BRAIN BUSTER
NO 876
ACROSS
1 Automobile (early name) (9,8) 9 Agreements (11) 15 Dawn (7) 16 Year after year (9) 19 Beauty contest (7) 20 Shall B (past tense) (6) 21 Pieces of fabric (6) 22 Title for a nun (6) 26 . . . Grey tea (4) 28 . . . and crafts (4) 30 Crooked (6) 32 Not lower (5) 34 Biceps, eg (7) 35 Steals (4) 37 Series of yacht
races (7) 40 Cavities (7) 42 Predicted (5) 44 Worked at (5) 45 Greenhouses (9) 49 The Cape, eg (9) 52 Compulsory
payment (6) 54 Counsel (6) 56 Countrywide (8) 57 Terminate (5) 58 Financial
considerations (9) 60 Neither (literary) (3) 61 . . . your heart out! (3) 62 Pleased (9) 65 Find the total (3,2) 68 Olympic participants (8) 71 Looping yarn with
needles (4) 72 Personal assistant
(abbr) (2) 73 Agenda (4) 74 Sea eagle (literary) (4) 76 Physicians (7) 78 Foggy (5) 79 Attack (3,4) 81 Main axis of a plant (4) 82 Astatine (symbol) (2) 83 Female title (2) 85 Discourage (5) 87 . . . Eliot (poet) (2) 88 Large town (4) 91 Lewd (7) 92 Esculent (6) 94 Title for an unmarried
female (4) 96 Fashion sense (5) 97 Headwear (5) 98 Decorative case (4) 99 Scramble (3) 101 Fiddlestick (3) 102 Boat propellers (4) 104 One-piece undergarment (5) 109 Wept (5) 112 Achievement (4) 113 Congregation (6) 114 Of the sea (7) 116 Verbal (4) 117 For example (2) 118 Invalidate (5) 121 Standard play
(abbr) (2) 123 Right (abbr) (2) 124 Domed recess in a church (4) 126 Commuter carrier (7) 127 Grain towers (5) 129 Fleshy ear part (7) 130 More (4) 131 Strokes (4) 132 15th-century Japanese drama (2) 133 Molten rock (4) 134 Wizard (8) 137 Hint at (5) 138 Luggage (9) 142 Spot (3) 143 Twitch (3) 144 Mix at a party (9) 145 Movie and book
genre (inf ) (3-2) 148 Sales (8) 149 Few and far
between (6) 150 Antenna (6) 152 Citizens of Washington, eg (9) 154 Clearly (9) 156 At . . . (if nothing
else) (5) 158 Iron alloy (5) 160 Endearing (7) 163 Wrinkled (7) 166 Sterilise (4) 167 Ties the knot (7) 171 Embankment (5) 172 Glues (6) 175 Cloak (4) 176 11 cricket players (4) 178 Goes by (6) 182 A tropical fruit (6) 183 Foreboding atmosphere (6) 185 Underground
stem (7) 186 Gave authority (9) 187 Sautéed and
simmered (7) 188 Offspring (11) 189 Autonomy (4-13)
DOWN
1 Corn covers (5) 2 Jewellery, eg (5) 3 Banishment (5) 4 Female sheep (4) 5 Unnerved (7) 6 . . . of my eye (5) 7 Morals (6) 8 Pleasant (6) 9 Phones (5) 10 Identified wrongly (7) 11 Agents (short) (4) 12 Hot molten rock (5) 13 Skin that covers the
head (5) 14 Saturated (5) 17 Dutch cheese (4) 18 Performs (4) 23 Anger (3) 24 Frogs (5) 25 Groove (3) 27 Impolite (4) 29 Currency of Brazil (4) 31 Parts in a play (5) 33 Clinic customers (8) 36 Tibia (8) 37 Captain, eg (4) 38 Compilation (10) 39 Defiance (10) 41 Betray (4,7,2,3,4) 43 . . . on (adore) (4) 44 Two . . . in a pod
(identical) (4) 46 Pavement (8) 47 Expel (5) 48 Most inane (8) 49 Door opening (8) 50 Restraint (5) 51 Entity of a whole (4) 53 Fragments (6) 55 Profoundly (6) 59 Humiliate (4,7,4,5) 63 Element of nuclear
energy (4) 64 Discern by instinct (6) 66 Linen fabric (6) 67 Maintenance (6) 69 Trifles (6) 70 Agree out of court (6) 75 Flower-shaped
decoration (7) 77 Beams (4) 80 Region (4) 84 Hence (2) 85 Audition tape (4) 86 Young child (3) 89 Records (5) 90 With reference to (2) 93 Household appliance
(5) 95 Outdo (7) 100 Worshipped object
(4) 103 Belts (6) 104 Self-conscious
laugh (6) 105 Indian lentil dish (4) 106 Japanese monetary
unit (3) 107 Downfall (6) 108 Whichever person (6) 109 Copper (symbol) (2) 110 Bit (4) 111 Type of flower (6) 115 Caesium (symbol) (2) 119 Closeness (8) 120 Not ready (10) 122 Ordered (10) 123 Dependable (8) 124 Capable (4) 125 Agricultural farmer (8) 127 Emphasise (6) 128 Sudden attack (6) 135 Giraffe-like animal (5) 136 Weather conditions (8) 139 Thick hard shield (8) 140 Extra (5) 141 Skin condition (4) 146 Monetary unit (4) 147 Enthusiasts (4) 151 Coloured (hair) (4) 153 Cook by dry heat (5) 155 Extends over (5) 157 A . . . on the wrist (4) 159 Bark up the wrong . . .
(4) 161 Time zone (7) 162 Not as tidy (7) 164 Republic (abbr) (3) 165 Enlarge (archaic) (3) 167 Mutilate (4) 168 Take away (6) 169 It (reflexive form) (6) 170 Alike (4) 172 Trimmed (5) 173 Jokes (5) 174 Grind down (5) 175 A board game (5) 177 In the middle of (archaic) (5) 179 Plant related to the banana (5) 180 Dish of rice and
fish (5) 181 Type of car (5) 182 Heavy toxic metal (4) 184 Shelter (4)