BRAINBUSTER

NO 745

ACROSS

1 Buried (4,2,4) 6 Curtail (4) 9 Basil sauce (5) 12 Designed for a particular

purpose (7) 17 Alias (abbr) (3) 18 Border (5) 19 Unfolds (7) 20 Envisage (7) 22 Bonus (5) 23 Defamation (7) 24 . . . out (be loud) (6) 27 Exhausting (6) 28 Split . . . (argue) (5) 29 Multicoloured (13) 32 Ways out (5) 33 Firstborn (6) 35 . . . Mandela (6) 37 Montblanc, eg (3) 38 Planned routes (11) 41 Afflict (3) 43 Priest (inf ) (5) 44 Blood vessels (5) 46 Screamed (6) 48 Extraordinary (11) 52 Graveyard (8) 54 Navigational aid (5) 57 Stoop to (5) 58 Pandemonium (5) 59 Suggest (4) 61 Originate (5) 62 Bulbous flower (5) 63 Container covers (4) 64 Article (4) 65 Heart, eg (5) 66 Quote (4) 67 Imitate (4,2) 70 Give out (4) 71 Better late . . . never (4) 72 Orchestrated (6) 75 22nd Greek letter (3) 77 Tangible matter (9) 80 A pig’s home (3) 81 Originally called (3) 82 Wonderment (3) 83 Fence of greenery (5) 84 Compositions (5) 88 Protection (5) 90 Predatory felines (5) 92 Bazaar (4) 94 Discolours (7) 95 Construct (4) 96 Cut (4) 97 Extreme (5) 98 Distinctive smell (5) 99 Skilfully (4) 100 To appear to the mind (4) 101 Packages (7) 103 The red planet (4) 105 For a particular purpose (Latin) (2,3) 106 Case (5) 108 Agave plant (5) 110 Schemes (5) 112 Animal park (3) 113 Look at with suspicion (3) 115 City in Nigeria (3) 117 Explain (9) 121 . . . eye to eye (agree) (3) 123 Change the title (6) 125 Roll up (umbrella) (4) 126 Performs (4) 128 Bind (6) 130 . . . and gloom (4) 131 Inuit dwelling (5) 132 Engrave with acid (4) 133 (Has) departed (4) 134 Extreme (5) 135 Shop (5) 136 Rise and fall of sea level (4) 137 . . . on (springs to mind) (5) 139 Loft (5) 142 Iron alloy (5) 144 No under-18s, eg (3,5) 146 Very brave (4-7) 148 Overland expedition (6) 150 Forbidden (5) 151 Part of the flower’s calyx (5) 153 Small bird (3) 154 Scatter (11) 156 Boar (3) 157 Yellowish brown (6) 160 Buccaneer (6) 163 Movie genre (5) 164 Complacent (4-9) 167 Scent (5) 169 Not as fast (6) 170 Circuits (6) 171 Nourish (7) 175 Garlic mayonnaise (5) 176 Chic (7) 177 Greed (7) 178 Remove (5) 179 Purpose (3) 180 Blueprints (7) 181 Mass of frog eggs (5) 182 Quite a while (4) 183 Tenacious (10)

DOWN

1 Luxurious (6) 2 Absurd (10) 3 Fashion influencer (11) 4 Reply (7) 5 Makes smaller (7) 7 Forfeiture (4) 8 Lover (archaic) (8) 9 Forked out (4) 10 Celebrity (4) 11 Opening (7) 12 Groups of animals (7) 13 Unforeseen, sudden

occurrences (11) 14 Bully (10) 15 Lots of bread (6) 16 Utter (3) 21 Note (4) 25 Parody (6) 26 Cerium (symbol) (2) 27 Christmas decoration (6) 30 Lacking (2,4) 31 Chemical element C (6) 34 Period of time (3) 36 Key element (8) 37 Maniac (10) 39 Fabrics (8) 40 Assess (8) 42 Put away (3,5) 45 Adriatic, eg (3) 47 Language spoken

in Roskilde, eg (6) 49 Found in oysters (6) 50 Titanium (symbol) (2) 51 Tropical lizard (6) 53 Humble (6) 55 Lying down (archaic) (4) 56 Takes out (7) 58 Insects that make

a shrill noise (7) 60 Definite article (3) 63 Zodiac sign (3) 68 Explain (4,5,2) 69 Flu symptoms (5) 73 Travel on two wheels (5) 74 Formidable (11) 76 Type of illness (9) 78 Plead (4) 79 Signal to an actor (3) 80 Forces apart (9) 85 Southern African

antelope (5) 86 Slant (5) 87 Expression of pity (5) 88 Cremated remains (5) 89 Shine (5) 91 007, eg (3) 93 Type of tree (3) 95 Keep . . . (be silent) (3) 96 Town in Belgium (3) 100 Skedaddle (5) 102 A Facebook reply (4) 104 Bender (5) 106 Pillars (7) 107 Large beer cask (3) 109 Alphabet (7) 111 Small number (10) 114 Sweet-scented (8) 116 Uproar (6) 117 Mirage (8) 118 Between seventh and ninth (6) 119 Intense fear (6) 120 Insensitive (8) 122 Reverberation (6) 124 Beer (3) 125 Spray of water (8) 127 Retain (printing term) (4) 129 Came together (3) 137 Cleaning cutlery and crockery (11) 138 Practical intelligence (3) 139 Spiritual beings (6) 140 Seventh musical

note (2) 141 Sneaks (6) 143 Unruliness (11) 145 Nonessential (10) 146 Linger (6) 147 Less shallow (6) 149 Feel thankful for (10) 152 Oxygen (3) 155 Positioned (8) 158 Large female cat (7) 159 Futile (7) 161 Revere highly (7) 162 Pearl Thusi, eg (7) 163 Require (6) 165 Mythical rural deity (4) 166 Francium (symbol) (2) 168 Not highest (6) 171 Heroic narrative (4) 172 Knock out (4) 173 None (dialect) (4) 174 Indentation in

a shoreline (3)