BRAINBUSTER
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1 Harare is its capital (8) 5 Astonished (6) 9 Places (5) 12 Allows (7) 17 Chill (3) 18 Shoestrings (5) 19 Nap (3,4) 21 Mystery (7) 23 Goatlike deity (5) 24 Guile (9) 25 Swamp (6) 27 Revoke (6) 28 Peels (5) 29 Unimpressive (2,5,6) 32 Encouraged (5) 33 Plague (6) 35 Affirm (6) 37 Twitch (3) 38 Informed (11) 41 Partially opened flower (3) 43 Climb (5) 44 At . . . (if nothing else) (5) 46 9 to 5 job, eg (4-4) 48 Use a broom (5) 50 Tier (5) 51 Groundbreakers (8) 53 Alleviated (5) 55 Specific quantities of medicine (5) 56 Sifts out (5) 57 Slaughter (4) 59 A trap (5) 60 (Have) consumed (5) 61 Action word (4) 62 Tall grass (4) 63 Lever (5) 64 . . . of Wight (4) 65 Thug (SA) (6) 68 A nobleman (4) 69 Brim (4) 70 Frightened (6) 73 Pretend (3) 75 Reclaimed (9) 79 A pig’s home (3) 80 The day before an event (3) 81 Keep an . . . on (3) 82 Dusk to dawn (5) 83 Sewage pipe (5) 86 Impostor (5) 88 Study (5) 89 Part of a ladder (4) 91 Tourist (9) 92 Gala (4) 93 Small hotels (4) 94 Learner (5) 95 Hotel charges (5) 96 Barking up the wrong . . . (4) 97 Achievement (4) 98 Electronic device (9) 101 Engrave (4) 103 A stringed instrument (5) 104 Literary composition (5) 105 Agrees (with) (5) 107 Annoyed (5) 109 Female chicken (3) 110 Seaman (archaic) (3) 111 Five points in rugby (3) 113 Sequences of words (9) 117 Gullible person (inf ) (3) 119 Reaping tool (6) 121 Prepare to swallow (4) 122 Close (4) 124 Fuse (6) 126 Burn (4) 127 Metalworker (inf ) (5) 128 Rear part of an aircraft (4) 129 Front of the leg (4) 130 Enchanted (5) 131 Deceit (5) 132 Swallow rapidly (4) 133 Pinkish colour (5) 135 Allegation (5) 137 Penny-pincher (5) 140 Adventurer (8) 142 Jet of liquid (5) 143 Wheels (5) 145 Desire for food (8) 147 Worth (5) 148 Robustly healthy (5) 149 As well (3) 150 Unintentional misuse of a word (11) 152 Female deer (3) 153 Arrangement (6) 156 Amaranth (6) 159 An accent placed over a vowel (5) 160 Fairground ride (6,7) 163 At no time (5) 164 Nonspecialist (6) 165 Wetsuit wearers (6) 166 Young plants (9) 171 Court defence (5) 172 Type of lettuce (7) 173 Keep your friends close and your . . . closer (7) 174 Thug (5) 175 Helium, eg (3) 176 Layered pasta dish (7) 177 Scuttles (5) 178 Serene (6) 179 Disclosed (8)
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1 SA language (4) 2 Made by a machine (10) 3 Execute (11) 4 Prosperous (4,3) 6 Atmosphere (4) 7 Metallic element (4) 8 Send (8) 9 Half (prefix) (4) 10 Alter the direction (4) 11 Triumph (7) 12 Go before (7) 13 Firm intentions (11) 14 Impalpable (10) 15 Waited (6) 16 Governs (6) 20 Erode (4) 22 Bit (4) 26 Ritz-Carlton and Hilton, eg (6) 27 Textbook (6) 28 Approval (12) 30 Changed text (6) 31 Dog-like scavengers (6) 34 Passed (8) 36 Tension (8) 39 Novice (8) 40 Raised (8) 42 Insubordination (12) 43 Message sent by phone (abbr) (3) 45 Secure (3) 47 Re: medical (6) 49 More impoverished (6) 50 Hirer (6) 52 Strangest (6) 54 Construed (7) 56 Placed on a scale (7) 58 Allow (3) 61 Wheeled cart (3) 66 Innovation (11) 67 Seasons food (5) 71 Orbit (5) 72 Sent back to homeland (11) 74 Mind-reading (9) 76 Arabic for commander (4) 77 Not well-written (9) 78 Comfort (4) 79 Academic terms (9) 84 Map book (5) 85 Diaper (5) 86 Schemes (5) 87 Slipped up (5) 90 Place (3) 92 Payment asked (3) 93 Unpredictable (12) 97 Onwards in time (5) 99 Single sheet of glass (4) 100 Quote (4) 102 Big water mammal (short) (5) 104 Captivate (7) 106 Level (7) 108 Businessman (12) 112 Head of a university (6) 113 Climbing plant (8) 114 Disturbance (6) 115 Fool (6) 116 Scuba-gear (pl) (8) 118 A dormant state (6) 120 Light brown (3) 121 Eye problem (8) 123 Heater (8) 125 Large branch of a tree (3) 133 Advising (11) 134 Revolution (abbr) (3) 135 Parish priest (6) 136 Nearsightedness (6) 138 James Bond, eg (3) 139 Accountable (11) 141 Estates (10) 142 Evoke (6) 144 Tallied (6) 146 Relating to a single person (10) 151 Wild (8) 154 Visible horizon (7) 155 Rubbers (7) 157 Ancestry (6) 158 Supervise (7) 159 Come upon (6) 161 Ogle (4) 162 Communicate silently (4) 166 Dated (4) 167 Omelette ingredients (4) 168 Studious person (inf ) (4) 169 Accommodate (4) 170 Inclined to (4)