BRAINBUSTER NO 735
ACROSS
1 Sound familiar (4,1,4) 5 General principle (4,2,5) 11 Ascertained the amount (7) 17 Performs (4) 20 Protests (7) 21 Closest (7) 22 Nuisance (4) 24 Recently (6) 25 Syncopated music genre (7) 26 Rarely encountered (6) 27 Extra run (cricket) (3) 28 Farewell (French) (5) 30 Fight (inf ) (3-2) 32 Witness (3) 33 Implements (5) 34 . . . out (distribute) (4) 35 . . .-crasher (uninvited guest) (4) 36 . . . over (sustains someone) (5) 37 Net (4) 39 Burial vault (4) 41 Edge (3) 42 Flog (4) 44 Cry your . . . out (4) 47 Wander (7) 50 Water (4) 51 Purposes (4) 52 Bullfight (Spanish) (7) 55 Spoil (3) 56 Thespian (5) 58 VII (5) 61 Latin American dance (5) 63 After expenses (3) 64 Annexe (4) 65 Geological period (3) 66 Antiquated (3) 67 Without doubt (4) 68 Town in Belgium (3) 70 Scientists that study celestial bodies (11) 71 Impair (3) 72 Compounds (9) 73 Cajolingly (9) 74 Signal to an actor (3) 75 At heart (2,7) 76 Body of water (3) 78 . . . one’s belt (7) 80 Asylum seeker (7) 82 Bouquet (5) 83 Usually (9) 86 Be frugal (5) 87 Regal (6) 89 Costs of goods (6) 91 A thought (4) 94 Conversely (4,5) 96 Ancient instrument (4) 98 Meek (4-4) 99 Pardon (8) 100 A bit (4) 102 Scare (9) 105 Fathers (4) 108 Get by (6) 109 Start (a hobby) (4,2) 111 Unit of weight (5) 112 Sorry (9) 116 Grind down (5) 117 Write music (7) 119 Not correct (2,5) 121 Syrian cloth (3) 122 Perspective (9) 124 Aloof (3) 125 Express in another
language (9) 127 Density (9) 129 . . . in the sky
(illusion) (3) 130 Unavoidable (11) 131 Shed (3) 133 In . . . of (instead) (4) 134 Bird . . . (illness) (3) 135 Chew (3) 137 Short memo (4) 138 Whichever (3) 140 Furious (5) 141 Shovel (5) 144 . . . and tested
(proven) (5) 145 Blast (3) 146 Runs (horse) (7) 150 Mineral springs (4) 151 Not hard (4) 152 Perpetual (7) 156 Twofold (4) 158 Lively Scottish dance (4) 159 Hot drink (3) 160 Exhaust (4) 161 Chums (4) 163 Charge (5) 164 Element of nuclear
energy (4) 166 Chime (4) 168 Camel-like mammal
(5) 169 Employ (3) 171 Hackneyed (5) 173 Wait on (5) 175 Light brown (3) 177 Instructed (6) 178 Solutions (7) 179 Appeared (6) 181 Otherwise (4) 182 Controls (7) 183 To test (7) 184 Painful (4) 185 Champion (7) 186 Ugly (11) 187 Courier (9)
DOWN
1 Existing in the physical world (4) 2 Idiotic (inf ) (5) 3 Small mealie cobs (4,4) 4 Depredate (3,5) 6 False (6) 7 Overstress (10) 8 A wrestling throw (6,4) 9 Trustworthy (6) 10 Intended (5) 12 Stranger (8) 13 Not here (5) 14 Adore (4) 15 Centres of interest (4) 16 An official South African language (7) 18 Steel wire (5) 19 Very angry (6) 22 Was successful in an exam (6) 23 Setting for a play (5) 29 Humiliating (12) 31 Snake-like fish (4) 37 Units of 100cm (6) 38 Fungal disease (4) 40 Pontificate (5) 43 Rebuke (5) 45 Gape (4) 46 Nun’s title (6) 48 Unintentionally (10) 49 Pulling (8) 53 Grilling (8) 54 Underway (2,8) 57 Verbal (4) 58 Doctor (7) 59 Roman goddess of love (5) 60 Trifling (7) 61 Witchcraft (7) 62 In addition to (4) 69 Flammable liquid used in thinners (7) 71 Puzzle (7) 74 Raccoon-like animal (5) 77 . . . of my eye (cherished person) (5) 79 A tongue-lashing (inf ) (7-2) 81 Hearth (9) 84 Female sheep (3) 85 Get older (3) 88 Harp on (3,2) 90 Herb (5) 92 Pair of actors (3) 93 Beer (3) 94 Animal doctor (short) (3) 95 100 square metres (3) 96 Light-emitting diode (abbr) (3) 97 Seeing . . . (angry) (3) 100 Epidermal pore
(botany) (5) 101 Instruction (7) 103 Feel sorrow (3) 104 Groove (3) 106 Do away with (7) 107 Disreputable (5) 108 Made by a machine
(10) 110 Flawlessness (10) 112 Earnings (7) 113 Amuses (7) 114 Bring to life (7) 115 Casual conversation
(6-6) 118 Blood-sucking insect
(8) 120 Set alight again (8) 123 Square (5) 126 Tip up (4) 128 Listen (4) 129 Calm (6) 132 Talking points (6) 134 Bogus (5) 136 Large cat (5) 139 Hindu discipline (4) 142 Expert (4,6) 143 Goes away (10) 145 Code word for
the letter Z (4) 147 Claim (6) 148 Extend (8) 149 Feign (7) 150 Thin strip of wood (4) 153 Broadcast (8) 154 Evaluate again (8) 155 Tapers off (6) 157 Regular (5) 162 Small restaurant (5) 165 Pokes fun at (6) 167 Affirm (6) 170 Japanese dish of rice
and fish (5) 172 Inuit dwelling (5) 174 Wander (4) 176 In the midst (5) 177 Portable shelter (4) 180 Stag (4)