BRAINBUSTER
ACROSS
A social media network (7) 4 Thoughts (11) 10 Postscript (8) 14 Type of grain (3) 15 Crib (3) 16 Ballerina, eg (6) 18 Sword (5) 20 Out of the way (5) 22 Embraced (6) 24 Church donation (5) 26 Rehearsed (7) 27 Diaper (5) 29 Egg (4) 30 Senior (6) 31 Trickled (6) 32 Operatic solo (4) 33 Talcums, eg (7) 34 Blotched (7) 35 Secure (4) 37 . . . and proper (4) 39 Crystalline powder (4) 41 Unoccupied (4) 43 Terror (4) 44 Strength (5) 45 Adonis (4) 47 Evoke (6) 48 Six balls in cricket (4) 49 Russian emperor (4) 50 Bug (6) 51 Large American cat (4) 52 Gambling chances (4) 53 Comfort (4) 54 Overlook (4) 55 Red fruit (6) 57 For each person (3,6) 58 Tantrum (6) 60 Passageway (5) 62 Employ (3) 63 Digit on the foot (3) 64 Advantage (5) 66 Appears (5) 68 Vital organ (5) 70 Navigational aid (5) 72 Not up to the task (5) 73 Acid-test paper (6) 75 Dazed state (6) 77 Geeks (5) 79 Sons (4) 81 Lyric poems (4) 82 Salzburg is in this country (7) 84 Floodgates (7) 88 Meetings (7) 90 Diminish (6) 92 Golf standard (3) 93 A punctuation mark (6) 95 Alfresco (4-3) 97 A piece of cloth (3) 98 Alias (abbr) (3) 99 Percentage on a payslip
(3,4) 101 Mineral in milk (7) 102 Foretaste (7) 103 Severe floods (7) 104 Original video animation (abbr) (3) 105 A . . . in the sky (illusory
hope) (3) 106 Pragmatic person (7) 107 Drenched (6) 109 Bleach (3) 111 False (6) 113 Flower (7) 116 Accelerate (5,2) 119 Yield (7) 1 122 Large, public exhibition
(short) (4) 124 Prepare text for
publishing (4) 126 Bonus (5) 127 Oversights (6) 130 Hi-fi (6) 132 Stroll (5) 133 Provide (5) 134 Beat (5) 135 Beneath (5) 136 Seed (5) 139 Attack or rob (3) 140 Riotous group (3) 141 Jerk (5) 144 Property (6) 146 Not well-written (9) 147 Tenant (6) 149 Halt (4) 150 Feel one’s . . . (feel
lively) (4) 151 Pulled a gun (4) 152 Price (4) 153 Soak up (6) 155 Examination (4) 157 Cab (4) 159 Disfigure (6) 161 Pleasant (4) 162 Punched in (5) 163 Cancels (4) 164 Coca-. . . (cooldrink) (4) 165 Surprise attack (4) 166 Banister (4) 167 Stage (4) 169 Vine support (7) 171 Kebab sticks (7) 172 Against (prefix) (4) 173 Burglaries (6) 176 Paper fastener (6) 178 Part of the eye (4) 179 Goatlike deity
(Gr myth) (5) 181 Purported (7) 182 It’s shot from a bow (5) 184 Crowd-puller (6) 186 Battery terminal (5) 187 Take as one’s own (5) 188 Disregard (6) 190 Ballpoint, eg (3) 191 Ovum (3) 192 Scatter (8) 193 Traditional SA treat
(11) 194 Eager . . . (7)
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1 Boring (7) 2 Small hotel (3) 3 Garden critter (9) 4 Insurgents (6) 5 Blaze (5) 6 Expel (5) 7 “. . . life!” (5) 8 Chemical compound (5) 9 Settings for a novel (6) 10 Above (4) 11 Dry out (9) 12 Chihuahua, eg (3) 13 Moderate (7) 14 Decay (3) 17 Repay (10) 19 Look down on with contempt (7) Goes up and down (3-4) Fighters in Ancient Rome (10) In a terrible way (12) 21 23 25 Supervised (12) Genuine (6) Probability (8) Wonders (8) Isolate (3,5) (3,5) Intimidate (8) Be a go-between (6) Part of the leg (4) Leg joint (4) Edible mollusc (6) Was paid (6) Attics (5) Clean thoroughly (5) Shame (13) Seed covering (4) Bark up the wrong . . . (4) Unbiased (13) Destined to occur (11) Island (4) Cage (4) Vulnerable to (11) By way of (3) Languages (7) Homilies (7) Improve (7) Confining (7) Work out at the gym (5,2) 89 Type of paint (7) 91 Ancient tropical tree (5) 94 Remain suspended (5) 96 Glaze (a cake) (3) 100 Wonder (3) 108 Entrance (4) 110 Coniferous tree (3) 112 Refers to the person
addressed (poetic) (4) 114 Surpass in performance
(5) 115 Gaps (6) 117 Impudent (4) 118 To (archaic) (4) 120 Rough (6) 121 Part of a shadow (5) 123 Absorption ability (12) 125 Type of bus (6-6) 128 Official list (8) 129 Picked (8) 130 Shard (8) 131 Corrective (8) 137 Spud (6) 138 Act of making amends
(10) 142 Authorisation (10) 143 Agree out of court
(6) 145 Split (4) 148 Female sheep (4) 154 Celebrity (9) 156 Avoided (7) 158 Adjusted (7) 160 If not (9) 164 Unusually lucky (7) 168 Bills (7) 170 Diminished (6) 171 Writing tablets (6) 174 Solidified (5) 175 Eyeglasses (5) 176 Celestial objects (5) 177 Love intensely (5) 180 Red . . . (bureaucracy)
(4) 183 Manipulate (3) 185 Petrol (3) 189 Naturally occuring
mineral (3) 28 36 37 38 39 40 42 43 46 56 59 61 65 67 68 69 71 72 74 76 78 80 83 84 85 86 87