BRAINBUSTER

ACROSS

1 Placed side by side (10) 6 Boasted (7) 10 Sensible (5) 13 The 15th day of March (4) 16 Huff and puff (4) 19 Bring (7) 20 Guns and knives, e.g. (7) 21 Indian attire (4) 23 Type of seeds (6) 24 Expelled (7) 25 Quiver (6) 26 Carpet (3) 27 Magazines, e.g. (5) 29 Purple (5) 31 Apply gently (3) 32 Person of great strength (5) 33 Traditional medicine (SA) (4) 34 Flat (4) 35 La Bohème, e.g. (5) 36 Travel by boat (4) 38 A speech defect (4) 40 Breeze (3) 41 Rear part of an aircraft (4) 43 Type of fish (4) 46 Mixtures (7) 49 Kiln (4) 50 Gaming stake (4) 51 Less complicated (7) 54 Feline (3) 56 Limb (3) 57 Feather (5) 59 Keepsake (5) 61 Sacred song (5) 63 . . . the light (understand) (3) 64 Blackthorn (4) 65 Play it by . . . (3) 66 Edge (3) 67 Edible root (4) 68 Ocean (3) 70 Dispensed (11) 71 Spoil (3) 72 Scrapes (9) 73 Provisional (9) 74 Small mouthful of fluid (3) 75 Computer part (4,5) 76 River in England (3) 78 When one goes

to sleep (7) 80 Alleviate (7) 82 After March (5) 85 Marks down (9) 88 Agents (5) 89 Bride and . . . (10) 91 Surplus (6) 93 Sound of mind (4) 94 Tsarinas (9) 96 Half (prefix) (4) 98 Talent (8) 99 Plane, e.g. (8) 100 Close (4) 102 Freed (9) 103 Bristles (4) 106 Unprincipled (6) 107 Dishonesty (10) 109 Succulents, e.g. (5) 110 Videotapes (9) 114 Old-fashioned (5) 115 Leach (7) 117 Left over (2,5) 119 Alias (abbr) (3) 120 Make peace (9) 122 Consume (food) (3) 123 Cleanse (9) 125 Circular

dwellings (SA) (9) 127 Self-esteem (3) 128 Children’s game (4-3-4) 129 Message sent by

phone (abbr) (3) 131 Information (4) 132 Loutish person (3) 133 Tree with acorns (3) 135 12 months (4) 136 Methamphetamine (SA) (3) 138 Thorny succulent plants (5) 139 Shabby (5) 142 Wheels (5) 143 Bleach (3) 144 Type of grain (3) 145 Chest of drawers (7) 149 Adjoin (4) 150 Dollop (4) 151 A boil (7) 155 In addition (4) 157 Convene (4) 158 Glaze (3) 159 A small island (4) 160 Performs (4) 162 A defence (law) (5) 163 Long, narrative

poem (4) 165 Chess piece (4) 167 Where birds lay

eggs (5) 168 Drain (3) 170 Latin American dance (5) 172 Wide open (5) 174 Central portion of a wheel (3) 176 Upward slope (6) 177 Connected (7) 178 Mixture of rolled oats, nuts and fruit (6) 180 Atmosphere (4) 181 Free time (7) 182 Look down on with

contempt (7) 183 Took to court (4) 184 . . . of the above (4) 185 Taste, e.g. (5) 186 Molasses (7) 187 Stylishly (10)

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1 Positions (4) 2 An official language of SA (5) 3 Base of a statue (8) 4 Seriously (8) 5 Plunged (5) 6 Cabinet (6) 7 Loyalty (10) 8 Celebs (10) 9 Linger (6) 10 Type of mollusc (5) 11 Green veggie (8) 12 Prepare food (inf ) (6,2) 14 Excitement (5) 15 Mix (4) 17 Heading in a dictionary (5) 18 Type of acacia (6) 21 Serene (6) 22 Small bird (5) 28 Poor (12) 30 Translators (12) 36 Cutting instrument (6) 37 Muslim leader (4) 39 Topic of interest (5) 42 A religion (5) 44 Vase-like vessels (4) 45 Wretched (6) 47 Disgraceful (10) 48 Unsurprising (8) 52 Thin pliable sheet (8) 53 Isolation (10) 55 Joint (6) 58 . . . up (fabricate) (4) 59 Answers (7) 60 Warn (7) 62 On the wrong . . . of the law (4) 69 Type of painkiller (7) 71 Lean back (7) 74 Thick tiles (5) 77 Nomadic people of Kenya (5) 79 Immunise (9) 81 Extravagant (9) 83 Chatter (5) 84 Perfect (5) 86 Time restrictions (7) 87 Social climber (7) 90 Endangered animal (short) (5) 92 Mistake (5) 94 Snakelike fish (3) 95 Mournful (3) 96 Affirm (5) 97 Of little consequence (5) 100 House shop (SA) (5) 101 Main ingredient

of guacamole (7) 104 Observe (7) 105 Muzzle (5) 106 Support (10) 108 Favoured (10) 110 Diplomas (12) 111 Least healthy (7) 112 Parched (7) 113 Pigeonholing (12) 116 Gets ahold of (8) 118 Evaluation (8) 121 XC (6) 124 Talk (4) 126 Expression

of approval (4) 127 Landed property (6) 130 T-bone, e.g. (6) 132 Yellow-orange (5) 134 Enclosure for livestock (5) 137 Children (4) 140 Eloquent (10) 141 Able to read minds (10) 143 Plate (4) 146 Collected (6) 147 Bowling game (8) 148 Discharge (8) 152 Advantages (8) 153 Fine soft wool (8) 154 Belts (6) 156 Cowboy’s rope (5) 161 Put forward (5) 164 Mom or dad (6) 166 Walk like a duck (6) 169 Fruit of the oak (5) 171 Parasite (5) 173 Boon (5) 175 Regular (5) 176 So be it (prayer) (4) 179 Without purpose (4)