BRAINBUSTER

NO 1007

ACROSS

1 Traditional SA dish (7)

6 Celebrity (9)

11 Watch (7)

15 Up and about (5)

16 Severe (5)

17 Embassy members (7)

18 Overwhelmed (9)

21 Mountain tops (7)

22 Disturbance (6)

23 Circumferences (6)

24 Kindness (SA) (6)

28 Shoulder ribbon (4)

30 Hence (4)

32 Those older than 18 (6) 35 Béchamel, eg (5)

37 Apart from (7)

38 Opera solos (5)

40 Called off (7)

43 Gliding on ice (7)

45 A sense (5)

47 Hints (5)

48 Unsurprising (8)

51 Broken-down (8)

54 Restrain (6)

56 Characteristics (6)

59 Oatmeal, eg (8)

60 Remove (5)

61 Urgent (8)

63 Mother Teresa, eg (3)

64 Fire remains (3)

66 Panicked rush (8)

68 Attempts (5)

71 Words of gratitude (5,3) 74 Stride (4)

76 Old pronoun (4)

77 Top of the house (4)

78 Cowboy boot attachment

(4)

80 Clicking noise (7)

82 Glossy fabric (5)

83 Plain biscuit (7)

85 Pairs (inf ) (4)

86 Harp-like string

instruments (5)

89 First Greek letter (5)

91 Centres of interest (4)

92 Enthusiasts (6)

94 Signal (3)

95 . . . up (admit) (3)

96 Stop (3,3)

98 Drops from the sky (4)

99 Pits (5)

100 Yeats, eg (pl) (5)

101 Eye hair (4)

102 Make a mistake (3)

103 African antelope (3)

104 Jetty (4)

106 Excellence (5)

110 Parts of the ear (5)

113 Donned (4)

115 Entertain (6)

116 Look at closely (3)

117 Matcha, eg (3)

118 Ancestry (6)

119 Bite (4)

120 Attentive (5)

123 Compassion (5)

126 Container covers (4)

127 Tanglible (7)

128 Loose garments (5)

130 Features (7)

131 Go-getter (4)

132 Go . . .-shaped (fails) (4) 133 Entice (4)

134 Volcanic mountain in

Sicily (4)

135 Individually distinct (8) 138 Things (5)

139 Frolicked (8)

143 Twitch (3)

144 Common winter illness

(3)

146 Marked (8)

147 Humiliate (5)

150 Got cosy (8)

152 Agree out of court (6) 153 Hiking paths (6)

155 German shepherd (8) 157 Sneaker string (8)

159 Pins (5)

161 Worked at (a trade) (5) 163 Small apartments (7) 168 Father’s father (7)

171 Take a break (5)

172 Ignited (7)

176 Small part (in a movie)

(5)

177 Walked (6)

180 Greek cheese (4)

181 Part of the eye (4)

183 Slammed (6)

187 Skirmish (6)

188 Book worm (6)

190 Between dawn and dusk

(7)

191 Edify (9)

192 Threatening (7)

193 Mom’s or dad’s sisters (5) 194 Barrage (of) (5)

195 Perfumed (7)

196 Have a long sleep (9) 197 Troughs (7)

DOWN

1 Agathosma betulina (5) 2 Remote region (SA slang) (5)

3 Reliance (5)

4 Sunrise direction (4)

5 Outdoor nap site (7)

6 Closes (5)

7 Eras (6)

8 Burned slightly (6)

9 AM/FM device (5)

10 Dessert choice (7)

11 Clutter (4)

12 Wanderer (5)

13 . . . and error (5)

14 Takes a break (5)

19 Pierce (4)

20 Omelette ingredient (pl)

(4)

25 Go up and down (3)

26 Audacity (5)

27 Employ (3)

29 Faction (4)

31 Film spool (4)

32 Enquire (3)

33 Loosen (5)

34 Can (3)

36 Postscript (8)

39 A symbol to mark a

reference (8)

40 Fresh (4)

41 Stringed puppet (10)

42 Pleasing (10)

44 Entrance (4)

46 Happily . . . after (4)

47 Slices (4)

49 Sit down clumsily (4)

50 Diamond weight (5)

52 Endangered animal (inf )

(5)

53 Agenda (4)

54 LXX (7)

55 Camera parts (6)

57 Analyse (6)

58 Scrape (7)

62 Pistol case (7)

65 Sully (7)

66 Autumn, eg (6)

67 Curves (6)

69 Doctor, eg (6)

70 Three-legged stand (6) 72 Sailing boats (6)

73 Beneficial (6)

75 Grow rapidly (11)

79 Leading character (11)

81 In addition (4)

84 Contest of speed (4)

87 Flower-shaped

decoration (7)

88 Red (7)

89 Scrambled word (7)

90 Widely favoured (7)

93 Disgust (5)

97 Speak (5)

104 Asian shrines (7)

105 Prize (6)

106 Predatory insect (6)

107 Existing in the physical

world (4)

108 Answer (6)

109 In and of . . . (6)

111 Sons (4)

112 Quiet (6)

113 Drooped (6)

114 Bliss (7)

121 Stories (7)

122 Iteration (10)

124 Members of

management (10)

125 Solicit votes (7)

128 Scoundrel (6)

129 Hurt (6)

136 Incompetent (5)

137 Crumble (8)

140 Fibre source (8)

141 Bird of prey (5)

142 Headgear (4)

145 Second Greek letter (4) 148 Sleeping places (4)

149 Part of a ladder (4)

151 Famous shark movie

(1975) (4)

154 Act (4)

156 Re: sound (5)

158 Bedding (5)

160 Prepare text for

publishing (4)

162 Watch (4)

164 Young child (inf ) (3)

165 Natural mineral (3)

166 Not yet admitted (7)

167 Shoes for summer (7) 169 Burgle (3)

170 Abashment (3)

172 Eager (4)

173 Indigenous (6)

174 Fungus (6)

175 Critical (4)

177 Agrees (with) (5)

178 Without . . . or reason (5) 179 Be carried along (5)

180 Meat (5)

182 Inkling (5)

184 Arrange (5)

185 Small wooded area (5) 186 Quantities of medicine

(5)

187 Small drop of moisture

(4)

189 Space (4)