BRAINBUSTER
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1 Retaliation (idiom) (5,2,4,3,8) 11 Nimble (6) 14 Health insurance (abbr) (2) 15 Having clairvoyant powers (3) 17 Agrarian (5) 18 Reject (6) 20 Most inane (8) 22 Grinding tooth (5) 24 That is (Latin abbr) (2) 25 Environment (7) 27 Portal (8) 29 Implausible (12) 32 Bovine mammal (2) 34 Whether (2) 35 The day before a special event (3) 36 Taste, eg (5) 38 Thorny succulents (5) 39 Beside (4,2) 40 An addict (4) 41 A piece of cloth (3) 42 Consuming (5) 45 Subject for an experiment (6,3) 48 Older than (6,2) 50 Generally flat region (8) 53 Old Norse (abbr) (2) 54 Ragged (2,7) 57 Italian dish, . . . bolognese (9) 59 Beryllium (symbol) (2) 60 Separates (6) 62 Anger (3) 63 Island (abbr) (2) 64 Flagrant (7) 67 Aviator (6) 70 16th Greek letter (2) 71 Or else (9) 73 Take pleasure in (5) 75 Bellows (5) 78 Catalogue (4) 80 Embankment (4) 81 Skilled (9) 84 Ancient (4) 85 Irrational(7) 87 Trioxygen (5) 88 Swamp (4) 90 Dim (5) 92 Town in NW England (4) 94 Take a seat (3) 95 Yaps (5) 97 Type of nuts (7) 99 Thus (5) 100 Propriety (7) 102 Dripping (5) 103 Born (3) 104 Discover (4) 106 Apprehensive or tense (5) 107 Bush (SA) (4) 109 Australian marsupial (5) 112 Catch in a trap (7) 113 Encourage (4) 115 Helmsman (9) 120 Hooligan (4) 122 “Understood!” (1,3) 124 Throw into confusion (5) 127 Gravy (5) 129 Distinguish between (4,5) 132 Cadmium (symbol) (2) 133 Be defective (4,2) 134 Faultless (7) 137 Operating room (abbr) (2) 138 By way of (3) 139 Slowly (music) (6) 140 In consequence (2) 141 Subdued (9) 144 Elaborate display (9) 145 . . . and behold (2) 147 Buy (8) 150 Sleeplessness (8) 152 Unconnected (9) 154 Equip anew (5) 155 Canola or sunflower, eg (3) 156 First-rate (4) 157 Eager (6) 159 Link (3,2) 160 Manner (5) 162 100 square metres (3) 164 Astatine (symbol) (2) 165 Hawaii (abbr) (2) 166 Untrendy (3,2,7) 167 Fielding position (cricket) (5,3) 171 Withdraw (7) 173 With reference to (abbr) (2) 174 Work of prose (5) 175 Person in charge of an organisation (8) 176 Praise (6) 178 Liquid (5) 179 Father (inf ) (3) 181 Morning (abbr) (2) 183 Without difficulty (6) 184 Cause somebody a lot of trouble (4,7,1,5,5)
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1 Sources of light (7) 2 Scour (5) 3 Exclamation of surprise (2) 4 Coniferous tree (3) 5 18th-century card game (5) 6 Present (5) 7 The two of us (2) 8 A synthetic material (5) 9 Simplest (7) 10 Bad temper (3,6) 12 Persevere (7,2) 13 Puts up as collateral (9) 16 Ethyl (symbol) (2) 19 Suitable (7) 21 Cut (8) 22 Zinc, eg (7) 23 Lenient (3) 26 A digit (3) 28 Memory loss (7) 30 Indicates origin (2) 31 Curriculum vitae (abbr) (2) 33 Festive occasion (4) 37 Flexible (10) 40 Unsightliest (7) 43 Calmness (8) 44 Progress with difficulty (5) 46 Crying (2,5) 47 Fashionable (inf ) (2) 49 Glaze (3) 51 Cowboy movie genre (7) 52 Shining (5) 55 Music and paintings, eg (3) 56 Tarnish (5) 57 In a brazen manner (11) 58 Cold sea mist (4) 59 Large natural habitat (5) 61 Orators (8) 65 A sport (7) 66 Flatscreen, eg (abbr) (2) 68 Crazy (inf ) (5,3,4) 69 15th-century Japanese drama (2) 70 Expert (short) (3) 72 Wild about (inf ) (4) 74 Dutch cheese (4) 76 Unintentionally (12) 77 Beams (4) 79 Doing nothing (4) 82 (Have) consumed (5) 83 . . . and fro (2) 86 White root veggies (7) 89 Mental or spiritual aspects (5) 90 Primitive (11) 91 Nearby (5) 93 Superb (inf ) (3) 95 Aside (2) 96 Range of knowledge (3) 97 Ever (poetic) (2) 98 Rectory (5) 101 Fissure (7) 102 Meeting for leaders ( Tswana) (8) 104 Duct (4) 105 Food regime (4) 108 Information (4) 110 Angle between a stem and a branch (4) 111 At the same time (2) 114 Over and over (10) 116 Starchy grain (7) 117 Old-fashioned (5) 118 Type of pasta (8) 119 Supplement (3) 121 Finish (3,2) 123 Butler, eg (7) 125 Album (abbr) (2) 126 Otherwise (4) 128 Above (2) 130 Valid reasoning (5) 131 Lists (7) 135 Flipper (3) 136 Cooking mint (5) 142 Aries symbol (3) 143 Reel (7) 145 Duration of existence (8) 146 The (archaic) (2) 147 Articulate (9) 148 Family members (9) 149 Mean (7) 151 Assets (9) 152 Came to rest (7) 153 Line of rotation (4) 158 Platform (7) 160 Rested in chair (3) 161 Far out (7) 163 Romania (internet domain name) (2) 164 Anno Hegirae (abbr) (2) 165 Female chicken (3) 168 Eclipse (5) 169 Barter (5) 170 Slide (5) 172 Strange (5) 175 Social event (2) 177 Hearing organ (3) 180 Indefinite article (2) 182 Motor yacht (abbr) (2)