BRAINBUSTER

NO 1018

ACROSS

1 Careful not to offend (11,7) 10 Covertly (10)

17 Headdress for a beauty

queen (5)

18 With regard to (7)

19 Identical in size (5)

20 Topmost (5)

21 Passage (7)

23 Clandestine (6)

26 Most lucid (6)

27 Immature insect (5)

28 Large, bright garden

flower (13)

30 . . . not, want not (5)

31 Nursery (6)

33 Small restaurant (6)

35 Burn residue (3)

36 Brother’s wife (6-2-3)

40 What a masseuse does (3) 42 A second time (5)

43 Foundation (5)

45 Walk silently (6)

47 Overseeing (11)

50 Round aquarium (8)

52 Dressed to the . . . (5)

55 Rhenium (symbol) (2)

56 Speaker’s pronoun (2)

57 Wander away (5)

58 Frame (4)

60 Corrosive substances (5)

61 Wide open (5)

62 A citrus fruit (4)

63 He saves the day (4)

64 Adversary (5)

65 Sheppey or Wight, eg (4) 66 Danger (6)

69 Booty (4)

70 Wrongful act (law) (4)

71 Gossip (6)

74 22nd Greek letter (3)

76 Capable of producing a

result (9)

79 The Catcher in the . . . (book

title) (3)

80 Maiden name indicator (3) 81 Wear it around the neck (3) 82 Elevate (5)

83 Tethers (5)

87 Holders of potatoes (5)

89 Unsuitable (5)

91 Platform for a lectern (4)

93 Time for relaxation (7)

94 A university in SA (inf) (4) 95 Mail (4)

96 A spicy tomato sauce (5)

97 Fruits of a palm tree (5)

98 Ear part (4)

99 Declined (4)

100 Rave (7)

102 Volcano in Sicily (4)

104 Church contribution (5) 105 Lowest parts (5)

107 Insects that are attracted

to light (5)

109 Banquet (5)

111 Fabrication (3)

112 Female chicken (3)

114 Climbing plant (3)

116 Be annoyed (4,5)

120 From head to . . . (3)

122 Small tree (6)

124 Tree trunk (4)

125 Shout (4)

127 Requiring immediate

action (6) 129 Study hastily (inf ) (4)

130 Discovered (5)

131 Conceited (4)

132 Expression of approval (4) 133 Trades (5)

134 Challenges (5)

135 Catalogue (4)

136 Silent artists (5)

138 Kanye West (2)

139 While (2)

141 Sandals, eg (5)

143 Rich white sauce (8)

145 Farewell (11)

147 Slow walk (6)

149 Of ocean motion (5)

150 Cuban dance (5)

152 Wear (3)

153 Wizard, eg (11)

156 Corn unit (3)

157 Concurred (6)

160 Placed in intervals (6)

163 The heavens (5)

164 Household appliance (6,7) 166 Water source in the

desert (5)

168 Light colour (6)

169 Start (3,3)

170 Illuminated (4-3)

174 Japanese graphic novel (5) 175 Cord (5)

176 Very large (7)

177 New Delhi is its capital (5) 178 Transparent (3-7)

179 Be extremely beautiful

(4,4,6,4)

DOWN

1 Keep watch (on) (6)

2 Authority (10)

3 Business deal (11)

4 Skin at base of fingernail (7) 5 Barely computerised (3-4)

6 Knitter’s need (4)

7 Expel (4)

8 Upfront fee (8)

9 Pros partner (4)

11 Large, destructive sea

wave (7)

12 Illness (7)

13 Honest (11)

14 Ballet director (10)

15 Small, long-haired dog

(inf) (6)

16 Animal doctor (short) (3)

22 Most suitable (5)

24 Dissertation (6)

25 . . . way (Sinatra song) (2)

26 Underground passage (6) 29 Gun dog (6)

32 Gearwheel projection (3) 34 Fleetest of foot (8)

35 At the same time (10)

37 Overwhelm (8)

38 Pinocchio’s lie revealer (4) 39 Revoke (8)

41 Accepted as true (8)

44 Lancelot’s title (3)

46 Between seventh and

ninth (6)

48 Change (6)

49 Bestow (6)

51 Freedom from danger (6) 53 Br nobleman (4)

54 Vespa, eg (7)

57 Ghosts (7)

59 Fade away (3) 62 Ignited (3)

67 Reluctant acceptance (11) 68 Played a part (5)

72 Protection (5)

73 Having the nature of a

traitor (11)

75 In a concealed way (9)

77 Move quickly (4)

78 By way of (3)

79 Opposed (9)

84 Dramas (5)

85 . . . up (forms a judgment)

(5)

86 Repeat verbatim (5)

87 Skincare product (5)

88 Military trainee (5)

90 Definite article (3)

92 Gloomy (3)

94 Small (3)

95 Took a seat (3)

99 Brownish colour (5)

101 Male descendants (4)

103 Behind (5)

105 Turns into (7)

106 Period of time (3)

108 Racks (7)

110 One who abstains from

alcohol (10)

113 Engrossed (8)

115 Casualty (6)

116 Revealing (8)

117 Wed in secret (6)

118 Extreme enthusiast (6) 119 Maple tree with winged

fruits (8)

121 Unit of weight (pl) (6)

123 Utter (3)

124 Scale starting point (8) 126 Cilium (4)

128 Hair-styling substance (3) 136 Attract attention (4,1,6) 137 Bumped into (3)

138 1 January to 31 December

(4)

140 Posture (6)

142 Lacking cordiality

(inf) (5-6)

144 Feeling of trust (10)

145 Destructive person (6)

146 Hospital workers (6)

148 Dwarf (10)

151 Constrictor (3)

154 Grounds (5)

155 Stain (lit) (8)

158 Italian rice dish (7)

159 Latter part of the day (7) 161 Provincial leader (SA) (7) 162 Love in the Time of . . .

(novel) (7)

163 Overburdens (6)

165 Indefinite article (2)

167 Monthly earnings (6)

170 Spider’s trap (3)

171 Buddhist priest (4)

172 Commotion (2-2)

173 Mix (4)