BRAINBUSTER
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1 Edible thistles (10) 6 Seized (7) 10 Clubs (10) 15 Currency in SA (4) 18 Shouts in a deep voice (7) 19 Readable (7) 20 Equipment (4) 22 Soak up (6) 23 Exact (7) 24 Very much (6) 25 Edge of a piece of cloth (3) 26 A pair (5) 28 Distinctive name (5) 30 Music genre (3) 31 With aloofness (5) 32 Lyrical poems (4) 33 (Had) Perceived with the eyes (4) 34 Defamation (5) 35 Cereal grain part (4) 37 Russian emperor (4) 39 Encountered (3) 40 Calm (4) 42 Muslim leader (4) 45 Crossbreed dog (7) 48 Capital of Italy (4) 49 Moving aboard (4) 50 Tempo (7) 53 Pistol (3) 54 Ditties (5) 56 Glue it on an envelope (5) 59 Frolics (5) 61 Pick (3) 62 Retain (printing term) (4) 63 Dance genre (3) 64 Conger (3) 65 Blisterlike sac (4) 66 . . . bad! (3) 68 Red fruit (11) 69 Darted (3) 70 Overlooked (9) 71 Use of secret agents to gather secrets (9) 72 Pixie (3) 73 Recitation of words to be written down (9) 74 Boar (3) 76 Candidate (7) 78 Assemble for a meeting (7) 80 Open boat (5) 81 Steady application (9) 84 Salary increase (5) 85 Brute (6) 87 Underpants (6) 89 Ogle (4) 92 The right to control (9) 94 Dismiss (inf ) (4) 96 Concealed (8) 97 Assess (8) 98 Church group (4) 100 Polite (9) 101 Containers (4) 104 Schedule (6) 105 Excellent (6) 107 Wash out (5) 108 Autocrats (9) 112 Come back (5) 113 Frighten (7) 115 Room for operations (7) 117 Charlene Rolls is the editor of this SA magazine (3) 118 Listen to (4,2,3) 120 Compete (3) 121 Pasta, eg (9) 123 Snowslide (9) 125 Honey maker (3) 126 Provide lodging (11) 127 Carpet (3) 129 Vaselike vessels (4) 130 Alias (abbr) (3) 131 Liquid fuel (3) 133 Loop yarn with needles (4) 134 Beer container (3) 136 Cove (5) 137 Chain of hills (5) 140 White (5) 141 Caspian, eg (3) 142 Decorative style (‘20s and ‘30s) (3,4) 146 Utters (4) 147 Engrave with acid (4) 148 Move slowly (7) 152 Island (4) 154 Female sheep (4) 155 . . . someone on (encourage) (3) 156 Comfort (4) 157 Primates (4) 159 Type of nut (5) 160 Deserve (4) 162 Slightly open (4) 164 Inexpensive (5) 165 Utilise (3) 167 Skims (5) 169 Brownish colour (5) 171 Rested on a chair (3) 173 Get by (6) 174 Ghosts (7) 175 Hide (inf ) (3,3) 177 Prepare text for publishing (4) 178 Put in order (7) 179 Driving force (7) 180 Tower for grain (4) 181 Hostile (10) 182 Betrayal (7) 183 Boring (10)
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1 Invisible emanation (4) 2 Under mental strain (5) 3 Limping (8) 4 Unit of memory (8) 5 Epidermal pore (botany) (5) 6 Drew in the breath sharply (6) 7 Evaluation (10) 8 A group discussion (10) 9 Erase (6) 10 Compact (5) 11 Parasol (8) 12 Believable (8) 13 Carmen, eg (5) 14 Nimble (4) 16 Detest vehemently (5) 17 . . . effect (chain reaction) (6) 20 Edible bulb with a pungent flavour (6) 21 First Greek letter (5) 27 Wrote a letter (12) 29 Ineptitude (12) 35 Purchased (6) 36 So be it (prayer) (4) 38 Incline (5) 41 Based on eight (5) 43 Note (4) 44 Liquefied (6) 46 Peaches (10) 47 Bathroom (8) 51 Reveal (8) 52 The Sun and The Voice, eg (10) 55 Stare in wonder (4) 56 Design (7) 57 Chambers (5) 58 Retirement pay (7) 60 Dregs (4) 67 Crime (7) 69 Exact copy (7) 72 Shine (5) 75 All . . . to me (meaningless) (5) 77 Careless (9) 79 Account of a story (9) 82 Come into (money) (7) 83 Serious (7) 86 Opinions (5) 88 Blow (5) 90 The day before (3) 91 Groove (3) 92 . . . de Triomphe (3) 93 Not no (3) 94 Inflexible (3) 95 Enclosed compartment (3) 98 Ill-tempered (5) 99 Befuddle (7) 102 Reveal (7) 103 Bender (5) 104 Bistro (10) 106 Ordered (10) 108 Food shop (12) 109 Frankness (7) 110 Late (7) 111 Atmospheric layer (12) 114 Sticky substance (8) 116 Words of gratitude (5,3) 119 Equipped with guns (5) 122 Gain possession (4) 124 Blood vessel (4) 125 Two-piece swimming costume (6) 128 Surgical implants (6) 130 Sanction (5) 132 Attics (5) 135 Point in soccer (4) 138 Unconscious (10) 139 Sociable (10) 141 Part of a ladder (4) 143 Say again (6) 144 Cut (8) 145 Cut parts of film (8) 149 Brought back (8) 150 Unnecessary (8) 151 Declines (6) 153 Team (5) 158 Praise (5) 161 Agreement (6) 163 Allot (6) 166 Smell (animal) (5) 168 Irritate (5) 170 Appear (inf ) (3,2) 172 Court defence (5) 173 List of food at a restaurant (4) 176 Dog-eared (4)