BRAINBUSTER NO 1001
ACROSS 1 Acrobatic tumble (10)
6 Receiving (7)
10 Custodians (10)
15 Metrical foot (4)
18 Monrovia’s country (7)
19 Take over from (7)
20 Average (2-2)
22 Flexible (6)
23 Moving back and forth
(7)
24 Large grassy plain of
Siberia (6)
25 Ecology (comb form) (3) 26 Large spiral-horned
antelope (5)
28 Itemised records (5)
31 Golf-ball support (3)
32 Trite (5)
33 India’s continent (4)
34 Equally matched (4)
35 Small bay (5)
36 Volcano in Sicily (4)
38 Burrow (4)
40 Neither’s partner (3)
41 Trampled (on) (4)
43 Brings to a close (4)
46 Of the ocean depths (7) 49 Street (4)
50 Domed church recess (4) 51 Criticise severely (7)
54 Chilly (3)
55 Dart (5)
56 Terminals of a battery (5) 59 Form (5)
61 Anything under the . . .
(many things) (3)
62 Cereal husks (4)
63 ATM code (abbr) (3)
64 Desperate (4)
65 Flow back (3)
67 Diverted (11)
68 Text message (abbr) (3) 69 Military campaign (9)
71 Stand for (9)
72 George W to George Bush
(3)
73 Calamities (9)
74 Skill (3)
76 Small trace (7)
78 Deprived of protection
(7)
80 Unit of weight (5)
81 Analysed carefully (9)
84 Longest river in France (5) 85 Spray lightly (6)
87 Gaudy (6)
89 Make watertight (4)
92 Veggie spears (9)
94 Large bundle (4)
96 Yellow spice (8)
97 Refined grace (8)
98 Kernel (4)
100 Effective (9)
101 Tennis court dividers (4) 104 Wandered (6)
105 Aspect (6)
108 Impulse transmitter (5) 109 Medical centres (9)
113 Avoid (5)
114 Vie (for) (7)
116 Math proposition (7)
118 Female sheep (3)
119 American cuckoo (3)
120 Indian music instr (5) 121 Sheltered side (3)
122 Number of Wonders
of the Ancient World (5) 123 Timeworn (3)
125 Emergency vehicle (9) 127 Perch (3)
128 SA antelope (6)
129 Cast a ballot (4)
130 Gloomy (3)
132 Group of three (4)
133 Snow glider (3)
135 Land measure (4)
136 Appropriate (3)
138 Rubs clean (5)
139 Knoll (4)
142 Indicates (5)
143 Sludge (3)
144 Sussed (out) (7)
148 Tattered cloths (4)
149 Biblical boat builder (4) 150 Most intense crimson (7) 154 Star Trek phaser setting
(4)
156 Surrender (4)
157 Compact dog breed (3) 158 Devours (4)
159 Falsehoods (4)
161 Sweet fizzy drinks (5) 162 Footwear item (4)
164 Old Russian emperor (4) 166 Latin-American dance
(5)
167 Floral necklace (3)
169 Human trunk (5)
171 Partitions (anatomy) (5) 173 Liquid distilled from
coal (3)
175 Shade trees (4)
176 Withdraw (7)
177 Appeared (6)
179 Bog fuel (4)
180 Food provider at a party
(7)
181 Duplicate (7)
182 Become obsolete (4)
183 Oval-shaped (10)
184 Inflexible (5)
185 In spite of everything
(10)
DOWN
1 Petticoat (4) 2 Imitate (5)
3 Dried white grapes (8) 4 Mary Poppins’ accessory (8)
5 . . . firma (solid earth) (5) 6 Protects (6)
7 Precarious (5,3,2)
8 Burn up (10)
9 Use mouthwash (6)
10 Felons’ residences (5)
11 Lobster coral (3)
12 Supports for temporary
tables (8)
13 Run off to wed (5)
14 Gin-flavouring fruit (4) 16 Warning (5)
17 Thick-trunked tree (6)
20 Long-haired dog
breed (6)
21 Shell out money (5)
27 Intolerant (6-6)
29 Scattered (among) (12) 30 Flank (4)
36 Thrill (6)
37 Maritime force (4)
39 Siren (5)
42 Briny expanse (5)
44 Noteworthy information
(4) 45 Hot-steam rooms (6)
47 Part of FYI (4)
48 Disgraceful events (8)
52 Not required (8)
53 Hostile (10)
56 Gratifies (7)
57 Waits in the shadows (5) 58 Most unwell (7)
60 Animal skin (4)
66 Windfall (7)
67 Thus (2)
68 Endurance (7)
70 North Pole workers (5)
72 Halts (5)
75 Unifying idea (5)
77 Help mediate a conflict
(9)
79 Throb (5)
82 Radical reorganisation
(5-2)
83 Two-wheeled vehicle
of old (7)
86 Ballroom dance (5)
88 Clever (5)
90 Night before (3)
91 Limited (abbr) (3)
92 Winning tennis serve (3) 93 Put in place (3)
94 Affleck or Stiller (3)
95 Allow (3)
98 Because (5)
99 Most disturbing
(atmosphere) (7)
102 Empowered (7)
103 Velvet-like leather (5) 104 Recuperating (10)
106 Primate (3)
107 Pay (10)
109 Female school principal
(12)
110 Popeye’s power source
(7)
111 Busy (6)
112 Atmospheric layer (12) 115 Workforce (8)
117 Freed (8)
120 Growl (5)
124 Similar to (4)
126 Middle English (abbr) (2) 127 Portions (6)
131 Now Chennai (6)
133 Shovel (5)
134 Tribunal (5)
137 Soya-bean curd (4)
140 Examining (10)
141 Stretched (10)
143 Traditional medicine
(SA) (4)
145 Refuse to yield (6)
146 Beat in a price war (8) 147 Delighted (8)
151 Getting away (8)
152 Jurassic Park creature (8) 153 Scheduled (6)
155 Gauzy fabric (5)
160 Wading bird (5)
163 Friday the 13th movie
genre (6)
165 On a wayward path (6) 168 Electronic message (5) 170 Agrarian (5)
172 Origami need (5)
174 Astonish (5)
175 Fencer’s blade (4)
178 Lairs (4)