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1 The competition has got
more serious (3,6,4,4,3) 11 Provincial heads (8) 15 Scandinavian monetary unit (3) 16 Fool (6) 18 At the approximate time of (Latin) (5) 20 Farewell (French) (5) 22 Panted (6) 24 Bottle (5) 26 Took a risk (7) 27 About four cups (5) 29 Countess’ husband (4) 30 Flattens (6) 31 . . . ahead (moves quickly) (6) 32 Totally absorbed (4) 33 Discarded (7) 34 Outmoded (3-4) 35 Refers to the person addressed (poetic) (4) 37 Arabic commander (4) 39 Chase (6) 40 James . . . (007) (4) 42 Mineral springs (4) 43 At no time (5) 45 Thin (6) 46 Gear teeth (4) 47 Request (3) 48 Stockpiled (7) 50 Liver spread (4) 51 Molten rock (4) 52 Scripts (4) 53 Part of the eye (4) 54 Educate (6) 56 Held back (10) 57 Derision (5) 59 A light raft (5) 61 Beer container (3) 63 Concur (5) 65 Rice and fish dish (5) 67 Cuts (5) 69 Split . . . (argue) (5) 71 An assault (5) 72 Weedy plant (6) 74 Informant (6) 76 Alcoholic drink made from apples (5) 78 Anger (4) 80 Tall grass (4) 81 Illness caused by contaminated water (7) 83 Scattered liquid (7) 87 Sickness (7) 89 Edible mollusc (6) 91 Self-image (3) 92 Birds of prey (6) 94 Worry (7) 96 Ovum (3) 97 Neon (3) 98 Framework for a
climbing plant (7) 100 Wail (as an expression
of grief ) (7 101 Spicy condiment (7) 102 Cadet (7) 103 Large tub for liquid (3) 104 Employ (3) 105 Not one nor the other
(7) 106 Swing loosely (6) 108 Seaman (inf) (3) 110 People who tend to the
sick (6) 112 See (7) 115 Inclined (7) 118 Ivory Coast port (7) 121 Desert in Asia (4) 123 Cradle (4) 125 Foggy (5) 126 Tooth covering (6) 129 Couch (6) 131 SAPS division (5) 132 Sample (5) 133 Grain towers (5) 134 Doglike mammal (5) 135 Pick up (5) 138 Original video
animation (abbr) (3) 139 Purple (5) 142 Excludes (5) 144 State of being part of
a society or club (10) 145 Grew rapidly (6) 147 Without barriers (4) 148 Trench (4) 150 . . . and hide (every
part) (4) 151 Wet behind the . . .
(naive) (4) 152 Bear (7) 154 As well (3) 156 Zulu regiment (4) 158 11th Greek letter (6) 160 Mockery (5) 161 Morally wrong (4) 162 Cats and dogs (4) 163 Deprived (6) 164 Finishes (4) 165 Metric unit (4) 167 Toddler’s outburst (7) 168 Golf attendants (7) 169 Dull pain (4) 170 Lifted (6) 173 Equip (3,3) 175 Extended journey (4) 176 Happening (5) 178 Nouveau riche (7) 179 Breathe new life into (5) 181 Christian festival (6) 183 Furious (5) 184 Small lizard (5) 185 Shopping centre (6) 187 Curve (3) 188 Confess (8) 189 Betray (4,7,2,3,4)
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1 Touching at a single point (7) 2 Ingest (3) 3 Tailor (9) 4 Dame . . . Everage (4) 5 Gained unlawful computer access (6) 6 Border (5) 7 Type of shellfish (5) 8 Breakfast, lunch and dinner (5) 9 Compound of oxygen (5) 10 Crude (4-7) 11 Rotting plant matter (4) 12 Accelerated (9) 13 Extremely low frequency (abbr) (3) 14 Doped (7) 17 Coastal town on the Garden Route (10) 19 Summoning (7) 21 Roundabout routes (7) 23 Apprehension (10) 25 Somnambulism (12) 28 A small island (4) 36 Capital of Cuba (6) 37 Edible snail (8) 38 Relocate (8) 39 Agricultural workers (8) 41 Beginner (6) 42 Aria (4) 44 Flying mammals (4) 49 Bovine (2) 52 High male voice (5) 55 Fortified building (6) 58 Rogue (6) 60 Cowboy’s rope (5) 62 Clarified butter (4) 64 Crest (5) 66 Breakfast, eg (9,4) 67 A . . . on the wrist (4) 68 Type of fish (4) 70 Essential (13) 71 Careers (11) 73 Snakelike fish (4) 75 Cliff (4) 77 Diners (11) 79 Label (3) 82 Crisscross pattern (7) 83 Arms of a jacket (7) 84 Series of yacht races (7) 85 Dairy product (7) 86 Drop (7) 88 Annulled (7) 90 Beauty parlour (5) 93 A water lily (5) 95 Feel sorrow (3) 99 Observe (3) 107 Broad smile (4) 109 Also (3) 111 Contest of speed (4) 113 Display (5) 114 Beat (6) 116 Falsifications (4) 117 Female sheep (4) 119 Breathe (6) 120 Precious stone (5) 122 Ale (4) 124 Restore to health (12) 127 Boon (5) 128 Rescue vessel (8) 129 Day with fewest hours
of daylight (8) 130 Cups (8) 136 Large industrial
organisation (6) 137 Unwavering (10) 140 Utopian (10) 141 Chamber or cavity (6) 143 Urban pollution (4) 144 School subject (11) 146 Verbal (4) 149 Operating room (abbr)
(2) 153 Pillaged (9) 155 Quirky (7) 157 Repairing (7) 159 Indoctrinate (9) 162 Level area of elevated
land (7) 163 Scorch (4) 166 Frenziedly violent (7) 168 Organise (6) 171 Informal shop (SA) (5) 172 Sediment (5) 173 Sphere (5) 174 Type of fertiliser (5) 177 Style and vigour (Fr) (4) 180 12:00 (4) 182 Weep (3) 186 Alias (abbr) (3)