BRAINBUSTER
ACROSS
1 Achieved with hard work
(2,3,5,2,4,4) 11 Slaughter (8) 17 Fairytale creature (5) 18 Far-reaching (7) 20 Whale fat (7) 22 Bottle stoppers (5) 23 Utters (9) 24 Linger (6) 26 Sikh headdress (6) 27 Informal shop (SA) (5) 28 Occuring by chance (13) 31 Exploits (5) 32 Emphasise (6) 34 Putrid (6) 36 Astrology sign (3) 37 Compresses (11) 40 From . . . to worse (3) 42 Clean thoroughly (5) 43 Nap (5) 45 Stiffly beaten egg
whites (8) 47 Literary composition (5) 49 Crowded (5) 50 Letters and emails (8) 52 Avarice (5) 54 Loose garment (5) 55 Calls (5) 56 Michael or James (4) 58 Trades in (5) 59 Oaks, eg (5) 60 Without sensation (4) 61 Remove skin (of fruit) (4) 62 A smell (5) 63 Bazaar (4) 64 Couch (6) 67 Mud (4) 68 Wet behind the . . .
(young) (4) 69 Diverse (6) 72 Trouble (3) 74 Absorbed (9) 78 Type of aircraft (3) 79 Actor’s signal (3) 80 Ocean (3) 81 Bread ingredient (5) 82 Rotates (5) 85 Aviator (5) 87 Act of intentionally
setting fire (5) 88 60 minutes (4) 90 Interchange (9) 91 Celebration of Eucharist
(4) 92 Scheme (4) 93 Sudden pains (5) 94 Table in a Christian
church (5) 95 Not real (4) 96 Mud (4) 97 Academic terms (9) 100 Handles clumsily (inf )
(4) 102 Get to a place (5) 103 Team (5) 104 Pips (5) 106 Committee head (5) 108 Oolong, eg (3) 109 Seed’s vessel (3) 110 Text message (abbr) (3) 112 Skilled (9) 116 Automated test equipment (abbr) (3) 118 Edam, eg (6) 120 In addition (4) 121 Tickling skin sensation
(4) 123 Withdraw (6) 125 Excavation for minerals
(4) 126 Shreds (5) 127 Bit (4) 128 Inflatable plastic mat
tress (4) 129 Caress (5) 130 Term of address for a
woman (5) 131 Stare (4) 132 Originate (5) 134 Consuming (5) 136 Word or phrase defined
in a dictionary (5) 139 Happened again (8) 141 Clan (5) 142 Wish granter (5) 144 Explored (8) 146 Yellowish-green mixture (5) 147 Mollusc (5) 148 Japanese currency (3) 149 Competent critic (11) 151 Lump . . . (large
amount) (3) 152 Firstborn (6) 155 Chieftain (Nguni) (6) 158 Parts in a play (5) 160 Boundary of a circle
(13) 163 Interfered (5) 165 Cassava (6) 166 Trouble (6) 167 1 000m (9) 171 Court defence (5) 172 USA (7) 173 Cloudy (7) 174 Stroll (5) 175 Evaluate again (8) 176 Without planning
(2,3,4,2,3,6)
DOWN
1 Zealots (6) 2 Balladeer (10) 3 Eternal (11) 4 Fighter (7) 5 Speech (7) 6 On a single occasion (4) 7 Shrill bark (4) 8 . . . motive (8) 9 Chest protectors (4) 10 Responsibility (4) 12 Circus performer (7) 13 Inferior (6-5) 14 A ring (6) 15 Standing frames (6) 16 Slow-witted (6) 19 Wheel shaft (4) 21 Not right (4) 25 Save (6) 26 Fight (6) 29 Juice (6) 30 Flowers (6) 33 Passed (8) 35 Place of business (8) 36 Strength of light (10) 38 Outdated (8) 39 Stated (8) 40 Pouch (3) 41 Insubordination (12) 42 Take to court (3) 44 Veggie with green
pods (3) 46 Fumbled (6) 48 Over there (archaic) (6) 49 Opens (6) 51 Part of a shirt (6) 53 Drop off (7) 55 Thaw (7) 57 Devour (3) 60 Neither (3) 65 Ketchup (6,5) 66 Soil (5) 70 Map book (5) 71 Unavoidable (11) 73 Residents (9) 75 . . . and void (invalid) (4) 76 Meddling (9) 77 Prepare text for
publishing (4) 78 Tree with purple blooms
(9) 83 Cowboy’s rope (5) 84 Baffle (5) 85 Walks nervously (5) 86 Rental contract (5) 89 A . . . of sunshine (3) 91 Off the . . . (remote) (3) 92 Especially (12) 96 A board game (5) 98 Currency used in
Belgium, eg (4) 99 . . . in (harness) (4) 101 Talus (5) 103 Spanish ship (7) 105 Designed for a particu
lar purpose (7) 107 Election (10) 111 Subscriber (6) 112 Musical composition
(8) 113 Delight (6) 114 Exhausting (6) 115 Italian dessert (8) 117 Disturbing experience
(6) 119 The conscious mind (3) 120 Remedy (8) 122 Unhappy about being
away from family (8) 124 Gearwheel projection
(3) 132 Wedding entourage
(11) 133 Hairstyling project (3) 134 Humanity (SA) (6) 135 Hot spring (6) 137 Pure form of honey (3) 138 Group of islands (11) 140 Swindle (3) 141 Strategy (6) 143 Add value (6) 145 Welcoming (10) 150 Notorious (8) 153 Negations (7) 154 Gained points in a
game (6) 156 Tidiest (7) 157 See (7) 158 Fix (6) 159 Pretentious (inf ) (2-2-2) 161 Elegant (4) 162 Deserve (4) 164 Conquer (6) 167 Pottery oven (4) 168 Flog (4) 169 Ballerina’s skirt (4) 170 Reverberate (4)