BRAINBUSTER
NO 759
ACROSS
1 Paid back (10) 6 Aubergine (7) 10 Play to the crowd (10) 15 Finishes (4) 18 Fence (7) 19 Living organisms (7) 20 Teatime treat (4) 22 Linger (6) 23 Took strides (7) 24 Slept noisily (6) 25 Long shaft for a boat (3) 26 At the time of (Latin) (5) 28 Literary composition (5) 30 A pig’s home (3) 31 Assign (5) 32 Verbal (4) 33 Injured (4) 34 Jerk (5) 35 Edible root (4) 37 Dutch cheese (4) 39 A lyric poem (3) 40 Encourage (4) 42 Gambling chances (4) 45 Gruesome (7) 48 Moist mixture (4) 49 Food (inf ) (4) 50 Unfavourable (7) 53 Large flightless bird (3) 55 In good health (3) 56 Loosen (5) 58 Buzz (5) 60 Huge expanse of
water (5) 62 ATM personal code (3) 63 Style (4) 64 Dark grey (3) 65 Ruby (3) 66 Portent (4) 67 Drain (3) 69 Neglect to bring (5,6) 70 Actor’s signal (3) 71 No longer ahead (9) 72 Obituary (9) 73 Music genre (3) 74 Moral decline (9) 75 Male swan (3) 77 Handheld explosive
device (7) 79 Provider of funds (7) 81 Domicile (5) 84 Floods and tsunamis,
eg (9) 87 Epidermal pore
(botany) (5) 88 Illuminated (10) 90 Silly (6) 92 Camping gear (4) 93 Fragile (9) 95 Decorative stamp (4) 97 Level the score (8) 98 Complete (8) 99 Mail (4) 101 Sterilise (9) 102 Formerly Persia (4) 105 Cash or . . . (6) 106 Remove salt (from
water) (10) 108 Committee head (5) 109 Metal fastener (5,4) 113 At no time (5) 114 Narrow-edged tooth (7) 116 Gurus (7) 118 Begin to . . . the light (3) 119 Venture (9) 121 Fossil fuel (3) 122 Glistened (9) 124 Collection of wild
animals (9) 126 Appropriate (3) 127 Polite (4,7) 128 Inflexible (3) 130 System of transferring
money (4) 131 Gamble (3) 132 Mature (3) 134 . . . up (recaps) (4) 135 Text message (abbr) (3) 137 Drench with liquid (5) 138 Sprinted (5) 141 Military-style hat (5) 142 Make a mistake (3) 143 Exercise studio (inf ) (3) 144 Type of government (7) 148 Anchor (4) 149 Zodiac sign (4) 150 Start from . . .
(at the beginning) (7) 154 Glance over (4) 156 Half (prefix) (4) 157 Self-esteem (3) 158 A thought (4) 159 Advance paid by
a bank (4) 161 Map book (5) 162 IX (4) 164 Ashes (4) 166 Instrument played
by Billy Joel (5) 167 Thrash (inf ) (3) 169 Pixies (5) 171 Wild dog (5) 173 Couple (3) 175 Small streets (6) 176 Boat (7) 177 Remaining people (6) 179 Hammer, eg (4) 180 Scene (7) 181 Language spoken
in Milan, eg (7) 182 Ooze (4) 183 Snakes (4,6) 184 Computer (7) 185 Find (3,5,2)
DOWN
1 Be shaken (4) 2 New Delhi is its capital (5) 3 Parasol (8) 4 Less lax (8) 5 More dehydrated (5) 6 University treasurer (6) 7 Gate crasher (10) 8 Start too soon (4,3,3) 9 Head (6) 10 Frameworks (5) 11 Dissected (8) 12 Deter (8) 13 In pieces (5) 14 Act (4) 16 Restraint (5) 17 Layers (of rock) (6) 20 Universe (6) 21 Punched in (5) 27 Understood (12) 29 Obstinateness (12) 35 Pretends (6) 36 Discharge (4) 38 Fourth letter of the
Greek alphabet (5) 41 Yawned (5) 43 Not shallow (4) 44 Highly absorbent
material (6) 46 Impaired (10) 47 Brown-haired (8) 51 Poisonous (8) 52 Horse track (10) 54 Surrounded by
a crowd (6) 57 . . . of Skye (4) 58 Gadgets (7) 59 Improve (7) 61 Surrender (4) 68 Treat eaten at the
movies (7) 70 Tornado (7) 73 Intertwine (5) 76 Fight (5) 78 Facilities (9) 80 Miss the alarm (9) 82 An accent placed
over a vowel (5) 83 Old-fashioned (5) 85 Cupidity (7) 86 Illicit trade (7) 89 Cognisant (5) 91 A light raft (5) 93 Bottom of a river (3) 94 Wear away (3) 95 River in Europe (5) 96 Subside (5) 99 Factions (5) 100 Closest (7) 103 Destroys (7) 104 Geeks (5) 105 Judged (10) 107 Violin or piano, eg (10) 109 Establish in advance
(12) 110 Hawker (7) 111 A . . . can’t change
its spots (7) 112 Absorption ability (12) 115 Bach or Beethoven (8) 117 Official list (8) 120 Bureau (6) 123 Female sheep (4) 125 Brink (4) 126 Evaluate (6) 129 (Have) hurled (6) 131 Brass instrument (5) 133 Remove (5) 136 Comfortable chair (4) 139 Accords (10) 140 Personification (10) 142 Reverberate (4) 145 Tooth covering (6) 146 Signed up (8) 147 Gather (8) 151 Role (8) 152 Large semiaquatic
snake (8) 153 Pieces of fabric (6) 155 A stringed instrument (5) 160 Love intensely (5) 163 Circulated (6) 165 Type of seafood (6) 168 Withdrawn (5) 170 Opinions (5) 172 Electronic message (5) 174 52 in a year (5) 175 Above (4) 178 Whirl (4)