BRAINBUSTER
NO 691
ACROSS
1 Maybe (7) 6 Pasta, eg (9) 11 Restrictions for teenagers, eg (7) 15 Imperial weight measurement (5) 16 Tropical fruit (5) 17 Become airborne (4,3) 18 Narrow-minded (9) 21 Saw (7) 22 Fling (6) 23 Body (6) 24 Whipped (6) 28 Matures (4) 30 Reflection of sound (4) 32 Shops (6) 35 Produce (5) 37 Supervise (7) 38 A stringed instrument (5) 40 Made of knitted fabric (7) 43 Entered with military force (7) 45 Shreds (5) 47 Hints (5) 48 Torment (9) 52 Bashful (3) 53 Small red fruit (9) 56 Sensitive plant (6) 58 Sliding gate to control water (6) 60 Grace (8) 61 Hackneyed (5) 62 Less obese (8) 64 Function (3) 65 Dark grey (3) 67 Suave (8) 69 Flu symptoms (5) 72 Words of gratitude (5,3) 75 Cereal grain (4) 77 Japanese drink (4) 78 To thine own . . . be true (Shakespeare) (4) 79 To train (boxing) (4) 81 Countered (7) 83 Openings (5) 84 Dry biscuit (7) 86 Depression in a surface (4) 87 Into seclusion (5) 90 First Greek letter (5) 92 Revolting (4) 93 Kaizer . . . (SA soccer team) (6) 95 Irregular (7) 96 Eliminate (inf ) (3,3) 98 Female sheep (4) 99 Forty winks (5) 100 Eating plans (5) 101 Ground (4) 102 Drop (4) 103 Bend (4) 104 Put on the . . . (assume a superior air) (4) 106 Halts (5) 110 Marked with a border (5) 113 Put forth (4) 115 Spoiled (6) 116 Landscape (7) 117 Ancestry (6) 118 Heavy toxic metal (4) 119 Military trainee (5) 122 In the middle of (archaic) (5) 125 Pen points (4) 126 Habitual drinker (7) 127 Organises (5) 129 Guns and knives, eg (7) 130 Region (4) 131 Performs (4) 132 Snake-like fish (4) 133 Volcano in Sicily (4) 134 Storage unit (8) 137 Enjoys a book (5) 138 Went before (8) 142 Break the . . . (make the first move) (3) 143 Primate (3) 145 Harmful (8) 146 Blow off . . . (expel pent-up energy) (5) 149 In the open (8) 151 Go by (time) (6) 152 Midpoint (6) 154 Energised (9) 156 Member of a female religious order (3) 157 Delivered a speech (9) 159 At . . . (if nothing else) (5) 161 Mistake (5) 163 Artificial (3-4) 168 Outstrip (7) 171 Fury (5) 172 Pierced (7) 176 Dutch cheese (5) 177 Threw lightly (6) 180 At a . . . (uncertain what to do) (4) 181 Beers (4) 183 Kickbacks (6) 187 Punctuation mark (6) 188 Lofts (6) 190 Visualise (7) 191 Dancer in Swan Lake, eg (9) 192 Exaggerate (7) 193 Eat (grass) (5) 194 Large in size (5) 195 Kebab sticks (7) 196 Excite (9) 197 Extract (7)
DOWN
1 Part of the corolla (5) 2 Garden implements (5) 3 On top (5) 4 Comfortable chair (4) 5 A simple bit (on a bridle) (7) 6 Brownish colour (5) 7 Ptarmigan (6) 8 Resonates (6) 9 Inuit dwelling (5) 10 Tested (7) 11 Instance (4) 12 Chickens come home to . . . (5) 13 Go in (5) 14 Agrees (with) (5) 19 2012 film starring Ben Affleck (4) 20 Dull pain (4) 25 Stir (3) 26 The . . . are alive with the sound of music (5) 27 Bleach (3) 29 At any time (4) 31 Simple room (4) 32 Male offspring (3) 33 Make a speech (5) 34 The day before (3) 36 Insinuation (8) 39 Cosmetic for the mouth (8) 40 Erase (4) 41 Paid back (10) 42 Very pleasing (10) 44 Periods of 24 hours (4) 46 Burn mark, eg (4) 47 Blisterlike sac (4) 49 Part in a play (4) 50 A bird of prey (5) 51 Green jewels (8) 53 Investigation (8) 54 Gambling game (5) 55 Tall grass (4) 57 T-bone, eg (6) 59 Rental agreements (6) 63 Shorten (7) 66 Robbed (7) 67 Remotest parts (6) 68 Communities of fauna or flora (6) 70 Salad ingredient, eg (6) 71 Landed property (6) 73 Sailing boats (6) 74 Beneficial (6) 76 Focus (11) 80 Leading character in a book (11) 82 Comfort (4) 85 Contest of speed (4) 88 Enforced (7) 89 Most disturbing (atmosphere) (7) 90 Pronounceable abbreviation (7) 91 Rowed (7) 94 Type of glass (5) 97 Speak (5) 104 Emancipate (7) 105 Star signs (6) 106 Accelerate (inf ) (4,2) 107 On one occasion (4) 108 Overthrow (6) 109 Took a plane (6) 111 Short memo (4) 112 Sunk (6) 113 Fastened with a nail (6) 114 Bliss (7) 120 Placed in order (8) 121 Stamped out (10) 123 Check-up (10) 124 Butterfly-shaped flower (8) 127 Emphasise (6) 128 Type of seed (6) 135 Utilisation (5) 136 Illuminate (8) 139 Personified (8) 140 Aristocracy (5) 141 Baby elephant, eg (4) 144 Unfortunately (4) 147 Camping gear (4) 148 Skin condition (4) 150 Jam (4) 153 Brim (4) 155 Cuts of beef (5) 158 Movie genre (short) (3-2) 160 Gels (4) 162 Lively Scottish dance (4) 164 In the past (3) 165 Father (3) 166 Small SA mongoose (7) 167 Break (7) 169 Taxi (3) 170 Begin to . . . the light (3) 172 Fizzy drink (4) 173 Shelter (6) 174 Scrape the . . . (last resources) (6) 175 Head of a university faculty (4) 177 Attempts (5) 178 Spike (5) 179 Expel from a country (5) 180 Parts of the ear (5) 182 Period of development (5) 184 Spats (5) 185 Cerebrum (5) 186 Military blockade (5) 187 Spikes (4) 189 . . . by side (close together) (4)