BRAINBUSTER
NO 726
ACROSS
1 The situation is reversed (3,4,2,2,3,5,4) 14 Surveys (5) 17 Pure form of honey (3) 18 Sphere (3) 20 Take back to the beginning (tape) (6) 22 Uncertainty (5) 24 Agents (5) 26 The Enlightened One (6) 28 Indefinite article (2) 29 Compound of oxygen (5) 31 Small SA mongoose (7) 32 Stages in reaching a goal (5) 34 Against (4) 35 Line on a map (6) 36 Coin money (6) 37 Denomination (4) 38 Curiosity (8) 39 Concise (7) 40 Unit of heredity (4) 42 Slide (4) 44 Seed cover (4) 46 Male member of the nobility (4) 48 Pinch (3) 49 Split (4) 50 Audacity (5) 51 Scintilla (4) 53 Complete (6) 54 Aquatic plant (4) 55 Dutch cheese (4) 56 Remaining people (6) 57 Surface (4) 58 An immeasurably long time (4) 59 Large public exhibition (short) (4) 60 Second-hand (4) 61 Weeping (6) 63 Used to write on (9) 64 Weaken (6) 66 A prime number (5) 68 Type of grain (3) 69 Skating on thin . . . (3) 70 Where birds lay eggs (5) 72 First Greek letter (5) 74 Measuring device (5) 76 Instances (5) 78 Ridges of sand (5) 79 Tried and . . . (6) 81 Reaping tool (6) 83 Fools rush in where angels fear to . . . (5) 85 A thought (4) 87 . . . of Skye (4) 88 Skin pigment (7) 90 No 12 and 13 in rugby (7) 94 Pawns (7) 96 Hinder (6) 98 Observe (3) 99 Maintenance (6) 101 A dozen plus three (7) 103 Novel (3) 104 Cooling device (3) 105 Blaze (7) 107 Assaults (7) 108 High voice (7) 109 Excavate (7) 110 Exploit (3) 111 Tear roughly (3) 112 Larger (7) 113 Pencil end (6) 115 In this day and . . . (3) 117 Preoccupy (6) 119 Rubbish container (7) 122 Serious (7) 125 Having a marked effect (7) 128 Volcano in Sicily (4) 130 Hatred (combining form) (4) 132 The same thing again (5) 133 Male relatives (6) 136 Arctic bird (6) 138 Sturdy (5) 139 Portable oven (5) 140 Thick, sweet liquid (5) 141 Young people (5) 142 At the time of (Latin) (5) 145 Slalom on snow (3) 146 A lyrical poem (3) 147 Long historical period (5) 150 Lying between 90° and 180° (6) 152 Submissive (9) 153 Horizontal support on a door (6) 155 Article (4) 156 Arduous hike (4) 157 One of two equals (4) 158 A succulent (4) 159 Disparate (6) 161 After (prefix) (4) 163 Central points of attention (4) 165 Likeness (6) 167 Yellowwood, eg (4) 168 Celebratory cry (5) 169 Frilly (4) 170 Definite article (3) 172 Have stitched (4) 173 Nautical greeting (4) 174 Thrown off balance (4) 175 Round of duties (4) 177 Mules (7) 179 Funny (8) 180 Block (4) 181 Breakfast mixture (6) 184 Queasiness (6) 186 Primates (4) 187 Flu symptom (5) 189 Bird with flippers (7) 190 Record (5) 192 Nickel (symbol) (2) 193 Appear (6) 195 Permit (5) 196 Bore into (5) 197 A golf club (6) 198 Take to court (3) 200 . . . peas in a pod (3) 202 Bend (5) 203 Reprimand a person (3,7,2,3,8)
DOWN
1 Changing (7) 2 New name for Swaziland (8) 3 Different from the rest of the group (3,3,3) 4 Zulu regiment (4) 5 Southeast (abbr) (2) 6 First-born (6) 7 Rule of . . . (5) 8 Go in (5) 9 Elephant teeth (5) 10 Superior (5) 11 Remnant of geological age (6) 12 Operating Room (abbr) (2) 13 A woodwind instrument (4) 15 A hand (3) 16 Hit with a sharp blow (7) 19 No-show (8) 21 Unharmed (2,3,5) 23 Ornamental decoration (7) 25 . . . over (concealed) (7) 27 Revelation (10) 30 Break down into fragments (12) 33 Shred (4,2,6) 41 Add value (6) 42 Wrenches (8) 43 Overhelmed (by sound) (8) 44 Means (8) 45 Comic verse (8) 47 Veto (6) 49 Glance over (4) 52 Source of nuclear energy (4) 62 Analyse (6) 65 Foot part (6) 67 Regarding kidneys (5) 71 Sift or strain (5) 73 Annoying person (4,2,3,4) 74 Paltry (4) 75 Grain dish (4) 77 Starting point (8,5) 78 Gobsmacked (11) 80 Comfort (4) 82 Quick coat of paint (4) 84 Put off (11) 86 A pig’s home (3) 89 Appeal (7) 90 Condemn (7) 91 1 January (3,4) 92 Soccer official (7) 93 Freckle (7) 95 Triumph (7) 97 Square (5) 100 Creepy (5) 102 . . . your heart out (3) 106 Neither (3) 114 . . . Lake (ballet) (4) 116 African antelope (3) 118 Half (prefix) (4) 120 Goatlike deity (Gr myth) (5) 121 Thick-trunked tree (6) 123 Cancels (4) 124 First course, eg (4) 126 Leaseholder (6) 127 Innuit dwelling (5) 129 Poem for children (7,5) 131 An academic (12) 134 Edible seed (8) 135 Tea and . . . (caring behaviour) (8) 136 Submit an application (3,2,3) 137 Slope at the base of a mountain (8) 143 Engine part (6) 144 Seize for public use (10) 148 Be absent without permission (4,6) 149 Storage space (6) 151 Retain (printing term) (4) 154 Doubtful (inf ) (4) 160 Move (8) 162 Enlarged (7) 164 Alfresco (4-3) 166 Unrehearsed (9) 171 Medical institution (8) 172 Mysteries (7) 176 States to be true (7) 178 Gushes (6) 179 Vitality (6) 182 Jerk (5) 183 Foreword (short) (5) 184 Poke (5) 185 . . . Buildings (attraction in Pretoria) (5) 188 Travel document (4) 191 Something to read (4) 194 Alter . . . (second self) (3) 199 Above (2) 201 You and I (2)