BRAINBUSTER
NO 1008
ACROSS
1 Level area of elevated land
(7)
6 Lacking logic (9)
11 Ungainly (7)
15 Make a vain claim (5)
16 Chew noisily (5)
17 Mother-of-pearl source (7) 18 Complicated procedure (9) 21 Rise to one’s feet (5,2)
22 More wealthy (6)
23 Whichever person (6)
24 Croquet hammer (6)
28 Shrewd (4)
30 Comfort (4)
32 Most secure (6)
35 Tweak (5)
37 Long steps (7)
38 Winner’s award (5)
40 Layered pasta dish (7)
43 Implement (7)
45 Braai grabbing tool (5)
47 Feeling ennui (5)
48 Trick (9)
52 Ecology (short) (3)
53 Places (9)
56 Anticipate (6)
58 Horse-drawn carriage (6) 60 Overrun (with) (8)
61 Titan holding up the sky
(myth) (5)
62 Appropriate (8)
64 Louse egg (3)
65 Adriatic, eg (3)
67 Intensify (8)
69 Jawaharlal . . . (India’s
1st PM) (5)
72 . . . of the fittest (8)
75 Persuade gently (4)
77 Orderly (4)
78 Discharge (4)
79 Butter alternative (pl) (4) 81 Sign of the zodiac (7)
83 Reduce to mush (5)
84 Not recognised (7)
86 Ballet jump (4)
87 Orchestra section (5)
90 Remove (5)
92 Decorative needle case (4) 93 Cut back (6)
95 Futile (7)
96 Lacking in insight (6)
98 Kindling, eg (4)
99 At . . . and sevens (lost) (5) 100 Irritate (5)
101 Stepped (on) (4)
102 Boat propellers (4)
103 Capital of Azerbaijan (4) 104 Coalition (4)
106 Re: the kidneys (5)
110 Treated with medicine (5) 113 Poked (4)
115 Capital of Lesotho (6)
116 Breed of cat (7)
117 Crib (6)
118 At any time (4)
119 Motif (5)
122 Spicy tomato sauce (5) 125 Element of nuclear
energy (4)
126 Deep regret (7)
127 Hankers for (5)
129 Slope (7)
130 At a . . . (uncertain what to
do) (4)
131 Anthracite (4)
132 From . . . to riches (4)
133 Verge (4)
134 Brawn (8)
137 Rescued (5) 138 . . . child is full of grace (8) 141 In the style of (1,2)
142 Freeze (3)
144 Bottle gourd (8)
145 Endures (5)
148 Subterranean cemetery
(8)
151 Source (6)
152 Elegant clothes (6)
154 Pagination (9)
156 Dismissed in cricket (3) 157 Encircles entirely (9)
159 Tariffs (5)
161 Reconnoitre (5)
163 Contaminate (7)
168 Knitting rods (7)
171 Supplemented (5)
172 Province in SA (7)
176 Sedate (5)
177 More insignificant (6) 180 Botswana money (4)
181 Camera part (4)
183 Scrape (6)
187 Prohibit (6)
188 A Tale of Two . . . (Dickens
book) (6)
190 Pained look (7)
191 Cops (9)
192 Cuisine connoisseur (7) 193 Depart (5)
194 Gaggle members (5)
195 Most gelid (7)
196 Autograph (9)
197 Arrangements (7)
DOWN
1 Sacred hymn (5)
2 In any way whatsoever (2,3)
3 Type of lyric poem (5)
4 Lift app (TM) (4)
5 School shoulder bag (7)
6 Scatter (5)
7 Season before autumn (6) 8 Prowled (6)
9 Setting for a play (5)
10 There are six in the SA flag
(7)
11 Domed recess in a church
(4)
12 Australian marsupial (5)
13 Confuse (5)
14 Storehouse (5)
19 Part of the eye (4)
20 Young lady (4)
25 Also known as (abbr) (3)
26 Andean animal (5)
27 Light brown (3)
29 Adult male deer (4)
31 Air (comb form) (4-)
32 Harden (3)
33 Mushrooms and such (5) 34 Snow runner (3)
36 Important meeting (SA) (8) 39 Courgette (US) (8)
40 Inventory (4)
41 Parts (10)
42 School principal (10)
44 Verdant (4)
46 Square in a tartan pattern
(4)
47 Gaucho’s weapon (4)
49 Currency in SA (4)
50 Young people (short) (5) 51 Go-between (8)
53 Shining (8)
54 Pageant crown (5)
55 Merely (4)
57 40 winks (6)
59 Take for granted (6) 63 Tetanus (7)
66 Annul (7)
67 Go beyond the limit (6)
68 Type of cloud (6)
70 Short musical
compositions (6)
71 Smelled bad (6)
73 Excessive pride (6)
74 Closest to the ground (6) 76 Scientists who study
celestial bodies (11)
80 Translated (11)
82 Wild mountain goat (4)
85 Gaseous element (Ne) (4) 88 Release from blame (7)
89 Sugar (tech) (7)
90 Avoids capture (7)
91 Having no tail (zoo) (7)
94 Apple alcohol drink (5)
97 Muhammad Ali was
one (5)
104 Scarabs (7)
105 Touch gently (6)
106 Pierre-Auguste . . .
(Impressionist artist) (6) 107 Crunchy kernels (4)
108 Garam . . . (curry spice
mix) (6)
109 Midpoint (6)
111 Glance over quickly (4) 112 Mexico’s national flower
(6)
113 Hangar vehicles (6)
114 State of low illumination
(7)
120 Spiny animal (8)
121 Automated (10)
123 Moderate (10)
124 Muzzles (8)
127 Sushi condiment (6)
128 One who enjoys causing
pain (6)
135 Hint (5)
136 Studied (8)
139 Oust (8)
140 Still (4)
143 Prophetic sign (4)
146 Son of Seth (OT) (4)
147 Pied Piper’s targets (4) 149 Dove sound (3)
150 Finger click (4)
153 Serpents (4)
155 Pretoria rugby team (5) 158 Beneath (5)
160 Wicked (4)
162 Western . . . (SA province)
(4)
164 Single unit (3)
165 Bitumen (3)
166 Sanctuary (7)
167 Saw (7)
169 Epoch (3)
170 Conclude (3)
172 Board game (4)
173 Disparage (6)
174 Most aged (6)
175 As soon as (4)
177 Science of reasoning (5) 178 Knack (5)
179 Fill with optimism (5)
180 Water conduits (5)
182 Burn slightly (5)
184 Overflows (5)
185 Deep blue hue (5)
186 Decorative pitchers (5) 187 Matted woollen fabric (4) 189 Notices (4)