BRAINBUSTER
NO 1011
ACROSS
1 In accordance with
principles (7)
5 Immediately (5,4)
9 Omnipotent (3-8)
15 Tatjana Schoenmaker, eg
(7)
16 Sci-fi vehicle (9)
19 It boils water (pl) (7)
20 Tooth covering (6)
21 Stirs (6)
22 Start (6)
26 Red and Dead, eg (4)
28 Public celebration (4)
30 Hesitate (6)
32 White acacia (. . . tree) (3) 33 Deficiency (7)
34 Expert (4)
36 Consider, although not
seriously (3,4)
40 Short, memorable saying
(7)
42 Valid reasoning (5)
44 Large, round, juicy fruit (5) 45 Complicated situation (9) 49 Similar to vermicelli (9)
52 Go around (6)
54 Tightly curled (6)
56 Turned into bone (8)
57 Rub the wrong way (5)
58 Making angry (9)
60 It’s not . . ., it’s me (3)
61 Corn unit (3)
62 Turmoil (9)
65 Marker (5)
68 Ordinary (8)
71 Look secretly (4)
72 Lead (symbol) (2)
73 Watch part (4)
74 Dutch cheese (4)
76 Closest (7)
78 Poison (5)
79 Ludicrous (7)
81 Breakfast option (4)
82 Bird homes (5)
85 Goatlike creature (Gk
myth) (5)
87 Album (abbr) (2)
88 Boyfriend (4)
90 A spiral curl of hair (7)
91 Writer (6)
93 Otherwise (4)
95 Refute (5)
96 Small coin (5)
97 Clever (4)
98 Label (3)
100 Farewell (3)
101 Chase (4)
103 Cape . . . (SA newspaper)
(5)
108 Allegation (5)
111 Legend (4)
112 Safe (6)
113 Deserved (7)
115 Keep under control (4) 116 Personal assistant (abbr)
(2)
117 Humid (5)
120 Canal boat (5)
123 Gladly (archaic) (4)
125 Stance (7)
126 Makes a grating noise (5) 128 Small, furry forest animal
(7)
129 Fascinated by (inf) (4) 130 Artistic composition (4) 131 Excl of surprise (2) 132 Tented holiday (4)
133 Lacking a melody (8)
136 Underground railway
system (5)
137 Vigorous (9)
141 Lessen gradually (3)
142 To strive in competition
(3)
143 Shocked (9)
144 Long-handled spoon (5) 147 Close (8)
148 Minded (6)
149 Sci-fi staples (6)
151 Commencement (9)
153 Have a long sleep (9)
155 Puritan (5)
157 Feline (inf ) (5)
159 Degree of loudness (7) 162 Tied up (7)
165 Work for (4)
166 Court case (7)
170 Colonel (abbr) (3)
171 Destiny (6)
174 Flightless NZ bird (4)
175 Former Russian king (4) 177 Between big and small (6) 181 Silly (6)
182 Greek island in the
Aegean (6)
184 Separate by cutting (7) 185 Disintegrated (9)
186 Exonerate (7)
187 Explains with pictures
(11)
188 Curse (9)
189 Boring (7)
DOWN
1 Artist’s stand (5)
2 Poem with 17 syllables (5) 3 Amusing (5)
4 Entice (4)
5 Residue (7)
6 Fossil fuels (5)
7 Admission (6)
8 Allot (6)
9 First Greek letter (5)
10 Person keeping watch
against danger (7)
11 Evergreen trees (4)
12 Surplus (5)
13 . . . mignon (boneless cut
of meat) (5)
14 Last one in the race (5)
17 Petition (4)
18 . . . of Man (4)
23 Much . . . About Nothing
(3)
24 Not as old (5)
25 Bestseller (3)
27 Dugout shelter (4)
29 Peak (4)
31 River embankment (5)
35 Skyward (8)
36 Small branch (4)
37 Festive tree (pl) (7)
38 Failure to pay (3-7)
39 Stringy cheese (10)
41 Make someone humble
(5,7,4,1,3)
43 Money on hand (4)
44 Hand warmer (4)
46 Cellar (8)
47 Put . . . (postpone) (2,3)
48 Stubborn (8)
49 Perfect proportion (8)
50 Laughing mammal (5) 51 Excursion (4)
53 Carve (6)
55 Lure (4,2)
59 Suppress something at an
early stage (3,9,2,3,3)
63 Primates (4)
64 Pantry (6)
66 Be plentiful (6)
67 Fit to be eaten (6)
69 Delicate (6)
70 Sunshine colour (6)
75 Dispossess (7)
77 Rebuff (4)
80 Formerly Persia (4)
83 Part of a tennis game (3) 84 Senior (abbr) (2)
85 Remain in place (4)
86 Dance genre (3)
89 Chief gods of Norse
mythology (5)
92 Loosen (5)
94 Freckle (7)
99 Military forces (4)
102 Container with a spout (6) 103 Activate (4,2)
104 Note (4)
105 Sink (3)
106 Hit movie starring John
Travolta (1978) (6)
107 Daze (6)
108 Micra or Mini, eg (3)
109 Region (4)
110 Error (sport) (6)
114 Decibel (abbr) (2)
118 Unlikely winner (8)
119 Jam fruit (10)
121 Accords (10)
122 Sickly-looking (8)
123 Centres of interest (4)
124 Large semiaquatic snake
(8)
126 Thunder sound (6)
127 Digging tool (6)
134 Alliance (5)
135 Fit (8)
138 Oryx (7)
139 High male voice (5)
140 Boast (4)
145 Dressing timber tool (4) 146 Have a shortage of (4) 150 Attention (4)
152 Going to the dogs, eg (5) 154 Recognised (5)
156 Sketch (4)
158 Part of the eye (4)
160 Carried (7)
161 Order (7)
163 Namibia (car reg) (3)
164 Large flightless bird (3) 166 Public pool (Brit) (4)
167 Weeping tree (6)
168 Paradise (6)
169 Cassette (4)
171 Greenish-brown material
(5)
172 Mexican agave plant (5) 173 Ways out (5)
174 Thrills (5)
176 AM/FM device (5)
178 Alleviated (5)
179 Ice house (5)
180 Athletic events (5)
181 Prophet (4)
183 Back to the . . . mines (resume work) (4)