BRAINBUSTER

NO 1017

ACROSS

1 Basics (10)

6 High singing voice (7)

10 Eugenie, Beatrice and

Charlotte’s title (pl) (10)

15 Sharp knocks (4)

18 Sleeveless garment (5)

19 Icy figures (7)

20 Urban pollution (4)

22 Acquire (6)

23 Contend (for) (7)

24 Flimsy, as an excuse (6)

25 Loutish person (3)

26 Recurrent image (5)

28 Extract metal from (5)

30 Scoundrel (3)

31 Farewell (lit) (5)

32 Having little rain (4)

33 Comfort (4)

34 Loosen (5)

35 Celebrity (4)

37 Repair with stitches (4)

39 Belonging to us (3)

40 . . . de France (cycle race) (4)

42 Pub missile (4)

45 Offshore oil structure (3)

47 Race part (3)

48 Sign of sleepiness (4)

49 Slightly open (4)

50 Deserved (7)

53 Married woman’s title (3)

54 Beat (5)

55 The Crucible setting (5)

58 Media (5)

60 Period in history (3)

61 Brink (4)

62 Paddle (3)

63 Egyptian canal (4)

64 Brewed drink (3)

66 Steadfastly (11)

67 Online payment (abbr) (3)

68 Worth zero (9)

69 Quarantine (9)

70 Glimpse (3)

71 Shading into white (9)

72 Young child (3)

74 Having a snack (inf ) (7)

76 Official pardon (7)

78 Traditional saying (5)

79 Having spent more than is

in your account (9)

82 Seed-to-be (5)

83 Careless and untidy (6)

85 Confer holy orders upon (6)

87 Storm centres (4)

90 Indicates (9)

92 Nerd (4)

94 Overabundance (8)

95 Sense of self (8)

96 Influence (4)

98 Lacking (9)

99 Created (4)

102 Chews noisily (6)

103 Caravan animals (6)

106 Cause to feel ill at ease (5)

107 Dusk to dawn (5)

109 Serving of corn (3)

111 Suggest (5)

112 Small medicine vessel (7)

114 Japanese soya-bean dish (7)

116 Slide on snow (3)

117 Insatiable (9)

119 Sprinted (3)

120 Interchange (9)

122 Chatty (9)

124 Used to be (3)

125 In an irregular manner (11)

126 Mafia boss (3)

128 Charges (4)

129 Encountered (3)

131 Teleosts (4)

132 Tattoo (inf) (3)

134 Celtic language (5)

135 The ones here (5)

138 Crouch down (5)

139 Appropriate (3)

140 Come before (in time) (7)

144 At a . . . (uncertain what to do) (4)

145 Once . . . a time (4)

146 Skill (7)

150 . . . on (adore) (4)

152 Unoccupied (4)

153 Tavern (3)

154 More (4)

155 Intend (4)

157 Sand hills (5)

158 Indian garment (4)

160 Ventilates (4)

162 Session of overindulgence (5)

163 Ostrich-like bird (3)

165 Lock of hair (5)

167 Advantage (5)

169 Detailed record (3)

171 Prepared for a shock (6)

172 Terminal for a train (7)

173 Turned over and over (6)

175 Put cargo on board (4)

176 Dishonourable (7)

177 Spicy Spanish pork sausage (7)

178 Respectful term for a monarch (4)

179 Seize for military use (10)

180 Applied thickly (7)

181 Rotting (10)

DOWN

1 Currency used in Belgium, eg (4)

2 Partitions (anat) (5)

3 Conveyance (7)

4 Height above sea level (8)

5 Perception (5)

6 Football (US) (6)

7 Diva (5,5)

8 Go faster (10)

9 Preoccupy completely (6)

10 Likely (to) (5)

11 Childish (8)

12 Newlyweds are showered with this (8)

13 Brazilian dance (5)

14 Wise person (4)

16 Abandon a mission (5)

17 Overland expedition (6)

20 Withdraw formally (6)

21 More advanced in years (5)

27 A long time in the past (4,5,3)

29 Urban (12)

35 Meeting of leaders (6)

36 What Venus de Milo lacks (4)

38 Small tropical lizard (5)

41 Brown pigment (5)

43 Timber-dressing tool (4)

44 Foil (6)

46 Suggested procedures (10)

47 Tardy state (8)

51 Type of SA sausage (pl) (8)

52 Feel sorry for (4,4,2)

55 Walk with an awkward gait (7)

56 Periods of temporary calm (5)

57 Nelson . . . (former SA pres) (7)

59 Beams (4)

65 Mediocre (7)

66 United States (abbr) (2)

67 Gush (over) (7)

70 Hackneyed (5)

73 Adjust (5)

75 Unrehearsed (9)

77 Florence Nightingale, eg (5)

80 Put into action (3,4)

81 Basket fibre (6)

84 Surpass in performance (5)

86 Cave (archaic) (5)

88 Coniferous tree (3)

89 James Bond, eg (3)

90 Gloomy (3)

91 Take a seat (3)

92 Exercise studio (inf) (3)

93 Stop (3)

96 Remains in position (5)

97 Thorny shrubs (7)

100 Made certain (7)

101 (Had) consumed (5)

102 French herbal liqueur (10)

104 Triumphant cry (3)

105 Become an expert (10)

107 However (12)

108 Touch-related (7)

109 Call to mind (7)

110 State of unease (12)

113 South Korea’s 2020 Best Picture Oscar winner (8)

115 Almond-flavoured liqueur (8)

118 Respond (to) (5)

121 . . . off (starts a golf game) (4)

123 Ever (poetic) (2)

124 Complained peevishly (6)

127 Belief (6)

129 Dug for coal (5)

130 Down in the . . . (morose) (5)

133 Set aside (4)

136 Welcoming (10)

137 Underwater explorer (5,5)

139 Domed recess in a church (4)

141 Cut back (6)

142 Citizen of Ontario, eg (8)

143 Length from here to there (8)

147 Limit (8)

148 Cupboard for clothes (8)

149 Aromas (6)

151 Rigoletto, eg (5)

156 Fury (5)

159 Evaluate (6)

161 Foul-tasting (6)

164 Term of address for a woman (5)

166 Smouldering piece of wood (5)

168 . . . Dogg (US rapper) (5)

170 Oil source (5)

171 International alliance (4)

174 Outstanding payments (4)