BRAINBUSTER NO 720
ACROSS
1 Think in a similar way (2,3,4,10) 10 Brood (4) 12 Split open (4) 16 Satisfy (7) 17 Awkward (3,2,4) 20 Paper fastener (7) 21 Meagre (6) 22 Prisoner (6) 23 Synagogue, eg (6) 27 Bargain (4) 29 Courtyard (SA) (4) 31 Against (6) 33 Yawned (5) 35 Light colours (7) 36 Small drop of moisture (4) 38 Six-sided figure (7) 41 Towards the centre (7) 43 Summarise (5) 45 Shreds (5) 46 Office supplies (5,4) 50 Possible (9) 53 Ceremonial custom (6) 55 . . . of Nations (political alliance) (6) 57 Introduction (8) 58 Items on a pool table (5) 59 Hindrance (9) 61 A spherical green seed (3) 62 Brew (3) 63 Hypnotise (9) 66 At the time of (Latin) (5) 69 Concubine (8) 72 In the middle of (4) 73 Percussion instrument (4) 74 Source of nuclear energy (4) 75 Level (4) 77 More grimy (7) 79 Steeple (5) 80 KLM or Emirates (7) 82 Group of actors (4) 83 Terminate (5) 86 Sacred song (5) 88 Voyage (4) 90 Gossip (inf) (4) 92 Odd (7) 93 Soak up (6) 95 Forte (4) 97 An official language in SA (5) 98 Confess (5) 99 Harness (4) 100 Mode of public
transport (4) 101 Brim (4) 102 Stern (4) 104 Yield (5) 108 Insects (5) 111 Surrender (4) 112 Parish priest (6) 113 Scrutinise (7) 114 Peninsula (4) 115 Pairs (inf) (4) 116 Spikes (5) 119 Jerk (5) 122 Pitch (4) 124 Answers (7) 125 Tethers (5) 127 Worry (7) 128 List of dishes (4) 129 Secondhand (4) 130 Celestial body (4) 131 Congers (4) 132 Lacking inflection (8) 135 Thorny succulents (5) 136 Solicited (9) 140 Black economic
empowerment (abbr) (3) 141 African antelope (3) 142 Pasta, eg (9) 143 Chimera (5) 146 Registered (8) 147 Couch (6) 148 Pickled roe of
sturgeon (6) 150 Nonsense talk (9) 152 . . . to (put through) (9) 154 Bottle (5) 156 Iron alloy (5) 158 Boat (7) 161 Hypnotic states (7) 164 Remove cream from the
top (4) 165 Transported (7) 169 Grounds (5) 170 Advantages (6) 173 Relating to men (4) 174 . . . tide (4) 176 Covet (6) 180 Sieve (6) 181 Marine mammal (6) 183 Sanitation (7) 184 Lacking (9) 185 Part of a book (7) 186 Utters (4) 187 A long walk (4) 188 Offend (5,2,8,4)
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1 Start (5) 2 Clan’s symbol (5) 3 Message sent by computer (5) 4 Beers (4) 5 Angry (7) 6 Not quite right (5) 7 Departs (6) 8 Goad (6) 9 Doglike mammal (5) 10 Bundles of grain stalks (7) 11 Misplace (4) 13 Soothes (5) 14 Wheels (5) 15 Comfort (4) 18 Spring (4) 19 Drinks (4) 24 Female sheep (3) 25 Carpenter’s tool (5) 26 Alter . . . (3) 28 Molten rock (4) 30 A succulent (4) 32 To cook by dry heat (5) 34 Counterpart (8) 37 Tyrannical ruler (8) 38 . . . springs eternal (4) 39 100-foot arthropods (10) 40 Schedules (10) 42 Mixture (8) 44 Monetary unit of Botswana (4) 45 Notify (4) 47 Royal tombs in Egypt (8) 48 Regulations (5) 49 First showing of a movie (8) 50 Base of a statue (8) 51 Geeks (5) 52 A thought (4) 54 Calculating device (6) 56 Property (6) 60 High-intensity beam (11) 64 Prepare text for publishing (4) 65 Grid (6) 67 Sullied (6) 68 Compassionate (6) 70 Sign up for the military (6) 71 Guard (6) 76 Talkative (7) 78 Reflection of sound (4) 81 Muslim leader (4) 84 Novice (7) 85 Eludes (7) 86 Sells (7) 87 A blood deficiency (7) 89 Forerunner (11) 91 Holler (5) 94 Two-wheeled
transportation (5) 96 Mythical beast (7) 103 Gallery (6) 104 Large ground-dwelling
animal (6) 105 Outstanding payments
(4) 106 Buddhist shrine (6) 107 Assimilate (6) 109 News magazine (4) 110 Writing tablets (6) 117 Stun (8) 118 Cornflower (10) 120 Prickly animals (10) 121 Wrenches (8) 122 Yellowwood, eg (4) 123 Compliant (8) 125 Withdraw (6) 126 Shame (6) 128 Letters and emails (8) 133 Yellow-orange colour (5) 134 Exceptions (8) 137 Type of circus
entertainers (8) 138 Puzzle out (5) 139 Baby sheep (4) 144 Emit a bad odour (4) 145 Performs (4) 149 Lyric poems (4) 151 Cutting edge (5) 153 Fruit of conifers (5) 155 Decorative stamp (4) 157 Refers to the person
addressed (poetic) (4) 159 Roam (7) 160 Bombardment (7) 162 Seeing . . . (angry) (3) 163 Make a mistake (3) 165 Flexible stem of bamboo (4) 166 Part of the eye (6) 167 Shade of blue (6) 168 Sunrise (4) 170 Flu symptoms (5) 171 Wet (5) 172 Fastened (4) 173 Centre (5) 175 Terrace (5) 177 Tests (5) 178 Foreword (short) (5) 179 Coins in Belgium, eg (5) 180 Half (prefix) (4) 182 Glance over (4)