BRAINBUSTER

NO 749

ACROSS

1 Start a journey (3,3,4) 7 Campaigner (8) 10 A purging (9) 15 . . . de Triomphe (3) 17 Comments (7) 18 Everything in one

instance (3,2,4) 22 Coastal area (7) 23 Spud (6) 24 Fixes (6) 25 Beating (6) 29 Without doubt (4) 31 Area of land (4) 33 Whiskers (6) 35 Subside (5) 37 Out of action (7) 38 Sob (4) 40 Car (7) 43 Corrode (3,4) 45 Change (5) 47 A stringed instrument (5) 48 Culminating (9) 53 About midnight (4-5) 56 Not the longest (8) 58 Baroque-styled art (6) 60 Valid reasoning (5) 61 Old Norse (abbr) (2) 62 Smear (5) 63 Haggle (9) 66 Make a mistake (3) 67 Trendy (3) 68 Fierceness (9) 71 Love intensely (5) 74 Pyromaniac (8) 77 Refuse consent (4) 78 Skin condition (4) 79 . . . and crafts, eg (4) 80 A venomous snake (4) 82 Implore (7) 84 Profits (5) 85 River in Central Russia (2) 87 Decorated (a cake) (4) 88 . . . by side (close

together) (4) 89 More pleasant (5) 92 Adhesive (5) 94 Hatred (combining

form) (4) 95 Sect (4) 97 USA (7) 98 A dormant state (6) 100 Most important (4) 102 Soldier (5) 103 Path (5) 104 Separate (4) 105 Bouquet (4) 106 Lady (4) 107 Expel (4) 109 Transactions (5) 113 Message sent by

computer (5) 116 Bazaar (4) 117 Red fruit (6) 118 Not any place (7) 119 Tea, eg (4) 120 Have . . . for (be interested in) (4) 121 Dance functions (5) 124 Find repugnant (5) 127 An unsung . . . (4) 129 China is on this continent (4) 130 Edited (abbr) (2) 131 Closed hands (5) 133 Important person (3,4) 134 Geologic angle (4) 135 Rear part of an

aircraft (4) 136 Narrative poem (4) 137 Clarified butter (4) 138 Unconnected (8) 141 Even (5) 142 Awareness (9) 146 Smell a . . . (3) 147 Mule (3) 148 Restore to office (9) 149 Borders (5) 152 Half an em (2) 154 Sticker (5) 155 Character (6) 156 Name (8) 159 Fanatic (9) 161 Forever (9) 163 White deposit of

ice (5) 165 Frequently (5) 167 Green onion (7) 170 Otalgia (7) 173 Uttered (4) 174 Small lizards (7) 178 Pointed (5) 179 Booming (6) 182 Cry (4) 183 Thai monetary unit (4) 185 Wipes clean (6) 189 Edge (6) 190 Re: medical (6) 192 Swagger (7) 193 Bathroom facilities (9) 194 Quarrelling (7) 195 Fall behind (3) 197 Podcast users (9) 198 Most agreeable (8) 199 Bitterness (10)

DOWN

1 Draconian (5) 2 Shy (5) 3 Wading bird (5) 4 Grating noise (4) 5 Other ranks (abbr) (2) 6 A sound recording

disc (7) 8 Pokes fun at (6) 9 Alto musical instruments (6) 10 Broad strait (7) 11 Girl’s name (4) 12 Astonish (5) 13 More cunning (5) 14 Appears (5) 16 Felines (4) 19 Forte (music) (4) 20 Ace of spades, eg (4) 21 Emerging-market

economies (abbr) (3) 26 Anger (3) 27 Going to the dogs, eg

(5) 28 Young lady (slang) (3) 30 Religious custom (4) 32 Surrender (4) 34 Court defence (5) 36 Sashes (5) 39 Five-sided figure (8) 40 Wickedness (4) 41 Nevertheless (3,3,4) 42 Macaroni (5,5) 44 Without planning

(2,3,4,2,3,6) 46 Work register (4) 47 Maize (4) 49 Be cut off (8) 50 Farewell (5) 51 In honour of (abbr) (3) 52 Pieces of paper thrown

at a married couple (8) 53 Unlikely winner (4,4) 54 Jottings (5) 55 Stairs to a river (4) 57 Jumped (6) 59 Remaining people (6) 64 Make somebody feel

nervous (4,7,3,6) 65 Digital edition (abbr) (2) 69 Traffic marker (4) 70 Arrive (inf ) (4,2) 72 Muffle (6) 73 Sour and stale (6) 75 Spike of frozen water (6) 76 Topics (6) 81 Animal fat (7) 83 Against (prefix) (4) 86 Boyfriend (4) 90 Guidance (7) 91 Sultanas (7) 92 Universal cure (7) 93 Shriek (7) 96 Yellowish-green

mixture (5) 99 A single step (5) 101 As a preferred

alternative (7) 108 Threw lightly (6) 109 Leafy side dishes (6) 110 Ear part (4) 111 For some time (6) 112 Couch (6) 114 Shelter (4) 115 Hirer (6) 122 Devotee (8) 123 Poetry and prose,

eg (10) 125 Regressor (10) 126 Outdated (8) 127 Domesticated pig (4) 128 Heavenly (8) 131 Strain (6) 132 Spatter (6) 139 Single edition of a

magazine (5) 140 Two-wheeled carts (8) 143 Lithium (symbol) (2) 144 Haggard (5) 145 Fallout (4) 150 Outstanding payments (4) 151 Reverberate (4) 153 After expenses (3) 157 At no time (5) 158 Kind (4) 160 Angers (5) 162 Plant related to the

banana (5) 164 Bredie (4) 166 Bloodsucking insect (4) 168 Journals (7) 169 Church tune (7) 171 Primate (3) 172 Tilling tool (3) 174 Clothes (4) 175 Provision in a contract (6) 176 Agree to (6) 177 Front of the leg (4) 179 Pandemonium (5) 180 Gather (5) 181 Absolute (5) 182 British European Air

ways (abbr) (3) 184 Job (4) 186 Correct (5) 187 Pointed piece of

metal (5) 188 A . . . for sore eyes (5) 189 Tree trunk (4) 191 Confine (4) 196 While (2)