BRAINBUSTER NO 688
ACROSS
1 Number of years in a millennium (8) 5 Stormy (11) 11 Join with sutures (6,2) 15 Large flightless bird (3) 16 Definite article (3) 17 Be able to buy (6) 19 Scorch (5) 21 Sly (dialect) (5) 23 Flat-topped straw hat (6) 25 Rotates (5) 27 Dispatching (7) 28 Not now (5) 30 Deposit of mud (4) 31 Most senior (6) 32 Cavorted (6) 33 Garden tool (4) 34 Antagonistic (7) 35 Import illegally (7) 36 Rise and fall of sea level (4) 38 Sulk (4) 40 The bow of a vessel (4) 42 Toward sunrise (4) 44 Combine (4) 45 Modify (5) 46 Volcano in Sicily (4) 48 Aromatic plant (6) 49 Wild goat (4) 50 Simple room (4) 51 Summon (6) 52 Company emblem (4) 53 Mutilate (4) 54 Register (4) 55 . . . tide (4) 56 Aromatic evergreen shrub (6) 58 Competent (9) 59 Casual top (1-5) 61 Rounded roofs (5) 63 Put one’s . . . in (give an opinion) (3) 64 Less than two (3) 65 Advantage (5) 67 Keyboard (5) 69 V-shaped block of wood (5) 71 Uproars (5) 73 Thorny succulents (5) 74 Striped equines (6) 76 Walked (6) 78 River in Africa (5) 80 Stairs to a river (4) 82 Prepare text for publishing (4) 83 Level area of elevated land (7) 85 An official South African language (7) 89 Morions (7) 91 Social environment (6) 93 The conscious mind (3) 94 Peruse (6) 96 At fault (2,5) 98 Farewell (3) 99 Married woman’s title (3) 100 Dreamlike (7) 102 One more (7) 103 Meat slices (7) 104 Flickering (literary) (7) 105 Egg cells (3) 106 Be in debt (3) 107 Publishes in a newspaper (7) 108 Capital of Greece (6) 110 Which person? (3) 112 Snuggle (6) 114 Propose (7) 117 Exonerate (7) 120 Foster (7) 123 Wading bird (4) 125 An organ used for
breathing (4) 127 Type of dance music (5) 128 Cordlike sensory
bundles (6) 131 Lavish (inf ) (4-2) 133 Be carried along (5) 134 Motionless (5) 135 . . . up (observed to get information) (5) 136 Additional (5) 137 Many . . . ago (5) 140 Embrace (3) 141 A play on words (3) 142 Chief gods of Norse mythology (5) 145 Attribute (6) 147 Prevalence (9) 148 Shoves (6) 150 Retain (copy editing
term) (4) 151 Tiller (4) 152 Misplace (4) 153 Hurl (4) 154 Not a suffix (6) 156 Public exhibition
(short) (4) 158 Shelter (4) 160 Short light sleep (6) 162 Bowl over (4) 163 Battery terminal (5) 164 Edible kernels (4) 165 Alliance (4) 166 Part of a wheel (4) 167 Brim (4) 168 A thought (4) 170 Kitchen appliances (7) 172 Series of yacht races (7) 173 Regiment of Zulu
soldiers (4) 174 Liquefied (6) 177 Hanky (inf ) (6) 179 Connection (4) 180 Dubbed (5) 182 Former (3-4) 183 Blemish (5) 185 Laugh (6) 187 Void (5) 188 Disease-producing
organisms (5) 189 Whichever person (6) 191 To put in place (3) 192 Type of tree (3) 193 Summary (8) 194 Magic (11) 195 Inflicts capital
punishment (8)
DOWN
1 Conveyance (7) 2 Loutish person (3) 3 Write these on envelopes (9) 4 Bargain (4) 5 Fight (6) 6 Rectory (5) 7 Happening (5) 8 Flower of the Netherlands (5) 9 Last Greek letter (5) 10 Motifs (6) 11 Denomination (4) 12 Complicated situation (9) 13 Shed (3) 14 Omen (7) 18 Overall (2,3,5) 20 Signal (7) 22 Expand (7) 24 Accords (10) 26 Something excellent (US slang) (12) 29 Supervised (12) 37 Entirely (Latin) (2,4) 38 Cut of meat (5,3) 39 Fabrics (8) 40 Easy . . . (profits) (8) 41 Rich (4-2-2) 43 Sordid (6) 44 A fleshy fruit (4) 47 Have . . . in one’s pants (4) 57 Yearn for (6) 60 Villain (6) 62 Strong-flavoured coffee (5) 66 Seeing that (5) 68 Quarrelsome (13) 69 Hourly payment (4) 70 Engrave (4) 72 By virtue of (2,3,8) 73 Profited (11) 75 Decorative case (4) 77 Audition tape (4) 79 On the way out (11) 81 Pig (3) 84 Brag (4,3) 85 Done in secret (formal) (3,4) 86 Goes up and down (7) 87 Foolish person (archaic)
(7) 88 Lewd (7) 90 Cancel (4,3) 92 Spring lock (5) 95 A dance (5) 97 Male (3) 101 Exploit (3) 109 Comfort (4) 111 Tool for tilling (3) 113 Official language in
SA (4) 115 Zest (5) 116 Arrogance (6) 118 Honey-making
insects (4) 119 Bush (SA) (4) 121 Sketch again (6) 122 Elements of a larger
whole (5) 124 Exceedingly (2,3,7) 126 Suited to one’s taste
(2,4,6) 129 Military unit (8) 130 Kind of rubber (8) 131 Sing (8) 132 In the . . . (planning
phase) (8) 138 Stew ingredient (6) 139 Pedantic fault-finding
(10) 143 In particular (10) 144 Smitten (2,4) 146 Not that (4) 149 Camera component (4) 155 Destitution (9) 157 Snob (7) 159 When we sleep (7) 161 Stubborn (9) 165 Viaducts (7) 169 Short socks (7) 171 Serene (6) 172 Apple variety (6) 175 Medicine (5) 176 Fourth letter of the
Greek alphabet (5) 177 Compact (5) 178 Wait on (5) 181 A rolling stone gathers
no . . . (4) 184 Peak of achievement (4) 186 Weapon (3) 190 Pick (3)