BRAINBUSTER

NO 1012

ACROSS

1 Greeting on 25 December

(5,9)

8 Of the least possible (7)

12 Short coat (6)

15 Roe (3)

16 Uphold (6)

18 Regal (5)

19 Places (5)

21 Fortified building (6)

23 Small stem (5)

25 Dull (5)

26 Stadium (5)

28 Suggestion (4)

29 Almost (6)

31 Golfer’s assistant (6)

32 Reddish-brown oxide

coating (4)

33 Lanes (5)

34 Unconvincing false

actions (7)

35 Lobed organ (4)

37 Vend (4)

39 Container covers (4)

41 Look down your . . . at

someone (4)

43 A quarrel (4)

44 Purple shade (5)

45 Brass instrument (4)

47 Stinging weedy plant (6) 48 Relax (4)

49 Computer operator (4)

50 Collision (6)

51 Suva is its capital (4)

52 On a single occasion (4) 53 Adept (4)

54 Pile (4)

55 Sliced lines in the

surface (6)

57 Lured (9)

58 Make certain (6)

60 Insurgent (5)

62 A Nightmare on . . . Street

(film) (3)

63 Speck (3)

64 Ear bone (5)

66 Ancient (lit) (5)

68 Anaesthetic, eg (5)

70 Representative (5)

72 Sorts (5)

73 A ring (6)

75 Assimilate (6)

77 Row of bushes (5)

79 Drove too fast (4)

81 Rosemary or mint, eg (4) 82 Longest line of latitude (7) 84 Removed from office (7) 88 OR Tambo or King

Shaka, eg (7)

90 Make a comparison (6)

92 Wool source (3)

93 One or the other (6)

95 Shocks (7)

97 . . . none (without

exception) (3)

98 Curving trajectory (3)

99 Shining (7)

101 Utensil with flexible flat

blade (7)

102 Meetings (7)

103 Blunder (7)

104 Also (3)

105 Club music genre (3)

106 Move between places (7) 107 Accuse of (6)

109 Deceptive statement (3) 111 Good qualities (6) 113 Beginning to exist (7)

116 Soapy on e.tv (7)

119 Underlying theme (7)

122 Centres of interest (4)

124 . . . of Man, eg (4)

126 A pleasant smell (5)

127 Heavenly messengers (6) 130 Geometric measurement

(6)

132 Abandon a mission, say (5) 133 He steers an aircraft (5) 134 Ledger column (5)

135 Frequently (5)

136 The City of Light (5)

139 Alias letters (3)

140 Cup’s brim (3)

141 Capture (5)

144 Warehouses (6)

146 Aided in birth (9)

147 Pouch (6)

149 Rescue (4)

150 Bowl over (4)

151 Toss (a coin) (4)

152 Very small (4)

153 The drink of the gods

(Gk myth) (6)

155 Comfort (4)

157 Indian garment (4)

159 Closer (6)

161 Fishing poles (4)

162 Beneath (5)

163 Information board (4)

164 Half (prefix) (4)

165 . . . the wheat from the

chaff (4)

166 Chef’s creation (4)

167 Manager (4)

169 Cargo (7)

171 Concocted (5)

172 Against (prefix) (4)

173 Fleur-de-lys (pl) (6)

176 Happen to (lit) (6)

178 Old pronoun (4)

179 Princess Eugenie to King

Charles (5)

181 Japanese verse with 17

syllables (5)

182 . . . Oyl (Popeye’s wife) (5) 184 Haitian religion (6)

186 Coral island (5)

187 Obvious (5)

188 Cuddle (6)

190 Ode on a Grecian . . .

(Keats poem) (3)

191 Lollipops and toffees,

eg (6)

192 Inflamed swelling (7)

193 Not good enough (14)

DOWN

1 Marathon official (7) 2 Long-tailed rodent (3) 3 Make narrower (9)

4 Katy Perry hit song (4) 5 Increases suddenly (6) 6 Municipal leader (5) 7 Piquant (5)

8 The Sound of . . . (1965 film) (5)

9 Distinguished (5)

10 Design made of small

pieces of glass (6)

11 Cherish (4)

12 Tree with purple blooms (9) 13 Set of tools, eg (3)

14 Support for a table (7)

17 Alienate (10) 20 Slanted font (7)

22 To make more durable (10) 24 Autonomy (12)

27 Restore to good

condition (12)

30 Soothes (5)

36 Foolish (6)

37 Party ribbon (8)

38 Able to read and write (8) 39 Started (8)

40 Bestride (8)

42 Overland expedition (6)

43 Blackthorn (4)

46 Solemn assent (4)

56 Storage space (6)

59 Instead (6)

61 Remote area (SA) (5)

65 YouTube upload (5)

67 Impolite (13)

68 In addition (4)

69 What a jockey does (4)

71 Shame (13)

72 Stealing compulsion (11) 74 Creative thought (4)

76 An attempt (inf) (4)

78 Privilege (11)

80 Manner by which (3)

83 Re: water (7)

84 Argues (7)

85 Framework for a climbing

plant (7)

86 Marine algae (7)

87 Of the base 10 (7)

89 Pillar supports (7)

91 Extremely (5)

94 Hoist (5)

96 Enquire (3)

100 Greyish blonde (3)

108 Drops from the sky (4) 110 Fluid for writing (3)

112 Skirt opening (4)

114 Clean with elbow

grease (5)

115 Go by (time) (6)

117 Unfriendly (4)

118 Assist (in a crime) (4)

120 Posture (6)

121 Out’s partner (5)

123 Disastrous (12)

125 Store emporium (8,4)

128 Joy (8)

129 Dregs (8)

130 Authorised (8)

131 Pet in a bowl (8)

137 Fertile (6)

138 Recognised (10)

142 Characteristics (10)

143 Waterways (6)

145 Russian emperor (4)

148 Without barriers (4)

154 Immense (9)

156 Dreamlike (7)

158 Emerge (5)

160 Polls (9)

164 Winter neckwear (pl) (7) 168 Landscape (7)

170 Rewards for a good

dog (6)

171 Broccoli bit (6)

174 Coast (5)

175 Grain towers (5)

176 SA medicinal shrub (5) 177 Pet pests (5)

180 Volcano in Sicily (4)

183 Wading bird (4)

185 Have debts (3)

189 A pair (3)