BRAINBUSTER NO 1030
ACROSS
1 Support (5,6)
5 Tiled art (6)
9 Extra (10)
15 Finishes (4)
18 Record material (7)
20 Expose (3,4)
21 Respectful term for a
monarch (4)
23 Myth (6)
24 Small passerine songbird
(7)
25 Pushed (6)
26 Animal doctor (short) (3) 27 Unit of petrol (5)
29 Passage (5)
31 Sheltered side (3)
32 Rhythm (5)
33 Paradise (4)
34 Academic period (4)
35 Mock (5)
36 Spoken (4)
38 Perched upon (4)
40 Camel-hair cloth (3)
41 Skin opening (4)
43 Flagpole (4)
46 Porch (7)
49 Take a breather (4)
50 Equipment (4)
51 Deleting (7)
54 Poem of praise (3)
56 Haul (3)
57 Water sources (5)
59 Media (5)
61 Prepare for an exam (5) 63 Speck (3)
64 Round of duties (4)
65 Take to court (3)
66 Male offspring (3)
67 Say grace (4)
68 Tear roughly (3)
70 Focus! (inf) (4,3,2,2)
71 Centre (of a storm) (3)
72 Violent attack (9)
73 SA language (5)
74 . . . Fleming (Bond author)
(3)
75 Column (abbr) (3)
76 Nervous (3,2,4)
77 Pair (3)
79 Rubbish container (7)
81 Sloping reading desk (7) 83 Unrefined (5)
86 Lasses (5)
88 Fodder (3)
89 Slice (5)
90 Sacramental (10)
93 Spike of frozen water (6) 95 Flat (4)
96 Chaotic (9)
98 Undiluted drink (4)
100 Soonest (8)
101 Eager (6,2)
102 Mont Blanc’s range (4) 104 24 hours ago (9)
105 Archipelago part (4)
108 Spruced up (6)
109 Bottle gourd (8)
111 Strong alcoholic drink
(inf) (5)
112 Persevere (7,2)
116 Sports squads (5)
117 State in NE India (5)
118 Non-believer (7)
120 Wish undone (3)
121 Presenter (9)
123 Tissue layer (3)
124 Deducts (9)
126 Set apart (7)
127 Donkey (3)
128 Garden cart (11)
130 Battering device (3) 132 Edible taro corm (4) 133 By way of (3)
134 Spider’s creation (3) 136 Ninth Greek letter (4) 137 Total (3)
139 Period of rule (5)
140 IX (4)
143 Smudges (6)
144 Grass bristle (3)
145 General (abbr) (3)
146 Mental attitude (7)
150 Fish organ (4)
151 At that time (4)
152 Everlasting (7)
156 Pride member (4)
158 Burrow (4)
159 Flamenco cheer (3) 160 Guy (inf) (4)
161 Larger village (4)
163 In that place (5)
164 Self (comb form) (4) 166 Widespread (4)
168 Edge along (5)
169 Sri Lanka export (3) 171 Crustaceans (5)
173 Modify (5)
175 Single-pip domino (3) 177 Outlined (6)
178 Spoke (7)
180 Morose (6)
182 Party thrower (4)
183 Advance, as a cause (7) 184 Component (7)
186 Unaccompanied (4) 187 Emphasised (10)
188 Wrongdoer (6)
189 Magnum opus (11)
DOWN
1 Scottish dance (4)
2 Holiday cabin (5)
3 University life (8)
4 Encumber (8)
6 Creator (10)
7 Benefits (10)
8 Golf-shirt feature (6)
9 Deep chasm (5)
10 Width of a circle (8)
11 Intrude (8)
12 Too trusting (5)
13 Told a fib (4)
14 Joined by thread (5)
16 At no time (5)
17 Reach an agreement (6)
19 Skill (3)
21 Serious (6)
22 Stinks (5)
28 Symbolising (12)
30 In an awe-inspiring way
(12)
36 Pearl mollusc (6)
37 Assert (4)
39 Coin-toss call (5)
42 Broadcast again (5)
44 Matured (4)
45 Bloodsucking fly (6)
47 Have second thoughts (10) 48 In these times (8)
52 Wherever (8)
53 Restlessness (10)
55 Take off (6)
58 Opulent (4)
59 Widely favoured (7)
60 Tummy (7)
62 Carry (inf) (4)
69 Contaminate (7)
71 Recommend (7)
75 Travel on two wheels (5)
78 Obvious (5)
80 Wrist ornaments (9)
82 Household pest (9)
84 Opponent (5)
85 Ridges of sand (5)
87 Restricted (7)
91 Did nothing (5)
92 Point of origin (6)
94 Latin-American dance (5) 96 Pig’s home (3)
97 Sob (3)
98 Racket (5)
99 Cobbler’s tool (3)
102 Spicy mango pickle (5) 103 Method (7)
106 More jagged (7)
107 Literary composition (5) 108 Sign of disapproval (6,4) 110 Appealing (10)
112 Quick robbery (5-3-4)
113 Mobile light (7)
114 Guinness Book entry (6) 115 Intolerant (6-6)
117 Places for jets (8)
119 Hero-worshipped (8)
122 Sophisticated (6)
125 Small branch (4)
127 Descend by rope (6)
129 Tiny (Scot) (3)
131 A yellow henchman in
Despicable Me (6)
133 Scenic view (5)
135 Made bread (5)
138 Note (4)
141 Snow house (5)
142 Venture (10)
144 In addition (4)
147 Complete (6)
148 Abysmal (8)
149 Charged particle (8)
153 Arboreal home (4)
154 Guiding star (8)
155 Robs (6)
157 Foreword (short) (5)
162 Steering device (5)
165 Seizes without authority
(6)
167 Lost brightness (5)
170 Alleviated (5)
172 Hurt (5)
174 Lumberjack’s tool (3)
176 Duplicate (5)
177 You (archaic) (4)
179 Change direction (4)
181 Not any (4)
185 Online payment (abbr) (3)