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1 Natural to a region (7) 5 Thicket (5) 9 Cash boxes (5) 12 Two-wheeled vehicle (7) 16 Utilise (3) 17 Exams (5) 18 Bites (7) 19 Musical composition (7) 21 Jottings (5) 22 Commuter carrier (7) 23 Kindness (Nguni) (6) 26 Holiday hut (6) 27 Swing (5) 28 Essential (13) 31 Close to the centre (5) 32 Tel Aviv is in this country (6) 34 Strangest (6) 36 Bird . . . (illness) (3) 37 Requests (11) 40 Circuit (3) 42 Yellowish brown (5) 43 Bizarre (5) 45 Detective (6) 47 Informed (11) 51 Drink (8) 53 Not mine (5) 56 Platters (5) 57 Having a range of capabilities (5) 58 A thought (4) 60 Uncles and . . . (5) 61 Swing wildly (5) 62 Red . . . (bureaucracy) (4) 63 Token (4) 64 Side dish at a braai (5) 65 The hind part (4) 66 Shopping centre (6) 69 Brim (4) 70 Traded (4) 71 Summoned (6) 74 Enquire (3) 76 Academic terms (9) 79 Fuss (3) 80 Camel-hair cloth (3) 81 Doze (3) 82 The left-hand side of a ledger (5) 83 Cowboy’s rope (5) 87 Quiet (5) 89 Cloaks (5) 91 Expression of despair (4) 93 Having no hue (7) 94 Trim (4) 95 Skin condition (4) 96 Main blood vessel (5) 97 Mountain walker (5) 98 Ear part (4) 99 Painful (4) 100 Limit (7) 102 Faucets (4) 104 Diminish (3,2) 105 A . . . of your own medicine (5) 107 Relating to the nose (5) 109 Paid attention to (5) 111 Long shaft for a boat (3) 112 Charlene Rolls is the editor of this SA magazine (3) 114 Message sent by phone (abbr) (3) 116 Continued (9) 120 Baltic, eg (3) 122 Smallest amounts (6) 124 Traditional medicine (SA) (4) 125 Every one (4) 127 Fling (6) 129 Main axis of a plant (4) 130 Cerebrum (5) 131 Suspend (4) 132 Brood (4) 133 Hoodoo, eg (5) 134 Playing card (5) 135 Beams (4) 136 Grooms (hair) (5) 138 Be frugal (5) 141 Discourage (5) 143 Mime (8) 145 100th anniversaries (11) 147 Type of seed (6) 149 Sets of two (5) 150 Use a broom (5) 152 Neither here . . . there (3) 153 Murder (11) 155 Young child (3) 156 Apprentice (6) 159 Mistakes (6) 162 Theme (5) 163 Thoughtless (13) 166 Axes (5) 168 Inheritance (6) 169 Limber (6) 170 Rugby tops (7) 174 Breathe new life into (5) 175 A herb (7) 176 Supply (7) 177 Barcelona is in this country (5) 178 Decree (3) 179 Person guilty of an offence (7) 180 Accede (5) 181 Aromatic plant (5) 182 Melancholy (7)

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1 Blackmail (6) 2 Dispense (10) 3 Manliness (11) 4 Defeat (7) 5 Traditional SA dish (7) 6 Unsightly (4) 7 Snake sound (4) 8 Soccer trumpet (8) 9 Religious group (4) 10 Satisfactory (4) 11 Cut (7) 12 Writing system for the blind (7) 13 Made up (11) 14 Oil used as insect repellant (10) 15 Less taxing (6) 20 Seaweed, eg (4) 24 Dissimilar (6) 25 16th Greek letter (2) 26 Locked (6) 29 Apparition (6) 30 Backbones (6) 33 Residue of burnt wood (3) 35 Trickled (8) 36 Beguiled (10) 38 After the eighties (8) 39 Superfluous (8) 41 Feigns (8) 44 Snakelike fish (3) 46 Dwellings (6) 48 Lubricate (6) 49 Hectare (abbr) (2) 50 Autocrat (6) 52 Swerved (6) 54 Anger (4) 55 Timekeeper (7) 57 KLM or Emirates (7) 59 Alias (abbr) (3) 62 II (3) 67 Mixture (11) 68 Arrows (5) 72 The Daily . . . (SA newspaper) (5) 73 The urge to steal (11) 75 Marsupials (9) 77 Comfort (4) 78 Type of grain (3) 79 Instruments (9) 84 Problems (5) 85 Unit of mass (5) 86 Stadium (5) 87 Simple (5) 88 Flu symptoms (5) 90 Take to court (3) 92 Tilling tool (3) 94 Dog or cat, eg (3) 95 Carpentry tool (3) 99 Jerk (5) 101 Title (4) 103 Bundle of grain stalks (5) 105 Shocks (7) 106 Wear it with a suit (3) 108 Hanged unlawfully (7) 110 Contempt (10) 113 Discharge (8) 115 Lucky charm (6) 116 Without mercy (8) 117 Caress (6) 118 Social disgrace (6) 119 Clear an area of trees (8) 121 Birds of prey (6) 123 Writing fluid (3) 124 Thin pliable sheet (8) 126 Rabbit-like animal (4) 128 Coniferous tree (3) 136 Cabbage (11) 137 Clean the floor (3) 138 Injure (6) 139 Not out (2) 140 King’s son (6) 142 Took ownership again (11) 144 Illogical (10) 145 Crevice (6) 146 Lollipops and toffees (6) 148 Eloquent (10) 151 Cup handle (3) 154 High-heeled shoe (8) 157 Harbour craft (7) 158 Shaky (7) 160 Reconcile (7) 161 Subjugate (7) 162 Grade 12 (6) 164 Without barriers (4) 165 With reference to (abbr) (2) 167 Impedes (6) 170 Semiprecious stone (4) 171 Street (4) 172 Blemish (4) 173 Inquisitive (4)