BRAINBUSTER NO 1024
ACROSS
1 In a warm way (14)
7 Spirit (5)
10 Subsided (7)
14 State of confusion (4)
16 Axis (5)
17 Handguns (7)
20 Alongside (7)
22 Thing of value (5)
23 Riches (9)
24 Invisible (6)
26 Ought to (6)
27 Areas of about 4 047
square metres (5)
28 Failure to show up (3-10) 31 Worship (5)
32 Eats sumptuously (6)
34 Epidermal eruptions (6)
36 Pismire (3)
37 Lack of importance (11)
40 Jones, Cruise or Holland (3) 42 Passage (5)
43 Happen again (5)
45 Medicated lozenge (8)
47 100 in a century (5)
49 Heredity units (5)
50 Profits of an enterprise (8) 52 Young people (short) (5)
54 Sedate (5)
55 Narrow open boat (5)
56 Small hotels (4)
58 Wagons (5)
59 Decisive (5)
60 Hay bundle (4)
61 Assist (in a crime) (4)
62 Circumference (5)
63 Sales agents (short) (4)
64 Demand (6)
67 Surgery reminder (4)
68 Watched with interest (4) 69 Christian festival (6)
72 Vitality (3)
74 Sudden rushes of cattle (9) 78 Much . . . About Nothing
(play) (3)
79 Wish undone (3)
80 . . . Weasley (Harry Potter’s
pal) (3)
81 Curse (5)
82 Pride felines (5)
85 Itemised records (5)
87 The items over there (5)
88 Addition problems (4)
90 Softcover novel (9)
91 Travel permit (4)
92 Look for (4)
93 Astonish (5)
94 Trojan War epic (5)
95 . . . Side Story (movie) (4)
96 NT book before Romans (4) 97 Meet again (9)
100 Not any (4)
102 Teach one-on-one (5)
103 Sofas and benches, eg (5) 104 Wears well (5)
106 Retreats (5)
108 Spoil (3)
109 Sock tip (3)
111 Function (3)
113 Imprecision (9)
117 Elvis Costello song (3)
119 Gizmo (6)
121 Decorative needle case (4) 122 Excursion (4)
124 Political shelter (6)
126 Indian queen (4) 127 Plant prickle (5)
128 Still (4)
129 Type of tide (4)
130 Speciality (5)
131 Monk (5)
132 Light aerated pastry (4) 133 Criminal (5)
135 Zodiac sign (5)
137 Tier (5)
140 Ocean’s contents (8)
142 Streets (5)
143 Scour (5)
145 Sudden and swift (8)
147 Prolonged dull pains (5) 148 Pattern of small loops (5) 149 . . . Leppard (rock band) (3) 150 The act of pardoning (11) 152 Gloomy (3)
153 Tenant (6)
156 Angelic mus instr (4)
159 Short-legged dog breed
(5)
160 Preconceived opinion (13) 162 Nobility title (5)
164 Dissertation (6)
165 The human mind (6)
166 Shield from danger (7) 170 Sphere (5)
171 Wise saying (7)
172 On the other hand (7)
173 The wives of uncles (5) 174 Giraffe-like animal (5)
176 Changed (7)
177 Spooky (5)
178 Violent hostility (14)
DOWN
1 Llama relative (6) 2 Those preferred above others (10)
3 Lemons and oranges (6,5) 4 Starting to grow (7)
5 Jog (4)
6 Yard (abbr) (2)
7 Equipment (4)
8 Belonging to us (4)
9 Windpipe (anat) (7)
10 Fix up a photo (7)
11 Undercover (11)
12 Demoralise (10)
13 Hate (6)
15 Severely simple (7)
17 Farfalle, eg (5)
18 Liberia (www) (2)
19 Selenium (symbol) (2)
21 Second Greek letter (4)
25 In a prying manner (6)
26 Masses of loose stones
on a mountain (6)
29 Belonging to them (6)
30 Cash register part (6)
33 Physics and chemistry
(pl) (8)
35 Yelped shrilly (8)
36 Frogs and newts (10)
38 Goes in again (8)
39 Cracks (8)
41 Give a false account of (12) 42 Beer (3)
44 Bolted (3)
46 Envoy (6)
48 Element in salt (6)
49 Having a mild nature (6) 51 Woke up (6)
53 Shoulder-strapped book
bag (7) 55 Professions (7)
57 Alpine slider (3)
60 Mode of public transport
(3)
65 He’s the demon barber
of Fleet Street (7,4)
66 Heel goads (5)
70 Main blood vessel (5)
71 Not yet proven (11)
73 Jumping the gun (9)
75 Albacore, eg (4)
76 Sponsorship (9)
77 Long narrative poem (4)
78 Poison remedies (9)
83 Musical drama (5)
84 Eyeglasses (inf) (5)
85 Sticker (5)
86 To the . . . (extravagantly)
(5)
89 Text message (abbr) (3)
91 Delivery vehicle (3)
92 Seaport (abbr) (3)
96 Quarrel (5)
98 Volcano in Sicily (4)
99 Snoozes (4)
101 North Pole workers (5) 103 Place to board a train (7) 105 Showing no emotion (7) 107 Embarrassed (10)
110 Suffered anguish (8)
112 Public road (6)
113 Flawless musician (8)
114 Theatre guides (6)
115 Impulse transmitters (6) 116 Equestrian’s footrests (8) 118 Shakespeare play (6)
120 Opening (3)
121 Compels obedience to (8) 123 Beau (archaic) (8)
125 Canine cry (3)
133 Made easier (11)
134 Grassland (poetic) (3)
135 Slowly (music) (6)
136 Treats served with jam
and cream (6)
138 Until now (3)
139 Echo (11)
141 Within one’s budgets (10) 142 Alludes (to) (6)
144 Chess piece (6)
146 Revival (10)
151 Abdominal organs (7)
154 . . . in (intervened) (7)
155 TV series unit (7)
157 Solutions (7)
158 Fills a suitcase (5)
159 A vegetable oil (6)
161 Catherine . . . (a Henry VIII
wife) (4)
163 Medical carers (6)
166 Orchard fruit (4)
167 Woodwind instrument (4) 168 Small branch (4)
169 The hind part (4)
175 Personal assistant
(abbr) (2)