BRAINBUSTER
ACROSS
1 By a narrow margin
(2,3,4,2,4,5) 11 Aquamarine hue (3,5) 15 Epoch (3) 16 Type of seafood (6) 18 Expel (5) 19 Guardian spirit (5) 21 Icons (6) 23 Mushy (5) 25 Shine (5) 26 Topic of interest (5) 28 Heartfelt (4) 29 Rationalise (6) 31 Busy (4,2) 32 Scorch (4) 33 Angry (7) 34 Caustic (7) 35 The distance between two points (4) 37 Prompts (4) 39 Display (4) 41 An article (4) 43 Molten rock (4) 44 Verse (5) 45 Watched with interest (4) 47 Quiver (6) 48 Locale (4) 49 Verbal (4) 50 Overpower (6) 51 Practical joke (4) 52 Resting places (4) 53 My . . . are sealed (4) 54 . . . tide (4) 55 Tended to the sick (6) 57 Very good (9) 58 Re: a cultural group (6) 60 Tries (5) 62 Indicates negation (3) 63 Belonging to us (3) 64 Not as old (5) 66 Aristocracy (5) 68 Snigger (5) 70 Kilt (5) 72 Pleased (5) 73 Aromas (6) 75 Baroque-style art (6) 77 Edge of a roof (5) 79 Con (4) 80 Little . . . (children) (4) 81 Type of flower (7) 83 Left out (7) 88 Experience (7) 90 Neighbourhood (6) 92 Neither . . . (3) 93 Responds (6) 95 Count (5,2) 97 Sauce (French) (3) 98 . . . away (corroded) (3) 99 Skilled (7) 101 Outstanding (7) 102 Stomach (inf) (3) 103 Scattered liquid (7) 104 Member of a nation (7) 105 Centre of excellence
(abbr) (3) 106 Married woman’s
title (3) 107 Judicious (7) 108 Tormentor (6) 110 Primate (3) 112 Result (6) 114 Indian rice dish (7) 117 Seats for horse
riders (7) 120 Passionate (7) 123 Hiking shoe (4) 125 Arm or leg (4) 127 Mistake (5) 128 Renowned (6) 131 Use it with a pencil (6) 133 VII (5) 134 Spy (5) 135 Small particles (5) 136 Stinks (5) 137 Marked with a
border (5) 140 Female chicken (3) 141 Freeze (3) 142 Macabre (5) 145 Leaseholder (6) 147 Motivating (9) 148 Boat crew (6) 150 Whittle someone down
to . . . (4) 151 Amounts of more than
nine (4) 152 Urban area (inf ) (4) 153 Stars (4) 154 Spiny succulent (6) 156 Burg (4) 158 Haul (4) 160 Marine gastropod (6) 162 “Understood!” (1,3) 163 Lubricated (5) 164 Hooligan (4) 165 See no evil, . . . no
evil (4) 166 Disorderly retreat (4) 167 Stand up to (4) 168 Nights before (4) 170 Informal (7) 172 Fluids (7) 173 Head of a university
faculty (4) 174 Ottawa is its capital (6) 177 Workplace for an
artist (6) 179 Mineral springs (4) 180 Meek person (5) 182 New Delhi is its
capital (5) 183 Breaks (5) 185 A tropical fruit (6) 187 Picture (5) 188 At . . . (if nothing
else) (5) 189 Defeated (6) 191 Never say . . . (never
give up) (3) 192 Sketches (8) 193 Make somebody anger
(5,8,7)
DOWN
1 Apart from (7) 2 Seaman (3) 3 Fester (9) 4 Worshipped object (4) 5 Minded (6) 6 Baking appliances (5) 7 (Have) consumed (5) 8 Area (5) 9 A bird of prey (5) 10 A gas (He) (6) 11 Expresses (4) 12 Estranged (9) 13 . . . someone on (encourage) (3) 14 Panacea (7) 17 Without regret (10) 20 Not one nor the other (7) 22 Refraining from (alcohol) (10) 24 Readiness (12) 27 Representative (12) 30 Brazen (5) 36 Expression (6) 37 Cartridge (8) 38 Pubs (SA) (8) 39 Burn without a flame (8) 40 Rich (4-2-2) 42 Captivate (6) 43 Ear part (4) 46 Polish (furniture) (4) 56 Familiar with (4,2) 59 Mean (6) 61 Slant (5) 65 Hesitate (5) 67 Reckless (13) 68 Close a door noisily (4) 69 Habitual repetition (4) 71 Not likely to be affected (13) 72 Workable (11) 74 List of food (4) 76 Period of unconsciousness (4) 78 A ruse (11) 82 Appease (7) 83 Articles (7) 84 As a preferred alternative (7) 85 Towards (2) 86 Restrain (literary) (7) 87 Frocks (7) 89 Inspect (7) 91 Dull (5) 94 Desire (5) 96 University of New England (abbr) (3) 100 Stir (3) 109 Extremely small
amount (4) 111 Paid (abbr) (2) 113 Folder (4) 115 Broadcast again (5) 116 Scrape away (6) 118 Water (4) 119 Heads of cereal
plants (4) 121 Fight (6) 122 At no time (5) 124 Vital (2,3,7) 126 Hesitation (12) 129 Preacher (8) 130 Hurry (inf ) (4,2,2) 131 Hugged (8) 132 A bit (8) 138 Spike of frozen water (6) 139 . . . device (radio, eg) (10) 143 Not emphasised as a
syllable (10) 144 Natural (6) 146 Decorative case (4) 149 Prepare text for
publishing (4) 155 Mix-up (9) 157 . . . hurt a fly (7) 159 Expert (5) 161 The Cape, eg (9) 165 Hunched (7) 169 Three . . . (Karoo town)
(7) 171 Dashing (6) 172 Pay attention (6) 175 Garlic mayonnaise
(5) 176 Love intensely (5) 177 Weapon discharge (5) 178 Utilisation (5) 181 Stops (4) 184 Includes (4) 186 Brew (3) 190 Night bird (3)