BRAINBUSTER

NO 799

ACROSS

1 Just retribution (11) 7 Digression (7) 11 Throw a party (9) 16 Feast (7) 17 Vigilance (9) 22 Endurance (7) 23 Lure (6) 24 Coral islands (6) 25 Solid (6) 29 Russian emperor (4) 31 Bamboo stem (4) 33 Brimless felt caps (6) 35 Stadium (5) 37 Crept (7) 38 Plant’s main axis (4) 40 Eyelash cosmetic (7) 43 A herb (7) 45 Protection (5) 47 Genuflect (5) 48 Residents (9) 52 A pea (9) 55 Capital of Cuba (6) 57 Silk-producing

arachnid (6) 59 Type of pasta (8) 60 Corpulent (5) 61 Express regret (9) 63 Sound of a cow (3) 64 Type of grain (3) 65 Schedule (9) 68 Movie genre

(short) (3-2) 71 Victim (8) 74 Jersey, eg (4) 75 Barking up the

wrong . . . (4) 76 Company emblem (4) 77 An addict (slang) (4) 79 Division (7) 81 A cold dish (5) 82 Flood (7) 84 Appear (4) 85 Trades in (5) 88 Brownish colour (5) 90 Cashews, eg (4) 91 Pip (4) 93 Sarcastic (7) 94 Rotated (6) 96 Soaks up (4) 98 Makes a grating

noise (5) 99 Feathery (5) 100 Ridge of coral (4) 101 Volcano in Sicily (4) 102 Glided (4) 103 Ellipsoid (4) 105 Sprite (5) 109 Bonus (5) 112 Stallion (4) 113 Queasiness (6) 114 Closet space (7) 115 Price charged (4) 116 Female sheep (4) 117 Concepts (5) 120 Cowboy’s rope (5) 123 Acclaim (4) 125 Operating room (7) 126 Shelter from

sunlight (5) 128 Map books (7) 129 If all . . . fails! (4) 130 . . . of Skye (4) 131 Hence (4) 132 Source of nuclear

energy (4) 133 Spots (8) 136 Smell (5) 137 Trim and neat (9) 141 Young child (3) 142 Inflexible (3) 143 Magnificence (9) 144 Grind down (5) 147 Underlying (8) 148 Pardon (6) 149 Breastplate (6) 151 Stayed sober (9) 153 Sings (9) 155 Insects (5) 157 First Greek letter (5) 159 Throngs (7) 162 Confined (7) 165 Split open (4) 166 Blinked on and off (7) 170 III (5) 171 Emphasise (6) 174 On an even . . .

(well-balanced) (4) 175 Having little rain (4) 177 Folds (6) 181 Shooting star (6) 182 Settlement (6) 184 Squirm (7) 185 Impalas, eg (9) 189 Speech (7) 190 Floods, earthquakes

and tsunamis, eg (9) 191 Branch of maths (7) 192 Personal assistants (11)

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1 Blocks (5) 2 Obsession (5) 3 Regular (5) 4 Kitchen utensils (4) 5 Wanting (7) 6 Precise (5) 7 Wear it with a suit (3) 8 Lice egg (3) 9 A bird’s-. . . view (3) 10 Sample (5) 11 Cottages (7) 12 At a . . . (uncertain

what to do) (4) 13 Bellow (5) 14 Not dead (5) 15 Tests (5) 18 Couldn’t care . . . (4) 19 Return on retained

earnings (abbr) (4) 20 Narrow strip of land (4) 21 Grains in an

hourglass (4) 26 Oolong, eg (3) 27 Shrub indigenous

to SA (5) 28 Sensory organ (3) 30 Against (prefix) (4) 32 An immeasurably

long time (4) 34 Stiff (5) 36 Waterproof jacket (8) 39 Lacking inflection (8) 40 Once in a blue . . . (4) 41 Music genre (5,5) 42 Interfering (10) 44 Stuck between two difficult choices (2,3,5,2,1,7) 46 Pierce (4) 47 Smooch (4) 49 Scold severely (8) 50 Sacred song (5) 51 Tibia (4,4) 52 Wall art (8) 53 Nobody (2,3) 54 Hit it on the head (4) 56 Snares (6) 58 Unspecified amount

of time (6) 62 Humiliate (4,7,4,5) 66 Article (4) 67 One or the other (6) 69 Stopped (6) 70 Not toned (6) 72 Barely ever (6) 73 Jogger (6) 78 Learner (7) 80 Gambling chances (4) 83 Boat propellers (4) 86 Deficiency (7) 87 Sorrow (7) 88 Surgical tool (7) 89 Talcums, eg (7) 92 Type of bird of prey (5) 95 La Bohème, eg (5) 97 Venus and Mars, eg (7) 104 Flogs (6) 105 Make a break for it (6) 106 Just (4) 107 Observing Jewish

dietary laws (6) 108 Bicycle for two (6) 110 Horse’s gait (4) 111 To join (6) 118 Announced

officially (8) 119 Nobleman (10) 121 A punctuation

mark (10) 122 Rescuers (8) 123 Pile (4) 124 Celestial body (8) 126 Writing tablets (6) 127 Rubber (6) 134 Machete (5) 135 Reserve (8) 138 Drench (8) 139 Garment for the

kitchen (5) 140 And (4) 145 Pinkish colours (4) 146 Information (4) 150 Second-hand (4) 152 Coil (5) 154 . . . of my eye (5) 156 Bundle (4) 158 Watch (4) 160 Nervousness (7) 161 Recurring (7) 163 Republic (abbr) (3) 164 Consume (3) 166 Decorative plant (4) 167 A succulent (4) 168 Ring of light (4) 169 Cube (4) 171 Joined by thread (5) 172 Destroyed buildings (5) 173 Tokens (5) 174 Australian marsupial (5) 176 Measures of

medicine (5) 178 Camellike mammal (5) 179 A defence (law) (5) 180 Scuttles (5) 181 . . . out (allot) (4) 183 Harness (4) 186 Pull (3) 187 Throw in a high arc (3) 188 A spherical green

seed (3)