BRAINBUSTER NO 713
ACROSS
1 Derision (7) 5 Grip (5) 9 Leaves (5) 12 Auction action (7) 16 Take as one’s own (5) 17 Vessel for pleasure
cruising (5) 18 Growling (7) 19 Unsightliest (7) 21 Less dangerous (5) 22 Ask (7) 23 Hot-tasting ingredient (6) 26 Caress (6) 27 Rice-and-fish dish (5) 28 Analytical (13) 31 Restraint (5) 32 Ordained minister (6) 34 Cleared (6) 36 Light-emitting diode (abbr) (3) 37 Survey (7,4) 40 Burgle (3) 42 Fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (5) 43 Aquatic mammal (5) 45 Self-confidence (inf ) (6) 47 Supremacy (11) 51 Spry (8) 53 Amounts of money owed (5) 56 Smells (5) 57 Large patches of grass (5) 58 International conflicts (4) 60 Should (5) 61 Strange (5) 62 Folder (4) 63 Alter the direction (4) 64 Hold liable (5) 65 Skin condition (4) 66 Subtlety (6) 69 Brim (4) 70 On the wrong . . . of the law (4) 71 Aim for (6) 74 Edge of a piece of cloth (3) 76 Switch (9) 79 Dined (3) 80 At all (3) 81 Manipulate (3) 82 Ridges of sand (5) 83 Type of wheat (5) 87 Aquatic mammals (5) 89 Used a broom (5) 91 Prepare text for publishing (4) 93 Agricultural labourer (7) 94 . . . out (allot) (4) 95 Cry (4) 96 Small part (in movie) (5) 97 Seaweed, eg (5) 98 . . . and hearty (4) 99 Breed of horse (4) 100 Infinite (7) 102 Cookware (4) 104 Not here (5) 105 Remove by clipping (5) 107 Yeats and Neruda,
eg (5) 109 Private teacher (5) 111 To permit (3) 112 Snakelike fish (3) 114 . . . League (universities in the US) (3) 116 Relates (9) 120 Affirmative (3) 122 Discontent (6) 124 Dimension (4) 125 Tip (4) 127 Opportunity (6) 129 Street (4) 130 White poplar (5) 131 Solemn pronouncement (4) 132 Bazaar (4) 133 Half-hearted (5) 134 For two people
(French) (1,4) 135 Cylindrical object (4) 136 A planet (5) 138 Equip anew (5) 141 Stopwatch (5) 143 Passage (8) 145 Insubordinate (11) 147 Set in place (6) 149 Capital of Morocco (5) 150 Implements (5) 152 Drain (3) 153 Pitiless (11) 155 Keep . . . (be silent) (3) 156 Run of luck (6) 159 Calm (6) 162 Eyeglasses (short) (5) 163 Rash (3-10) 166 Salad ingredient (5) 168 Disgrace (6) 169 A poem comprising
14 lines (6) 170 Anarchic (7) 174 Farewell (French) (5) 175 Leakage (7) 176 Advance (7) 177 Postal scale unit (5) 178 Sauce with garlic, basil leaves and pine nuts (5) 179 Immaculate (7) 180 Cute (5) 181 Elephant teeth (5) 182 Three . . . (Karoo town
in Northern Cape) (7)
DOWN
1 Ancient writing tool (6) 2 Rethink (10) 3 Foreseen (11) 4 James Bond’s favourite drink (7) 5 Dry wine (7) 6 Wading bird (4) 7 Collateral (archaic) (4) 8 Insect that causes malaria (8) 9 Decorative case (4) 10 Doing nothing (4) 11 Protection (7) 12 Hollows (7) 13 Offspring (11) 14 Pro (2,6,2) 15 Sound of a fountain, eg (6) 20 Clench (teeth) (4) 24 Entirely (Latin) (2,4) 25 Seventh musical note (2) 26 Slender and elegant (6) 29 Register (4,2) 30 Granny Smiths and Pink Ladies (6) 33 More than meets the . . . (3) 35 In suspension (8) 36 Tiresomely long (4-6) 38 Booklet (8) 39 Limit (8) 41 Is convinced (8) 44 Brouhaha (3) 46 Couch (6) 48 Fine yellow spores (6) 49 Bone (tech) (2) 50 Join forces (4,2) 52 Tumult (6) 54 Ripped (4) 55 First days of the week (7) 57 Rulers (7) 59 Male offspring (3) 62 Coniferous tree (3) 67 Admit (11) 68 Run after (5) 72 Nervy (5) 73 Teamwork, eg (11) 75 Miraculously (9) 77 Vex (4) 78 Take to court (3) 79 Pleasantly (9) 84 Lyric poem (5) 85 Narrow (5) 86 Units of 0,9144 (5) 87 Soak (5) 88 Humiliate (5) 90 Definite article (3) 92 Short strip of material (3) 94 Blueprint (3) 95 Portion (3) 99 Protection (5) 101 Type of fish (4) 103 Heap (5) 105 Long steps (7) 106 Mature (3) 108 Betray (4,3) 110 Election (10) 113 Rise to the top (8) 115 . . . in (is proficient
in) (6) 116 Explicit (8) 117 Spider’s trap (6) 118 Embedded (6) 119 Scholars (8) 121 Sound reflections (6) 123 An . . . to grind (have
a grievance) (3) 124 Drench (8) 126 Cab (4) 128 A decree (3) 136 Change of fortune
(11) 137 Neither . . . (3) 138 Baroque-styled art (6) 139 Iron (symbol) (2) 140 Named (6) 142 Thoughts (11) 144 Subjugating (10) 145 In an ominous way (6) 146 Hurls (6) 148 Self-control (10) 151 Low earth orbit
(abbr) (3) 154 Anticipation (8) 157 Declines (7) 158 Without direction (7) 160 Smelly (7) 161 Underground
passageways (7) 162 Robs (6) 164 Cliff (4) 165 European Union
(abbr) (2) 167 Bolts (6) 170 Road (4) 171 Cried (4) 172 Mark (4) 173 Fish eggs (4)