BRAINBUSTER
NO 717
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1 Bus or train (6,9) 9 Scour (5) 12 Clothes for bedtime (7) 16 Egg cells (3) 17 Evidence (5) 18 Moderate (7) 20 Conundrums (7) 22 Encouraged (5) 23 Substitute for butter (9) 24 Release (6) 26 Abandon on an island (6) 27 Relish (5) 28 Suburb (13) 31 Cave (archaic) (5) 32 Closer (6) 34 Beneficial (6) 36 Manipulate (3) 37 Unremarkable (11) 40 Up in the . . . (uncertain) (3) 42 Performed (5) 43 In the front (5) 45 Usually (8) 47 Heaps (5) 49 Schemes (5) 50 Married man’s girlfriend (8) 52 Hermaphrodite worm (5) 54 Irritate (5) 55 Eating plans (5) 56 Volcano in Sicily (4) 58 Cherished (5) 59 Cerebrum (5) 60 To boot (4) 61 Appear to be (4) 62 Half-hearted (5) 63 Subsequent (4) 64 Empty (a building) (6) 67 UK government grant (4) 68 . . . over matter (4) 69 Storage space (6) 72 Revolution (abbr) (3) 74 Polls (9) 78 Timid (3) 79 Creeper (3) 80 Republic (abbr) (3) 81 Uncompromising (5) 82 Intended (5) 85 Stories (5) 87 Stockpile (5) 88 Grazing animal (4) 90 Absolutely (9) 91 Main (4) 92 Without doubt (4) 93 Call on (5) 94 Remove quickly (5) 95 Skin (4) 96 Require (4) 97 Innate impulses (9) 100 Style and vigour (Fr) (4) 102 Terrace (5) 103 Heredity units (5) 104 Type of boat (5) 106 Loft (5) 108 Baltic (3) 109 Small hotel (3) 110 City in Nigeria (3) 112 Of equal dimensions (9) 116 An alcoholic drink (3) 118 Interior part (6) 120 Intend (4) 121 Length by width
(rectangle) (4) 123 I (reflexive) (6) 125 Bite at persistently (4) 126 Ruin (5) 127 Voyage (4) 128 Influence (inf ) (4) 129 Language of ancient
Rome (5) 130 Foundation (5) 131 Au . . . (4) 132 Briny (5) 134 Smooth (5) 136 Venomous snake (5) 139 Wizard (8) 141 At the time of (Latin) (5) 142 Adjust (5) 144 N (a gas) (8) 146 Storehouse (5) 147 Small bird (5) 148 Plunge (3) 149 Souvenirs (11) 151 Primate (3) 152 Habitual practice (6) 155 A tropical fruit (6) 158 Picture (5) 159 Four-sided figure (13) 162 Sets of two (5) 164 Anxiety (6) 165 Meagre (6) 166 Run-through (9) 170 Find repugnant (5) 171 Envisage (7) 172 Confidential (7) 173 Originated (5) 174 Wonderment (3) 175 Seats for horse riders (7) 176 Shaver (5) 177 Secretively (15)
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1 Marionette (6) 2 Molasses product (5,5) 3 Powerful (11) 4 Windpipe (7) 5 Windflower (7) 6 Fraud (4) 7 More than (4) 8 Red fruit (8) 9 Indian garment (4) 10 Impolite (4) 11 Love songs (7) 12 Go away (inf ) (4,3) 13 Some staff at YOU (11) 14 Judicial officer (10) 15 Lure (6) 19 Group of people (4) 21 Move slowly (4) 25 Pit (6) 26 . . . off (rants) (6) 29 Large African ibis (6) 30 Very seldom (6) 33 Used again (8) 35 Studied (8) 36 Meeting (10) 38 Mileage counter (8) 39 Unbroken view (8) 41 Separately (12) 42 Beer (3) 44 . . . Hard (movie series) (3) 46 Leaseholder (6) 48 An allergic reaction (6) 49 Guard (6) 51 Thread link (6) 53 Words that sound alike (7) 55 Evening meals (7) 57 Alias (abbr) (3) 60 Sound of a cow (3) 65 Hollywood stars (11) 66 Fashion (5) 70 Killed for an alleged offence (5) 71 Conjectural (11) 73 Conversely (4,5) 75 Sea eagle (literary) (4) 76 Fight back (9) 77 Watch face (4) 78 Shining (9) 83 Protein assisting with cell movement (5) 84 Lock of hair (5) 85 Light meal (5) 86 Traveller (5) 89 Get . . . of (remove) (3) 91 Superb (3) 92 Placed over another (12) 96 Bedouin (5) 98 Catches (4) 99 Cab (4) 101 Childminder (5) 103 Entrance (7) 105 Motion-related (7) 107 Meeting (10) 111 Vagrant (6) 112 Without limits (8) 113 Small yellow fruit (6) 114 Traffic fine (6) 115 Type of seafood (8) 117 Convey (6) 119 Queasy (3) 120 Abuse (8) 122 Pyromaniac (8) 124 Drink gingerly (3) 132 Restraint (4-7) 133 Light-emitting diode
(abbr) (3) 134 Tutor (6) 135 SA music genre (6) 137 Rubbish container (3) 138 Group of islands (11) 140 Rebuked (10) 141 Punctuation marks
(6) 143 Marsupials (6) 145 Fighters in ancient
Rome (10) 150 Standards (8) 153 Narrow channels (7) 154 Alfresco (4-3) 156 Insert (7) 157 Without mistakes (7) 158 Nuts (6) 160 So be it (prayer) (4) 161 Toothed wheel (4) 163 Drowsy (6) 166 Put on the . . . (4) 167 Listen (4) 168 Incite (4) 169 A Facebook reply (4)