BRAINBUSTER

NO 708

ACROSS

1 Perk (6,7) 9 Flat plank (5) 12 A very small bone (7) 16 Last Greek letter (5) 17 Partitions (anatomy) (5) 18 Piece of clothing (7) 19 One who travels to find work (7) 21 Provide (5) 22 Rainstorms (7) 23 Position (6) 26 Agreement (6) 27 Metalworker (inf ) (5) 28 Transform radically (13) 31 Corpulent (5) 32 Edible mollusc (6) 34 Nasal wall (6) 36 Cage (3) 37 Injure by AC current (11) 40 In addition (3) 42 Southern African group of Bantu languages (5) 43 Literary composition (5) 45 First in a series (6) 47 Businesses (11) 51 University term (8) 53 Peels (5) 56 Water nymph (5) 57 Aquatic mammal (5) 58 . . ., west, home is best (4) 60 An anaesthetic (5) 61 Make it happen (5) 62 Hit with a sharp blow (4) 63 Sound in mind (4) 64 Exploit (5) 65 Group of three (4) 66 Meagre (6) 69 Docile (4) 70 Wet behind the . . . (young) (4) 71 Energetic person (6) 74 Weird (3) 76 Manner (9) 79 Bleach (3) 80 Female sheep (3) 81 Milk producer (3) 82 Exhausted (5) 83 Propelled by oars (5) 87 Pick up (5) 89 Sodium chlorides (5) 91 Urban pollution (4) 93 A herb (7) 94 Stain (4) 95 Teddy (4) 96 Goatlike deity (5) 97 Trite (5) 98 Story (4) 99 Part of the eye (4) 100 A institution of higher

learning (7) 102 Inclines (4) 104 Arrange in a row (5) 105 Verse (5) 107 Woody perennial

plant (5) 109 Committee head (5) 111 Madam & . . . (SA cartoon series) (3) 112 Ovum (3) 114 Muslim holiday (short) (3) 116 Lowest female singing voice (9) 120 Gullible person (inf ) (3) 122 Affirm (6) 124 Audition tape (4) 125 Lump (4) 127 Trade (6) 129 Mix (4) 130 Put to the test (5) 131 . . . tide (4) 132 Close a door noisily (4) 133 Hearing, eg (5) 134 Small bird (5) 135 Good, better, . . . (4) 136 Slant (5) 138 Guffaw (5) 141 Farewell (5) 143 Elegant (8) 145 Butchered (animal) (11) 147 Allergic reaction (6) 149 Dining-room furniture

(5) 150 Medicine (5) 152 Inflexible (3) 153 Arbitrated (11) 155 Music, paintings, eg (3) 156 Bug (6) 159 Exceptionally clever (6) 162 Slaves (5) 163 Readapted (13) 166 Got by (5) 168 . . . on (determined by) (6) 169 Banish (6) 170 Percussion instrument (7) 174 Lack experience (5) 175 Incident (7) 176 James Bond’s favourite drink (7) 177 Informal shop (SA) (5) 178 Merino, eg (5) 179 Facial bone cavities (7) 180 Cut with a sweeping

stroke (5) 181 Showing great

resentment (2,4,7)

DOWN

1 Angles (6) 2 Restlessness (10) 3 Jumping insect (11) 4 . . . can’t be choosers (7) 5 Foster (7) 6 Find your . . . (become capable) (4) 7 Babies (4) 8 Journalist (8) 9 Alike (4) 10 Omelette ingredients (4) 11 Wife-to-be (7) 12 Remote area (7) 13 Device on vehicle’s dashboard (11) 14 Thwart (10) 15 Kingdom or territory (6) 20 Fe (metallic element) (4) 24 Calm (6) 25 First music note (2) 26 Evaluate (6) 29 Fungus (6) 30 Terrestrial or epiphytic plant (6) 33 Pull (3) 35 Repairs a wall (8) 36 Academics (10) 38 Dawdled (8) 39 Adolescent (8) 41 Span (8) 44 Nevertheless (3) 46 Washed (6) 48 Meander (6) 49 16th Greek letter (2) 50 Dried grape (6) 52 Tune (6) 54 Depression in a surface (4) 55 Kind of boat (7) 57 Large flightless bird (7) 59 . . . and feather (punish someone) (3) 62 Transgression (3) 67 Unproved statements (11) 68 Organises (5) 72 Bread ingredient (5) 73 Merged (11) 75 Banked (9) 77 At any time (4) 78 Put into service (3) 79 Homes (9) 84 Fret (5) 85 40 all in tennis (5) 86 Heads and . . . (5) 87 Cunning people (5) 88 Edible root (5) 90 Take to court (3) 92 Petrol (US) (3) 94 Wink (an eyelid) (3) 95 A undergarment (3) 99 Deduce (5) 101 Stairs to a river (4) 103 Range (5) 105 Match official (7) 106 Sound of a cow (3) 108 Garden flower (7) 110 Bitterness (10) 113 Channels (8) 115 It (reflexive form) (6) 116 Comforted (8) 117 Exhausting (6) 118 Commercial (6) 119 Outdated (8) 121 Granny Smiths and

Pink Ladies (6) 123 Type of tree (3) 124 Supplant (8) 126 Distort (4) 128 Touch lightly (3) 136 Egotism (11) 137 Not in (3) 138 Neighbourhood (6) 139 Exclamation (2) 140 Lessee (6) 142 Not publicly known

(11) 144 Amendment (10) 145 Writing tablets (6) 146 Sidestepped (6) 148 Annoy (10) 151 Small hotel (3) 154 Doomed (3-5) 157 Vocalists (7) 158 Attributes (7) 160 Revising (7) 161 Implicit (7) 162 Peter and Paul, eg (6) 164 Having little rain (4) 165 Americium (symbol) (2) 167 Keep (6) 170 Garment of ancient Rome (4) 171 Net (4) 172 Zulu regiment (4) 173 Bow (4)