BRAINBUSTER NO 701
ACROSS
1 A very long period (1,5,2,7) 8 Decided in advance (13) 16 Loiter (4) 19 Surrounding area (7) 20 Organised (7) 21 Felines (4) 23 Tempt (6) 24 Windfall (7) 25 Slanted style of writing (6) 26 Ceylon, eg (3) 27 Function (5) 29 Notions (5) 31 Annoy (3) 32 Bundle of grain stalks (5) 33 Enquires (4) 34 Indian attire (4) 35 Person of great strength (5) 36 Majestic (4) 38 Consumer (4) 40 Young child (3) 41 Alike (4) 43 Boat propellers (4) 46 Seek advice from (7) 49 Lightly cooked (4) 50 In addition (4) 51 Leading (2,5) 54 Darted (3) 56 . . . and tonic (3) 57 Fodder (5) 59 Out of the way (5) 61 Small lizard (5) 63 Keep . . . (be silent) (3) 64 Have to (4) 65 Type of tree (3) 66 Mature (3) 67 Very small (4) 68 Alias (abbr) (3) 70 Salacious (11) 71 Rest on a chair (3) 72 Type of lizard (9) 73 Quarantine (9) 74 Consume food (3) 75 Extinct terrestrial reptiles (9) 76 Everything (3) 78 Steep (7) 80 Provided with adequate means (7) 82 Succulents, eg (5) 85 Devoted (9) 88 Small and delicate (5) 89 Make up (10) 91 Sour and stale (6) 93 Chuck (4) 94 Alloy of copper and
zinc (9) 96 Couldn’t care . . . (4) 98 Remedy (8) 99 Indigestible (8) 100 Stand up to (4) 102 Entertainment (9) 103 Soon (archaic) (4) 106 Real (6) 107 In comparison to (10) 109 Pennies and cents (5) 110 Essential (9) 114 Drive back (5) 115 Pub (SA) (7) 117 Statistical anomaly (7) 119 Small room (3) 120 Baton (9) 122 Ode on a Grecian . . .
(poem) (3)
DOWN
1 Pivot (4) 2 Make a speech (5) 3 Despairing (8) 4 Powerful (8) 5 Integrate (5) 6 Questions (6) 7 Adolescents (10) 9 Fix (6) 10 Male duck (5) 11 Wolfram (8) 12 Heater (8) 13 Southern African antelope (5) 14 Plate (4) 15 Upside-down manoeuvre (9) 17 Ready to be poured (2,3) 18 Flop (6) 21 Large-calibre gun (6) 22 Large cat (5) 28 Intolerant (6-6) 30 Chaotic (12) 36 Mystery (6) 37 Idol (4) 39 Gape (5) 42 Chopped meat (5) 44 Element of nuclear 123 Talk (9) 125 Punctuation mark (9) 127 Message sent by phone (abbr) (3) 128 The urge to steal (11) 129 Madam & . . . (SA cartoon series) (3) 131 Cab (4) 132 Quantity of no importance (3) 133 Arid (wine) (3) 135 Peace symbol (4) 136 Music and dance, eg (3) 138 Raccoon-like animal (5) 139 Fools rush in where angels fear to . . . (5) 142 Run away (5) 143 Bite one’s . . . (3) 144 Finish (3) 145 Extract (7) 149 Wet behind the . . . (young) (4) 150 Region (4) 151 Permit (7) 155 Part of a ladder (4) 157 Style and vigour (4) 158 Small demon (3) 159 Large bundle (4) 160 Expel (4) 162 Period of rule (5) 163 Phone (4) 165 Blue-green shade (4) 167 Surges of wind (5) 168 Superb (3) 170 Sluice (5) 172 Partitions (anatomy) (5) 174 Frozen water (3) 176 Whirl (6) 177 Spotted feline (7) 178 Enclosed area for horse training (6) 180 Second-hand (4) 181 Xylophone’s relative (7) 182 View (7) 183 Delight (4) 184 Unequalled (13) 185 Explanations (15) energy (4) 45 File (6) 47 Student of fauna and
flora (10) 48 Towards the higher part of a river (8) 52 Soccer (8) 53 Liberal (4-6) 55 Passages (6) 58 Voice below soprano (4) 59 Straight (7) 60 Leave in one’s care (7) 62 Omelette ingredients (4) 69 . . . speak louder than words (7) 71 A simple bit (on a bridle(7) 74 Dead on (5) 77 Part of a golf course (5) 79 Reasoning (9) 81 Awe (9) 83 Baggy (5) 84 Literary composition (5) 86 Narrow-edged tooth (7) 87 Egg white (7) 90 Distort (5) 92 Large republic (5) 94 A spherical green seed (3) 95 Gear (3) 96 To bequeath (5) 97 Scarf (5) 100 Chopped in blocks (5) 101 Mates (7) 104 Roman god of the
sea (7) 105 Hose material (5) 106 Helpers (10) 108 Not pertinent (10) 110 Cleverness (12) 111 Brass musical instrument (7) 112 Custodian (7) 113 A lot (12) 116 An occurrence (8) 118 Happening (8) 121 Split (6) 124 Satirical sketch (4) 126 Countess’ husband (4) 127 Position (6) 130 Specialist (6) 132 Belly button (5) 134 Change voice pitch rapidly (5) 137 Bark up the wrong . . . (4) 140 Able to bounce back (9) 141 TV version of a book, eg (10) 143 In . . . of (instead) (4) 146 Peanut butter, eg (6) 147 Outbreak (8) 148 Harshly rebuked (8) 152 Not positive (8) 153 Sleeplessness (8) 154 Trailing (6) 156 Platters (5) 161 Military blockade (5) 164 Shopping centre (6) 166 Not at sea (6) 169 Inch along (5) 171 Females (5) 173 Groom (5) 175 A stringed instrument (5) 176 Mentor (4) 179 Slimy fish (4)