BRAINBUSTER
ACROSS
1 More complicated than it seems (6,4,4,5,3,3) 13 Catamaran (short) (3) 15 Haggle (7) 16 With fervour (9) 19 Hug (7) 20 Unit of a poem (6) 21 Happy (6) 22 Step (6) 26 Constellation in southern hemisphere (4) 28 Very small (4) 30 Wipes clean (6) 32 Intense sorrow (5) 34 Lengthiest (7) 35 Purple fruit (4) 37 Odd (7) 40 Tapering pillar (7) 41 Doctrine (5) 43 Dungeons (5) 44 Generously given (9) 48 Provisional (9) 51 Shop (6) 53 Criminal (SA) (6) 55 Exercising (8) 56 Suppress (5) 57 Pragmatic (9) 60 Large flightless bird (3) 61 Regret (3) 62 Citizens of Cairo (9) 65 Farewell (5) 68 Seduces (8) 71 Entice (4) 72 Eye (4) 73 Father (4) 74 Wading bird (4) 76 Ask (7) 78 Celestial objects (5) 79 Suffocate (7) 81 Sharp taste (4) 82 Barely defeated (5) 85 Resentment (5) 87 Blood vessel (4) 88 Couldn’t care . . . (4) 90 Separate by cutting (7) 91 Queasiness (6) 93 Evaluates (4) 95 Satisfied (5) 96 Indigenous people of Greenland (5) 97 Part of a ladder (4) 99 Hurl (4) 100 Competent (4) 101 Acerbic (4) 103 Salad ingredient (5) 107 Stopwatch (5) 110 Largest continent (4) 111 Pushed (6) 112 Emit (7) 113 “Understood!” (1,3) 114 The one and . . . (4) 115 Water source in the desert (5) 118 Manner (5) 121 Move quickly (4) 123 Green stone (7) 124 Halts (5) 126 Ask (7) 127 Rise and fall of sea level (4) 128 Yellowwood, e.g. (4) 129 Arabic for commander (4) 130 Comfort (4) 131 Cessation (8) 134 Barter (5) 135 Stopped (9) 139 Decay (3) 140 Falsehood (3) 141 Consisting of forms, lines and shapes (9) 142 Oust (5) 145 Seafood (8) 146 Rubber (6) 147 Bloodsucking fly (6) 149 Fringes (9) 151 Pharmacy (US) (9) 153 Passageway (5) 155 Trouble (5) 157 Rough (7) 160 Shreds (7) 163 Exchange (4) 164 Bodily cavities (7) 168 Challenged (5) 169 Admission (6) 172 Light sail (4) 173 Cold sea mist (dialect) (4) 175 Seas (6) 179 Peanut butter, e.g. (6) 180 Exceptionally clever (6) 182 Utensil with flexible blade (7) 183 Re: snakes, e.g. (9) 184 Antiquated (7) 185 Narrow beam of light (3) 186 Humiliate (5,7,4,1,3,2,3)
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1 Cylinders (5) 2 Mistake (5) 3 Large antelope (5) 4 . . . room (bathroom for males) (4) 5 Calmed (7) 6 Wine cup with shallow bowl (5) 7 Wrestling hold (6) 8 Regard as similar (6) 9 Bashfully (5) 10 Antagonistic (7) 11 Watched with interest (4) 12 Smouldering piece of wood (5) 13 Category (5) 14 Lock of hair (5) 17 Nobleman, e.g. (4) 18 Permitted the use of (4) 23 Young child (3) 24 Unsuitable (5) 25 Oval shape (3) 27 Not here (4) 29 Small island (4) 31 Shoelace end (5) 33 Limit (8) 36 Kilimanjaro or Everest, e.g. (8) 37 Cosy (4) 38 Spirited (literary) (10) 39 Fashionable celebrities (10) 42 Short skirt worn by ballerinas (4) 43 Felines (4) 45 Wizard (8) 46 With hostility (5) 47 Well-worn (3-5) 48 Italian dessert (8) 49 Alight (5) 50 Scintilla (4) 52 Peers (6) 54 Woody perennial plants (6) 58 (Have) selected (6) 59 Family members (9) 63 Courteous man (short) (4) 64 Advantages (6) 66 Hate (6) 67 Small centipede (6) 69 Stop (3,3) 70 Strains (6) 75 Respires (7) 77 Sleep (4) 80 List of food (4) 83 Female divinity (7) 84 Loves-me-loves-me-not flowers (7) 85 Small stones (7) 86 Without noise (7) 89 Black (literary) (5) 92 Gofers (5) 94 Dishevelled (7) 98 Position (9) 102 Corresponding sounds (6) 103 Exaggerate (6) 104 Worshipped object (4) 105 A scrap (6) 106 Bugged (6) 108 Appearance (literary) (4) 109 Yield (6) 114 Excursion (6) 116 Proceeds (8) 117 From within (10) 119 Thinners (10) 120 Authorised (8) 121 Liberated (4) 122 Immediately precede (4,2,2) 124 Couch (6) 125 Aromas (6) 132 Adjust (5) 133 Enacts (8) 136 Assess (8) 137 Summits (5) 138 Accustomed (4) 143 Electromagnetic radiation (1-3) 144 Engrave (4) 148 Swamps (4) 150 Vibrate (5) 152 Church donation (5) 154 Prepare text for publishing (4) 156 Length by width (rectangle) (4) 158 Match (7) 159 Starchy grain (7) 161 Fuss (3) 162 Sprinted (3) 164 . . . by side (4) 165 Beside (4,2) 166 Suspend a plan (6) 167 Heroic narrative (4) 169 Chief gods of Norse mythology (5) 170 Suspicious (5) 171 A damp . . . (less exciting than expected) (5) 172 Semi-desert region in South Africa (5) 174 Start again (5) 176 Ingredient in chocolate (5) 177 Attentive (5) 178 Fight (inf ) (3-2) 179 Indian garment (4) 181 Secure (4)