BRAINBUSTER
NO 665
ACROSS
1 To bring to fruition (7) 5 Quench (5) 9 Equip anew (5) 12 Depict (7) 16 Type of grain (3) 17 Follow (5) 18 Outdo (7) 19 Previously (7) 21 Hoodoo, eg (5) 22 Melodic (7) 23 Fluctuate (6) 26 Shuffle (6) 27 Pulls (a gun) (5) 28 Enlargement (13) 31 Celestial objects (5) 32 Stableman (archaic) (6) 34 Withdraw (6) 36 Mineral spring (3) 37 Unlimited (11) 40 African antelope (3) 42 For two people (French) (1,4) 43 Looks earnestly (5) 45 Portions (6) 47 Brackets (11) 51 Evaluate again (8) 53 Fruits of a palm tree (5) 56 Religious (5) 57 Breakfast, lunch and dinner (5) 58 Artistic composition (4) 60 Beat (5) 61 Sofa bed (5) 62 Destiny (4) 63 Period preceding Easter (4) 64 Lawful (5) 65 Mix (4) 66 Synagogue, eg (6) 69 Heavy hand tool for timber (4) 70 Consumes (4) 71 Huge amount (6) 74 A lyric poem (3) 76 Political leader (9) 79 Employ (3) 80 Novel (3) 81 Sprinted (3) 82 Just touch (5) 83 Where birds lay eggs (5) 87 Mails (5) 89 Search hurriedly (5) 91 English rock band Mumford & . . . (4) 93 Wine vaults (7) 94 Massages (4) 95 Hits lightly (4) 96 Powder for hot chocolate (5) 97 Assign (to) (5) 98 Tube (4) 99 One of a pair (4) 100 Listlessness (7) 102 Lads (4) 104 Late (5) 105 Covered with dirt (5) 107 Down in the . . . (sad) (5) 109 Sets of two (5) 111 A digit (3) 112 Hatchet (3) 114 Female sheep (3) 116 Direction of the Cape Doctor wind (9) 120 Expected (3) 122 Discomfort (6) 124 Work register (4) 125 For every (4) 127 Weedy plant (6) 129 A long time (4) 130 Pledge (5) 131 Large group of cattle (4) 132 Satisfy (4) 133 Seductress (5) 134 Direct the course (5) 135 Rush of air (4) 136 Hypothesise (5) 138 More cunning (5) 141 Misplaces (5) 143 Spider or tick, eg (8) 145 Establishments (11) 147 Couch (6) 149 Private teacher (5) 150 In pieces (5) 152 Saturday (abbr) (3) 153 Wildly (11) 155 Receptacle (3) 156 A wildcat (6) 159 Re: kind of verse (6) 162 Robins and African Greys, eg (5) 163 Conciliatory gift (5,8) 166 Bring to bear (5) 168 Person who makes the first bid (6) 169 Language spoken in Berlin (6) 170 Chickens (7) 174 Laziness (5) 175 Mimic (7) 176 Large destructive sea wave (7) 177 Lanes (5) 178 Actor’s signal (3) 179 Wishes (7) 180 Language spoken in Athens (5) 181 Terrace (5) 182 Female divinity (7)
DOWN
1 Portly (6) 2 Blend (10) 3 Not well matched (3-8) 4 Requiring the least effort (7) 5 Family-tree entry (7) 6 At a distance (4) 7 Orient (4) 8 Border region (8) 9 Ridge of coral (4) 10 Roll up (flag) (4) 11 Champion (7) 12 Allegory (7) 13 Merciless (11) 14 Corner of 90° (5,5) 15 Sailing boats (6) 20 Your mother’s sister (4) 24 Rehearse (4,2) 25 Fashionable (inf ) (2) 26 Cut one’s . . . (stop investing in something) (6) 29 Foot part (6) 30 Partners (6) 33 Light-emitting diode (abbr) (3) 35 Streams (8) 36 Reinforcing (10) 38 Instances (8) 39 Sample for evaluation (8) 41 Staggering (8) 44 Body of water (3) 46 Moved by smoothly (6) 48 Most pleasant (6) 49 . . . and fro (2) 50 People (6) 52 Sirens (6) 54 Volcano in Sicily (4) 55 Deposit (3,4) 57 Postgraduate degree (7) 59 Drink gingerly (3) 62 Coniferous tree (3) 67 A person who distrusts humankind (11) 68 Adores (5) 72 Not in a thousand . . .! (never) (5) 73 Inept (11) 75 Pronounce (9) 77 Carry (4) 78 Stir (3) 79 Lacking schooling (9) 84 Peruses quickly (5) 85 Craftily (5) 86 Lacking clarity (5) 87 Poser (5) 88 Horde of insects (5) 90 Study (3) 92 Male offspring (3) 94 Burgle (3) 95 Place (3) 99 Sorts (5) 101 Belonging to us (4) 103 Bender (5) 105 Put in the bank (7) 106 As well (3) 108 Bag for books (7) 110 Unpleasant result (4,6) 113 Every third day of the week (8) 115 Firearm, eg (6) 116 Likewise (4,4) 117 Servitude (6) 118 Respect (6) 119 Abstain from alcohol (8) 121 Underwear (inf ) (6) 123 Astonishment (3) 124 Leftover (8) 126 An unsung . . . (4) 128 The . . . of the iceberg (3) 136 Jacques Derrida, eg (11) 137 Take a seat (3) 138 Lackey (inf ) (6) 139 That is (Latin abbr) (2) 140 Reprimand (6) 142 Egotistical (4-7) 144 Periods after 12 pm (10) 145 Not as hard (6) 146 Secretly watching (6) 148 A range of plastic containers (10) 151 Edge (3) 154 Incited (8) 157 Foes (7) 158 Vacancy (7) 160 Way back then (4,3) 161 Knocking with a jolt (7) 162 Prejudiced (6) 164 Talk (4) 165 With reference to (abbr) (2) 167 Pokes fun at (6) 170 Burden (4) 171 Between the head and body (4) 172 Halt (4) 173 Chase (4)