BRAINBUSTER
NO 788
ACROSS
1 In a clear and detailed
manner (10) 6 Absorbent material (7) 10 Groom (5) 13 Ponzi scheme, eg (4) 16 Famous TV
entertainer (4) 19 Con (7) 20 Withhold (7) 21 Soot, eg (4) 23 Standing frames (6) 24 Frighten (7) 25 Gift (6) 26 Gamble (3) 27 Dim (5) 29 Expel (5) 31 Samara producer (3) 32 Frequently (5) 33 Bamako is its capital (4) 34 Volcano in Sicily (4) 35 Came to (5) 36 Acerbic (4) 38 Above (4) 40 Long shaft for a boat (3) 41 Cold cuts, eg (4) 43 Composes (4) 46 Church tower and
spire (7) 49 Male cattle (4) 50 Breed of horse (4) 51 Since (7) 54 Attach (3) 55 Garlic mayonnaise (5) 57 Auk (5) 60 Buckle (archaic) (5) 62 Saturday (abbr) (3) 63 Jewels (4) 64 Long-tailed rodent (3) 65 Epoch (3) 66 Stand up to (4) 67 Blouse, eg (3) 69 Willing to take risks (11) 70 Mature (3) 71 Re: snakes, eg (9) 72 Curved (9) 73 Begin to . . . the light (3) 74 Take out (9) 75 Dine (3) 77 Bugs (7) 79 Superlative (7) 81 Rays (5) 82 Suspect (5,1,3) 85 Fragment (5) 86 Locomotive (6) 88 Costs of goods (6) 90 At any time (4) 93 Refusing to accept (9) 95 Repast (4) 97 Sophistication (8) 98 Bystander (8) 99 Comfort (4) 101 High-spirited (9) 104 Expresses (4) 107 Fume (3,3) 108 Capital of Greece (6) 110 Farewell (French) (5) 111 Establishing (7,2) 115 Sum (5) 116 Indicate (5,2) 118 Recuperate (7) 120 Boston . . . party
(political protest) (3) 121 Generally (2,7) 123 Bristle (3) 124 Aromatic plant (9) 126 Out of touch with
reality (9) 128 Dark grey (3) 129 Release from
servitude (11) 130 ii (3) 132 Quote (4) 133 Pear-shaped fruit (3) 134 Neither . . . (3) 136 Enclosure (4) 137 Short strip of
material (3) 139 Apartment (5) 140 Where birds lay
eggs (5) 143 Live as a permanent
resident (5) 144 A tight coil of hair (3) 145 Forced out in
small droplets (7) 149 Curved bar of a
harness (4) 150 Slightly open (4) 151 Rice dish (7) 155 Leg joint (4) 157 China is part of this
continent (4) 158 Metal container (3) 159 Soon (archaic) (4) 160 Skin condition (4) 162 Snares (5) 163 Adjoin (4) 165 Hit with a sharp
blow (4) 167 As yet (2,3) 168 Slide on snow (3) 170 Jewelled headdress (5) 172 Monster (5) 174 Twitch (3) 176 Sculpture (6) 177 Frolic (7) 178 Zero (6) 180 Sort (4) 181 Word or symbol
on a music score (7) 182 Accumulated (7) 183 Petition (4) 184 Weight (4) 185 Bottomless pit (5) 186 Absence of sound (7) 187 Periods after
12pm (10)
DOWN
1 Or . . .! (4) 2 Stage (5) 3 Cartridge (8) 4 Board (8) 5 Alpine song (5) 6 Afternoon nap (6) 7 Now and again (10) 8 Fashionable
celebrities (10) 9 Examine for the presence
of an illness (6) 10 Glue (5) 11 Annoy (8) 12 Profusion (8) 14 Beast of burden (5) 15 Mongrel (4) 17 Forbidden (5) 18 Sharp reply (6) 21 Naps (6) 22 Dispirit (literary) (5) 28 Crudeness (12) 30 Part of a doorframe (4) 36 One with specialised
knowledge (6) 37 Secondhand (4) 39 High male voice (5) 42 Plant related to the
banana (5) 44 Congers (4) 45 Calm (6) 47 Venture (10) 48 Synthetic
materials, eg (8) 52 Believable (8) 53 Practicality (10) 56 Molten rock (4) 57 Atop (7) 58 A dog breed (5) 59 Total loss of hope (7) 60 Violent storm (7) 61 Region (4) 68 Portend (7) 70 A sound recording
disc (7) 73 Black (literary) (5) 76 Kind of wave (5) 78 Sure (9) 80 Drunk (inf ) (9) 83 Spike . . . (US film
director) (3) 84 Decree (3) 87 Small fruit (5) 89 Selected (5) 91 By means of (3) 92 Feel sorrow (3) 93 Used to make whisky (3) 94 Caught (3) 95 Title for a married
female (3) 96 Whichever (3) 99 Precise (5) 100 Marog (7) 102 Ignited (3) 103 Countryside hotel (3) 105 Appeal to (7) 106 Beauty parlour (5) 107 Overseer (10) 109 Military expert, eg (10) 111 Closet space (7) 112 Perfectly (2,1,4) 113 Spectacles (7) 114 Exceed in weight (12) 117 “In all probability”
(1,4,3) 119 Cars (8) 122 Ways out (5) 125 Discharge (4) 127 Falling flakes (4) 128 Charge (6) 131 Celebrated (2,4) 133 Discovers (5) 135 Old-fashioned (5) 138 Bottom (4) 141 Type of
engineering (10) 142 Change (10) 144 Group of countries (4) 146 Very small (6) 147 University life (8) 148 In the direction of
sunrise (8) 149 Cold sea mist (4) 152 Give tutelage (8) 153 Criminal (8) 154 Decorate garishly
(inf ) (4,2) 156 Unpleasant (5) 161 Alcove (5) 164 Canal vessels (6) 166 Scrape away (6) 169 Finished (inf ) (5) 171 Corrosive
substances (5) 173 Capital of Ghana (5) 175 Inuit dwelling (5) 176 Halt (4) 179 Army camp’s signal (4)