BRAINBUSTER
NO 728
ACROSS
1 Minor annoyance (3,4) 6 Fibre-producing caterpillars (9) 10 Lawyer (9) 15 White poplar (5) 16 Colouring sticks (7) 17 Pertinence (9) 20 Breed of dog (7) 21 Trifles (6) 22 Counsel (6) 23 Mother Superior, eg (6) 27 Liberated (4) 29 My . . . are sealed (4) 31 Eats sumptuously (6) 33 Loafer (5) 35 Melancholy (7) 36 Greek cheese (4) 38 Demean (7) 41 Neither here nor there (2,5) 43 Rescues (5) 45 Hardwood tree (5) 46 Fallacy (9) 50 Lacking (9) 53 A wildcat (6) 55 Wrinkle (6) 57 Local (8) 58 Type of nut (5) 59 Rancour (9) 61 Definite article (3) 62 22nd Greek letter (3) 63 Ayers Rock is in this country (9) 66 Re: a queen (5) 69 Dead-end (3-2-3) 72 (Had) split (4) 73 Prejudice (4) 74 African country (4) 75 Ogle (4) 77 More grimy (7) 79 Endured (5) 80 Contradiction (7) 82 Expel (4) 83 Insurgent (5) 86 Not quite right (5) 88 Mineral springs (4) 89 Eager (4) 91 Having rays and tentacles (tech) (7) 92 Person in charge of a zoo (6) 94 Make (money) (4) 96 Took a nap (5) 97 Insects (5) 98 To thine own . . . be true (Shakespeare) (4) 99 Bank (4) 100 Second Greek letter (4) 101 Tidy (4) 103 Fight (inf ) (3-2) 107 Attacks (5) 110 Secondhand (4) 111 Luxurious (6) 112 Student (7) 113 Kind of light (4) 114 Part of the eye (4) 115 Residue (5) 118 A benefit (5) 121 Tab (4) 123 Enduring energy (7) 124 Slumber (5) 126 Saw (7) 127 Carry (4) 128 Combine (resources) (4) 129 Gigantic (4) 130 An astringent (4) 131 Take somebody by . . . (unexpected) (8) 134 Social gathering (US) (5) 135 Palatable (9) 139 Name (3) 140 Lowest point between two peaks (3) 141 Pasta (9) 142 Variety show (5) 145 Scurried (8) 146 Couch (6) 147 Ooze (6) 149 Confident (9) 151 The next in line (9) 153 Structures that cover buildings (5) 155 (Have) displayed (5) 157 Tombstone inscription (7) 160 Involved (7) 163 Camping gear (4) 164 Administrator (7) 168 Latin American dance (5) 169 Spread (6) 172 Dollop (4) 173 Charitable donations (4) 175 Small bags (6) 179 Constrictor (6) 180 Tattered (2,4) 182 Former (3-4) 183 Moon (9) 184 Radical (7) 185 Winged (tech) (5) 186 Thought to be guilty (9) 187 Kind of comedy (9) 188 Lessen (7)
DOWN
1 Selects (5) 2 Frog relatives (5) 3 Domicile (5) 4 Compass point (4) 5 Deserved (7) 6 Sans . . . (typeface) (5) 7 . . . over (capsized) (6) 8 Prophet (6) 9 Moults (5) 10 Rotten (7) 11 Misplace (4) 12 Desire (5) 13 Branches (5) 14 Spins (5) 18 Wet behind the . . . (naive) (4) 19 Sets a limit on (4) 24 Anger (3) 25 Ache (5) 26 Get . . . of (remove) (3) 28 Comfort (4) 30 . . . of Man (4) 32 Reason (5) 34 Creator (8) 37 Branch of the armed service (3,5) 38 Moist (4) 39 Sad (10) 40 Doubt (10) 42 Between the devil and the deep blue sea (2,3,5,2,1,7) 44 Satisfy (4) 45 Strong, cold wind (4) 47 Managers (8) 48 Ways out (5) 49 Traditional tales (8) 50 Unfolds (8) 51 Hair-like structures (5) 52 Volcano in Sicily (4) 54 Dramatic music works (6) 56 In the buff (6) 60 Outperform (3,7,2,3,5) 64 Single entity (4) 65 Headings (6) 67 Property (6) 68 Quantity (6) 70 Gaps (6) 71 Shuts (6) 76 Utter (7) 78 Sea eagle (4) 81 Enquires (4) 84 Promise to marry (7) 85 Anarchic (7) 86 Division of maths (7) 87 Towards the centre (7) 90 Santa’s helpers (5) 93 Lyric poem (5) 95 Pragmatic person (7) 102 Preferences (6) 103 Cook gently (6) 104 Comparative word (4) 105 Jalapeno (6) 106 Part of a shirt (6) 108 A preposition (4) 109 Types of food that aren’t liquid (6) 116 Mock (8) 117 Journey (10) 119 Relocate (6,4) 120 Gives approval (8) 121 Ray of light (4) 122 Laziness (8) 124 Dark-coloured (6) 125 Package (6) 132 American singer and dancer (5) 133 Make amends (3,5) 136 Hindquarters (8) 137 Bizarre (5) 138 Sharp projections (4) 143 Congers (4) 144 Employs (4) 148 Poke (4) 150 Bonus (5) 152 A single step (5) 154 Hard (4) 156 Back part of the foot (4) 158 As a preferred alternative (7) 159 Very distant (7) 161 Forty winks (3) 162 Watch (3) 164 Type of fish (4) 165 Maintenance (6) 166 Pill (6) 167 Discharge (4) 169 Concerts (5) 170 Stinks (5) 171 Relinquish (5) 172 Mislays (5) 174 Tiptoe (5) 176 Extreme (5) 177 T-bone, eg (5) 178 Serious (5) 179 Impudent (4) 181 Witnesses (4)