BRAINBUSTER

NO 1002

ACROSS

1 Offered up (10)

6 Confused (7)

10 Chopper (10)

15 Perceive by touch (4)

18 Postpone (7)

19 Prolong (7)

20 Overturn (4)

22 Guru (6)

23 Xhosa praise singer (7)

24 Criminals (6)

25 Green veggie (3)

26 The Sound of . . . (1965

film) (5)

28 Corroded (5)

30 Babylonian sky god (3)

31 Wash lightly (5)

32 Hatchling’s home (4)

33 Yoked beasts (4)

34 Have to your name (3)

35 Style and vigour (Fr) (4)

37 Floating platform (4)

39 Put one’s . . . in (give an

opinion) (3)

40 Sub . . . (in secret) (Latin)

(4)

42 Sets of equipment (4)

45 Tales (7)

48 Old Norse poetry work (4) 49 Doing nothing (4)

50 Object (7)

53 Health resort (3)

55 Argon, eg (3)

56 Notions (5)

57 Flea market unit (5)

59 Lacking slack (5)

60 Millinery item (3)

61 Rhythm (4)

62 Chess piece (4)

63 Supplement (3)

65 Undercover (11)

67 She lived in Eden (3)

68 Violent attack (9)

69 Rectified (9)

71 Mournful (3)

72 Travelling from place to

place (9)

73 Hawaiian guitar (short) (3) 75 Aromatic herb (7)

77 Utmost (7)

79 It covers about 70% of

Earth (5)

81 Overlooked (9)

84 Unoccupied area (5)

85 T-bone, eg (5)

87 National head count (6) 89 Ballet skirt (4)

91 Impelled (9)

93 Transmitted (4)

95 Climbing plant with butterfly-shaped flowers (8)

96 Wobbly (8)

97 On a single occasion (4) 99 Revolting (9)

100 Friends (4)

102 Confirm (6)

103 Oliver Twist wanted

more of this (5)

104 Projecting piece of wood

(5)

105 Constant (9)

109 AM/FM device (5)

111 Towards the front (7) 113 Courageous woman (7) 115 . . . on a Grecian Urn (Keats

poem) (3)

116 Unrehearsed (9)

118 X (3)

119 Collection of investments

(9)

122 Spoken account (9)

123 Perch (3)

124 Exposed (11)

125 Plunge (3)

127 Gorbachev was its last

leader (abbr) (4)

129 Barking up the wrong . . .

(4)

130 Colombia (abbr) (3)

132 Urge along (3,2)

133 Sound (5)

136 Synagogue leader (5)

137 Small buoy (3)

138 Deer meat (7)

142 Downpour (4)

143 After the hour (4)

144 Futile (7)

148 Decorate (4)

150 Uttar Pradesh city (4)

151 Language modification

of Esperanto (3)

152 Solemn promise (4)

153 Marries (4)

155 Polish, as shoes (4)

156 Self-satisfied (4)

158 Place to hibernate (4)

160 City in Nebraska (5)

161 Harper . . . (US author) (3) 163 Japan capital (5)

165 Wear a grin (5)

167 Martial arts bow of

respect (3)

169 Tusked mammal (6)

170 Supports a charity (7)

171 Mallet kin (6)

173 Chopping tools (4)

174 Wheel along clumsily (7) 175 Oblivious (of ) (7)

176 Fizzy drink (4)

177 Spiral plant shoots (8)

178 Unpleasant (5)

179 The whole shebang (10)

DOWN

1 Secure (4)

2 Pancake (5)

3 Button or zip, eg (8)

4 Fine soft wool (8)

5 Frock (5)

6 Tight-fitting corset (6)

7 Thin-sliced crisp bread

(5,5)

8 Booming (voice) (10)

9 Longing (6)

10 Corn covers (5)

11 Occuring every four years

(4,4)

12 Face defiantly (8)

13 Claw (5)

14 Tears (4)

16 Oust (5)

17 Acquired knowledge (6) 20 Sides (6)

21 Indigenous people of

Greenland (5)

27 Crossing (12)

29 Free (12) 35 Mystery (6)

36 Nile snakes (4)

38 Pallid (5)

41 Wrench (7)

43 Prickly feeling (4)

44 Not immediately obvious

(6)

46 Fixation (9)

47 Get going (8)

51 Lapsed (4)

52 Very easy (10)

54 Row (6)

57 Gliding on ice (7)

58 Far away (7)

64 Avoid (5)

66 Nobelium (symbol) (2)

67 Instruct (7)

70 Lamb’s mother (3)

71 Muzzle (5)

74 Drive out (5)

76 Unaccompanied (music)

(1,8)

78 Money manager (9)

80 Entertain (5)

82 Free time (7)

83 School periods (7)

86 Comb spikes (5)

88 Shovel (5)

90 Vase-like vessel (3)

91 Ruin (3)

92 Expected (3)

93 Old photo tint (5)

94 Zero (3)

97 Surpass in performance (5) 98 Idea (7)

101 Soup utensil (5)

102 Not expected (10)

105 Quirky characteristic (12) 106 Coded messages (7)

107 Had ambitions (to) (7)

108 Loud and violent gale (12) 109 Dwelling (9)

110 . . . on (indulged) (5)

112 Football officials (8)

114 Motionless (8)

117 Of the number eight (5) 120 Pulling with effort (7)

121 Fashionable (inf ) (2)

123 Hush-hush (6)

126 Small horses (6)

128 Circa (5)

131 First name in jeans (4)

134 Of all kinds (10)

135 In an unmannerly way

(10)

137 Amount of medicine (4) 139 Campfire remnants (6) 140 Overrun (8)

141 Open access (abbr) (2) 145 Sneaker string (8)

146 Weather-beaten (skin) (8) 147 Hordes of locusts (6)

149 Take a break (5)

154 Dehydrated (5)

157 Contemporary (6)

159 Topics (6)

162 Vote (5)

163 19th Gk letter (3)

164 Acclaim (5)

166 Silly (5)

168 Texting pictogram (5)

169 Proceed with difficulty (4) 172 Telephoned (4)