) 102 Tight (9) 105 Reverberate (4) 108 Bit (6) 109 Skin design (6) 111 Grind down (5) 112 Close-mouthed (9) 116 Wild swine (5) 117 Rice dish (7) 119 Cargo (7) 121 Take to court (3) 122 Sure to work (9) 124 Favourite (3) 125 Victim (9) 127 If not (9) 129 Parking area (3) 130 Heir (11) 131 Bleach (3) 133 Retain (printing term)
(4) 134 Title for a married
female (3) 135 Attempt (3) 137 Unfortunately (4) 138 Almond, eg (3) 140 Twisted loaf of bread
(5) 141 Passage (5) 144 Study (5) 145 Fitting (3) 146 Introduction to a book
(7) 150 Great (prefix) (4) 151 Omelette ingredients
(4) 152 Lewd (7) 156 Delight (4) 158 Publicity (4) 159 African antelope (3) 160 Footwear (4) 161 At . . . (immediately) (4) 163 Movie and book genre
(short) (3-2) 164 Traditional medicine
(SA) (4) 166 Hammer, eg (4) 168 Transparent flap on
a helmet (5) 169 Charlene Rolls is the editor of this magazine (3) 171 Ingredient in limoncello (5) 173 To travel on two wheels
(5) 175 Disfigure (3) 177 Sanction (6) 178 Cadet (7) 179 Functional (6) 181 Encourage (4) 182 Pilot (7) 183 Acknowledge publicly
(7) 184 Misplace (4) 185 Very small (4) 186 Accomplishments (12) 187 Be at sixes and . . .
(badly organised) (6) 188 Couldn’t care . . . (4)
DOWN
1 Stroller (4) 2 Surplus (5) 3 Prized possession (8) 4 Expenditures (8) 5 Luck (5) 7 Unusual (10) 8 Diva (5,5) 9 Type of seed (6) 10 (Have) consumed (5) 11 Eaves (8) 12 Sittings (8) 14 Military blockade (5) 15 Lays (a table) (4) 16 Remove (5) 18 Secret plot (5) 19 Exhaled (6) 22 Fatigue after air travel
(3,3) 23 Edges (5) 29 Difficulties (12) 31 Gambling chances (4) 37 Afternoon rest period
(6) 38 Cereal food (4) 40 Sierra . . . (African
country) (5) 43 Capital of Morocco (5) 45 Loiter (4) 46 Go too far (6) 48 With intensity (10) 49 Disturbances (8) 53 Model (8) 54 Mammals with bony
plates (10) 57 Part of the eye (4) 58 Chanel No. 5, eg (7) 59 Thorny succulent plants
(5) 60 Not one nor the other
(7) 61 Got on (7) 62 To reign (4) 69 Big house (7) 71 Merry (7) 74 Alliances (5) 77 Crease (5) 79 Outgoing person (9) 81 Express in another
language (9) 84 Falsehood (3) 85 Consume (3) 88 Provide (5) 90 At . . . (if nothing else) (5) 92 Alias (3) 93 Neon, eg (3) 94 Curved line (3) 95 Attach (3) 96 Payment asked (3) 97 Residue from burnt
wood (3) 100 Strips (5) 101 Shortly (7) 103 Number of golf strokes
required for a hole (3) 104 Feline mammal (3) 106 Immobilized (a car)
(7) 107 Beginning of (5) 108 Commercial (10) 110 Within reach (10) 112 Faintest (7) 113 Illness caused by contaminated water (7) 114 Revere highly (7) 115 Smoothly (12) 118 Climbing plant (8) 120 Wreaths (8) 123 Sets of two (5) 126 Dugout shelter (4) 128 Part of a wheel (4) 129 Inner coat layer (6) 132 Complete (6) 134 Familiar and friendly
(inf ) (5) 136 A brutish person (5) 139 Red . . . (bureaucracy)
(4) 142 Not beyond belief (10) 143 Army rank (10) 145 So be it (prayer) (4) 147 Restart (6) 148 Egg dish (8) 149 Immature (8) 150 Note (4) 153 Drink (8) 154 Outfits (8) 155 Everyday (6) 157 Tier (5) 162 Twines (5) 165 False (6) 167 Huge expance of water
(5) 170 Heart, eg (5) 172 Unit of length
(100 cm) (5) 174 Stockpile (5) 176 On top (5) 177 Gentle golf stroke (4) 180 Snakelike fish (4)