BRAINBUSTER
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1 Trees common in Pretoria
(10) 6 Audio download (7) 10 Collision (5) 13 Argue without hostility
(4) 16 Sink or . . . (fail or
succeed) (4) 19 Synopsis (7) 20 Beginners (7) 21 Price (4) 23 Capital of Cuba (6) 24 Costumed (7) 25 Chase (6) 26 Monetary unit of
Albania (3) 27 Insect phase (5) 29 Makes a grating noise (5) 31 Observe (3) 32 Alleviated (5) 33 Half (prefix) (4) 34 Muslim leader (4) 35 Places (5) 36 Secondhand (4) 38 Green with . . . (4) 40 Message sent by phone
(abbr) (3) 41 . . . of Wight (4) 43 Oak, for example (4) 46 Twister (7) 49 Money (4) 50 Urban area (inf ) (4) 51 Revere (7) 54 Through (3) 55 Cowboy’s rope (5) 57 Take as one’s own (5) 60 Disparaging (5) 62 Place (3) 63 Someone you can’t
believe (4) 64 Moray (3) 65 Seed vessel (3) 66 Bank (on) (4) 67 Born (3) 69 Renowned (5-6) 70 Stop (3) 71 Moving goods illegally
(9) 72 Took back (9) 73 Helium, for example (3) 74 Cut off (9) 75 Utilise (3) 77 Eight-tentacled creature
(7) 79 Oriental (7) 81 Remote area (SA) (5) 82 Tortured (9) 85 Taunt (5) 86 Reserves (6) 88 Guns (6) 90 Level (4) 93 Autocrats (9) 95 Chair (4) 97 Without limits (8) 98 Sleeplessness (8) 99 Event(4) 101 The Times, for
example (9) 104 Stage accessory (4) 107 Intelligent (6) 108 Spiny succulent (6) 110 A coniferous tree (5) 111 Academic terms (9) 115 Female (5) 116 Austere (7) 118 Shake (7) 120 . . . and tuck (3) 121 From now on (9) 123 Superb (3) 124 Chatty (9) 126 Crocodile-like reptile (9) 128 Mode of public transport (3) Imitate (11) Summit (3) Against (prefix) (4) . . . the light (become aware) (3) 134 Egg cells (3) 136 A thought (4) 137 Poodle, for example (3) 139 Throng (5) 140 Finished (5) 143 Thick, sweet liquid (5) 144 Deceptive statement (3) 145 Requiring the least
effort (7) 149 Entrance, eg (4) 150 Spurt (4) 151 Blunder (7) 155 Beers (4) 157 You (poetic) (4) 158 Fire residue (3) 159 Style (4) 160 From . . . to riches (4) 162 Partitions (anatomy) (5) 163 Enquires (4) 165 Hanging drop (4) 167 Detection device (5) 168 Grippe (short) (3) 170 Permit (5) 172 Rental contract (5) 174 Natural mineral (3) 176 Marks with a seal (6) 177 Inflexible (7) 178 Take into custody (6) 180 Sort (4) 181 Pursued (7) 182 Strike (7) 183 Bredie (4) 184 Bitter fluid (4) 185 Customs (5) 186 Map books (7) 187 Vast (10) 129 130 132 133
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1 Tease playfully (inf ) (4) 2 Plant leaf used in
cooking (5) 3 Murderer (8) 4 Claimed (8) 5 Jerk (5) 6 Soul (6) 7 Destroyed (10) 8 Desmond Tutu, for
example (10) 9 Treeless plain (6) 10 Underground hollows (5) 11 Got into (8) 12 Medical institution (8) 14 Dull (writing) (5) 15 Religious custom (4) 17 Strolls (5) 18 Manage (4,2) 21 Summits (6) 22 Velvet-like leather (5) 28 A mental health
professional (12) 30 In the middle of (4) 36 Irregular (6) 37 Volcano in Sicily (4) 39 Empty vessels make the
most . . . (5) 42 Furious (5) 44 Harvest (a crop) (4) 45 Happy (6) 47 Laughable (10) 48 Adequate (3,5) 52 Assess too highly (8) 53 Farm tools (10) 56 Have stitched (4) 57 Rocket’s heat shield (7) 58 Present (5) 59 Violent storm (7) 60 Sprayed (7) 61 Bouquet (4) 68 Fundamental nature (7) 70 Tutor (7) 73 Actor Clark . . . (5) 76 Vote for (5) 78 Jacob Zuma, for
example (9) 80 Trim and neat (9) 83 Carpet (3) 84 To no degree (3) 87 Similar (5) 89 Boundary (5) 91 Compete (3) 92 Lice egg (3) 93 Lair (3) 94 Polite address for a
man (3) 95 Weaken (3) 96 Trouble (3) 99 Criminal (5) 100 Texts (7) 102 Take to court (3) 103 Fitting (3) 105 Defensive wall (7) 106 British coins (5) 107 Dares (10) 109 Darling (10) 111 Conspired (7) 112 Stores (7) 113 Gone (7) 114 Atmospheric layer (12) 117 Collarbone (8) 119 Scottish musical
instrument (8) 122 Passage (5) 125 Outlook (4) 127 Charge (4) 128 The Enlightened One
(6) 131 Portions (6) 133 Opposite of north (5) 135 A pleasant smell (5) 138 Delight (4) 141 Company owned by
the government (10) 142 Bad dreams (10) 144 Outdoor braai area (4) 146 Take for granted (6) 147 Fraud (8) 148 Still (8) 149 Head of a university
faculty (4) 152 Anxious (8) 153 Tan (8) 154 Mistakes (6) 156 Of imposing height (5) 161 Web-footed birds (5) 164 Arenas (6) 166 Church tables (6) 169 Jacket flap (5) 171 City in France (5) 173 A benefit (5) 175 Old-fashioned (5) 176 Cigarette remnant (4) 179 Pairs (4)