BRAINBUSTER
ACROSS 1 A lookalike (1,4,6) 7 Error (9) 12 3 600 in an hour (7) 16 Use a sleigh when it . . . (5) 17 Small amount (7) 19 Shell (7) 21 The wives of uncles (5) 22 Delicate (9) 23 Foundation garments (inf ) (6) 25 Doubtful (6) 26 . . . Square (attraction in New York) (5) 27 Understanding (13) 30 Ill-gotten gains (5) 31 Emphasise (6) 33 Functional (6) 35 Joan of . . . (3) 36 Of a kind (11) 39 Sprite (3) 41 Clan’s symbol (5) 42 Where birds lay eggs (5) 44 Shard (8) 46 Chairs (5) 48 Observed (5) 49 Extravagance (8) 51 Hut (5) 53 Go hastily (5) 54 Frightening (5) 55 Starchy cereal used in puddings (4) 57 Cove (5) 58 Allude to (5) 59 Ring of light (4) 60 Got up (4) 61 Command (5) 62 Comfort (4) 63 Receive (6) 66 Liquefy (4) 67 Bringing up the rear (4) 68 Latest (6) 71 Type of grain (3) 73 Obviously (9) 77 Consumed (3) 78 Caspian, eg (3) 79 Come first (3) 80 Fragment (5) 81 Newspapers (5) 84 Beings (in folklore) (5) 86 Foreword (short) (5) 87 Stretch (4) 89 Repeat (9) 90 Gown (4) 91 Part of the eye (4) 92 Fragment (5) 93 Metal pin (5) 94 Enemies (4) 95 Canoe, eg (4) 96 Monasteries (9) 99 Information (4) 101 Jewelled headdress (5) 102 Places (5) 103 Coral formations (5) 105 End of life (5) 107 Dine (3) 108 Deceptive statement (3) 109 Text message (abbr) (3) 111 Take to court (9) 115 Female deer (3) 117 Lose (6) 119 Perjurer (4) 120 Star (4) 122 Used a rosary (6) 124 . . . in (harness) (4) 125 Components of a book (5) 126 Sea eagle (literary) (4) 127 Urban pollution (4) 128 Run aground (5) 129 Vital organ (5) 130 Not false (4) 131 . . . for (looked after) (5) 133 Small stem (5) 135 Agrees (with) (5) 138 Trespasser (8) 140 Regulations (5) 141 Group of soldiers (5) 143 Certainty (8) 145 Walked back and forth (5) 146 Adhesive (5) 147 Neither . . . (3) 148 Convictions (11) 150 Compensate (3) 151 Bear witness (6) 154 Noisy insect (6) 157 Yellowish brown (5) 158 Scandalous (13) 161 A strip of leather (5) 163 Plunderer (6) 164 Pack animals (6) 165 Money manager (9) 169 Declaim publicly (5) 170 Jug (7) 171 Not professional (7) 172 Stalks used for thatching (5) 173 Afternoon rest periods (7) 174 Marks down (9) 175 Disgraced (11)
DOWN 1 Affirm (6) 2 Cheap (10) 3 Conversations (11) 4 Mole (7) 5 Leg bands (7) 6 Agents (short) (4) 7 Baking appliance (4) 8 Surround (8) 9 Half (prefix) (4) 10 Battering wind (4) 11 Absentees from school (7) 12 Yield (7) 13 Continuously (11) 14 Book genre (3-7) 15 Type of seed (6) 18 Spring (4) 20 Egg (4) 24 Belts (6) 25 New (6) 28 Perches (6) 29 Not liable to (6) 32 Purification ritual (8) 34 Despot (8) 35 Helpers (10) 37 Breakfast dish (8) 38 Crookedly (8) 40 Ridiculous (12) 41 Rooibos and Darjeeling, eg (3) 43 Town in Belgium (3) 45 After 29 (6) 47 Orchestrated (6) 48 Serious (6) 50 Requiring immediate action (6) 52 Patella (7) 54 Goes up and down (3-4) 56 A lyric poem (3) 59 Strike with cutting blows (3) 64 Harmonises (11) 65 Rugby forwards (5) 69 Bizarre (5) 70 With a lot of feeling (11) 72 Adventures (9) 74 Flower holder (4) 75 Costly (9) 76 A jaunty rhythm (4) 77 Added notes (9) 82 Upright (5) 83 Grain towers (5) 84 Enthusiastic (5) 85 Poetry (5) 88 Louse egg (3) 90 Ruby (3) 91 Break (12) 95 A light raft (5) 97 Ogle (4) 98 Hire (4) 100 Viper (5) 102 Tarnished (7) 104 Small portions (7) 106 Thoughtlessly (10) 110 Abundant (6) 111 Prevent from happening (8) 112 Marks with a seal (6) 113 Cash or . . . (6) 114 Push the . . . (to challenge) (8) 116 Person who makes the first bid (6) 118 An arm and a . . . (3) 119 Free (8) 121 Naturally gifted with creative skill (8) 123 Decree (3) 131 Restriction (11) 132 Republic (abbr) (3) 133 Division (6) 134 Shredder (6) 136 Expected (3) 137 Confident (4-7) 139 Well-worn (10) 140 Head of a university (6) 142 Unit of pressure (6) 144 Test (10) 149 Encroachment (8) 152 Groups of thespians (7) 153 Perfumed (7) 155 Sickness (7) 156 Devotee (7) 157 Mouth instruments (6) 159 Ripped (4) 160 Appear (4) 162 Forced open (6) 165 As a result (4) 166 Hence (4) 167 Beams (4) 168 Currency in SA (4)