BRAINBUSTER
ACROSS
1 Reach the peak of activity (3,4,4,5) 9 Circular band (4) 12 Edam and Gouda (7) 16 Arabian loose-sleeved
robe (3) 17 Clear (7) 18 Catch sight of (3,4,2) 21 Terminal for a train (7) 22 Unmarried (6) 23 Courage (6) 24 Become proficient (6) 28 Wailing cry (4) 30 Slide (4) 32 Says (6) 35 Bad (5) 37 Beginning to exist (7) 38 Small part (in movie) (5) 40 Odd (7) 43 Spoke angrily (7) 45 Men (5) 47 Uncompromising (5) 48 Apprehended (8) 51 Department (8) 54 Safe (6) 56 Burglaries (6) 59 Remedy (8) 60 Charm (5) 61 Reckless person (8) 63 Blade (3) 64 A dry . . . (test) (3) 66 Fragrances (8) 68 Grin (5) 71 A metabolic disease (8) 74 Mix (4) 76 A thought (4) 77 Place of refuge (4) 78 Popular songs (4) 80 Baby (7) 82 Light-headed (5) 83 Ground (7) 85 Good vantage point (4) 86 Small particles (5) 89 Filament of a fungus (5) 91 Needle case (4) 92 Pen for farm animals (6) 94 Born (3) 95 Geological period (3) 96 Threefold (6) 98 Highest point (4) 99 Elephant teeth (5) 100 Instances (5) 101 Pull (4) 102 Female sheep (3) 103 Monetary unit of Albania (3) 104 Smooth (4) 106 Penny-pincher (5) 110 Assembly area (ancient Greece) (5) 113 Spade (to dig up weeds) (4) 115 Three times (6) 116 Large flightless bird (3) 117 Fluid from a wound (3) 118 Vacillate (6) 119 Muslim ruler (4) 120 Salad ingredient (5) 123 Hex (5) 126 Part of the eye (4) 127 Spoil (7) 128 Drench (5) 130 Canary . . . (7) 131 Command to a dog (4) 132 At any . . . (in any case) (4) 133 Arrived (4) 134 Morays (4) 135 Make lawful (8) 138 Viper (5) 139 Dancing shoes (8) 143 Almond (3) 144 Have an . . . to grind (a grievance) (3) 146 “I don’t know!” (6,2) 147 Encouraged (5) 150 Official (2,6) 152 Couch (6) 153 Defeated (6) 155 Accurate (2,6) 157 Legible (8) 159 Substantial (5) 161 Raw or cold meal (5) 163 Glitter (7) 168 Flicker (7) 171 Notions (5) 172 Diving duck (7) 176 Riotous fight (5) 177 Impeded (6) 180 One of the Spice Girls (4) 181 Blue-green shade (4) 183 Nightclubs (6) 187 Parody (6) 188 Head of a university (6) 190 Shiny artificial material used to make records and clothes (7) 191 Tool (9) 192 Monkshood (7) 193 Small (Scot) (3) 194 Allows (7) 195 Pulled out (of holster) (4) 196 Unintelligible (16)
DOWN
1 Glimmer (5) 2 Pairs (5) 3 Sister’s daughter (5) 4 Breakfast ingredient (4) 5 Atomic number 92 (7) 6 A sweet (short) (5) 7 Principles to aspire to (6) 8 Hit John Travolta movie (1978) (6) 10 . . . up (admitted) (5) 11 Incomplete (7) 12 Instance (4) 13 Dead on (5) 14 Move (5) 15 Hums (5) 19 An immeasurably long
time (4) 20 Neglect to do (4) 25 Decree (3) 26 Bait (5) 27 A piece of cloth (3) 29 Gesticulate (4) 31 Looping yarn with
needles (4) 32 Like father, like . . . (3) 33 Areas of about 4 046 m
(5) 34 Look at (3) 36 Lycanthrope (8) 39 Ballpark figure (8) 40 Close a door noisily (4) 41 Self-love (10) 42 Wisdom (10) 44 Finished (4) 46 Plant’s main axis (4) 47 Rests on a chair (4) 49 Tenant’s payment (4) 50 Apartment (5) 52 Absurd (5) 53 Tehran is its capital (4) 54 Part (7) 55 Lifted (6) 57 By means of (in official
documents) (6) 58 Furtiveness (7) 62 Vienna is the capital of
this country (7) 65 Laundry (7) 66 Not a suffix (6) 67 Vigorous (6) 69 Scoreless over in cricket
(6) 70 More idle (6) 72 Trios (6) 73 Screen (6) 75 Not working (11) 79 Scatter (11) 81 Beams (4) 84 Dines (4) 87 See (7) 88 Allergy symptoms (7) 89 Unlucky (7) 90 Wrapped box (7) 93 Thigh-length garment
(5) 97 Old-fashioned (short) (5) 104 Recently (7) 105 Excitement (6) 106 Extraction of coal (6) 107 Faction (4) 108 Grooved (6) 109 Each (6) 111 Nocturnal birds (4) 112 Scrape (6) 113 Moves smoothly (6) 114 Abstains (7) 121 Resuscitates (7) 122 To make durable (10) 124 Current (7-3) 125 Intermediary (7) 128 Sculpture (6) 129 Procession (6) 136 Mistake (5) 137 Accomplished (8) 140 Saturate (8) 141 Sprinted (5) 142 Scripts (4) 145 Breed of horse (4) 148 Bank (on) (4) 149 Recedes (4) 151 Raining cats and . . . (4) 154 Gala (4) 156 Shot from a bow (5) 158 Uncles and . . . (5) 160 Pairs (4) 162 Port in Israel (4) 164 Amigo (3) 165 Blow the . . . off
(expose) (3) 166 Shook (7) 167 Small trace (7) 169 Marry (3) 170 Zodiac sign (3) 172 Limerick (4) 173 Hot-tasting flavourant
(6) 174 Minute (6) 175 Mend (4) 177 Vibrate (5) 178 Carmen, eg (5) 179 Electronic message (5) 180 Cherish (5) 182 Abate (3,2) 184 Removes creases from clothes with heat (5) 185 Scale (5) 186 Setting for a play (5) 187 Darns (4) 189 Anger (4)