BRAINBUSTER
NO 798
ACROSS
1 Be uncomfortable (4,4,1,4,3,2,5) 12 12-month periods (5) 16 Source of nuclear energy (4) 19 Catch (7) 20 Display to the public (7) 21 Equipment (4) 23 Two-piece swimming costume (6) 24 Alleviate (7) 25 Diatribe (6) 26 X (3) 27 Not asleep (5) 29 At the time of (Latin) (5) 31 A lyric poem (3) 32 Nerds (5) 33 Advance paid by a bank (4) 34 Red organic pigment (4) 35 Trade (5) 36 Be shaken (4) 38 . . . of Skye (4) 40 Pair of people, eg (3) 41 Liver spread (4) 43 Babies (4) 46 Tidiest (7) 49 Fairylike creature (4) 50 . . . of the above (4) 51 (Magazine) issue (7) 54 Begin to . . . the light (3) 56 Son (3) 57 Baldwin or Steinway, eg (5) 59 Stage (5) 61 Merino, eg (5) 63 Reproductive (3) 64 Expression of despair (4) 65 Mother (inf ) (3) 66 Not in (3) 67 Spoil (4) 68 Slide on snow (3) 70 Irresolute (11) 71 Compete (3) 72 Captain (9) 73 Boeing, eg (9) 74 Self-esteem (3) 75 Constant (9) 76 Get . . . of (remove) (3) 78 Windpipe (7) 80 Ban on trade (7) 82 Raccoon-like animal (5) 85 CDs’ predecessors (9) 88 Endangered animal (informal) (5) 89 Incentive (10) 91 Ruins (6) 93 Told a fib (4) 94 Value too highly (9) 96 Ceremony (4) 98 Hired (8) 99 Open to suggestion (8) 100 Small social insects (4) 102 Stately (9) 103 . . . up (admits) (4) 106 Preacher (6) 107 Uncertain (10) 109 Dutch cheese (5) 110 Metal fastener (5,4) 114 Synthetic material (5) 115 Popular (7) 117 Made smaller (7) 119 Religious woman (3) 120 Pertinence (9) 122 Female sheep (3) 123 Mutual understanding (9) 125 Abates (9) 127 Keep someone at . . . (at a distance) (3) 128 Isolated (11) 129 Blouse, eg (3) 131 Region (4) 132 Revolution (abbr) (3) 133 Twitch (3) 135 . . . Grey tea (4) 136 Choose (3) 138 Not here (5) 139 Upright (5) 142 Light gas (5) 143 Be in session (3) 144 Epoch (3) 145 Respire (7) 149 Weapons (collectively) (4) 150 Baby carriage (4) 151 Flowering plant (7) 155 Boyfriend (4) 157 Style (4) 158 Sprite (3) 159 Zulu regiment (4) 160 Gaseous element (Ne) (4) 162 Bonus (5) 163 Block (4) 165 On (4) 167 Suit (5) 168 Not on (3) 170 DVD’s predecessor (5) 172 Coniferous tree (5) 174 Single unit (3) 176 Husband or wife (6) 177 Shortfall (7) 178 Enrol in the armed services (6) 180 Notify (4) 181 The whole thing (inf ) (7) 182 Conversion device (7) 183 Big game (4) 184 Pertaining to a king, etc (5) 185 Be of use to (5,7,2,4,5)
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1 Fat (4) 2 Summon up (5) 3 Event (8) 4 Accent (8) 5 Animals in a region (5) 6 Hi-fi (6) 7 Bizarre (10) 8 Communication devices (10) 9 Soft winter fabric (6) 10 Detest vehemently (5) 11 Hugged (8) 13 In the front (5) 14 Painful (4) 15 Appeal to (7) 17 Distinctive name (5) 18 Socialise (6) 21 Cave (6) 22 Competent (5) 28 Shoplifter, eg (12) 30 Imitates (12) 36 Synagogue leaders (6) 37 Green with . . . (4) 39 Let off . . . (release pent-up emotion) (5) 42 Doctrine (5) 44 Moving aboard (4) 45 Graze (6) 47 Germ-free (10) 48 Jubilant (8) 52 Unsuitable (8) 53 Signals (10) 55 Birds of prey (6) 58 Star (4) 59 Harry and William, eg (7) 60 Newcomer (7) 62 Vast (4) 69 Separate (7) 71 Loss of balance (7) 74 Shine (5) 77 Sag (5) 79 Structure constructed by bees (9) 81 Flourished (9) 83 An edible bulb (5) 84 Ebbs and flows (5) 86 Inject (7) 87 Illicit trade (7) 90 Buildings where grain is crushed (5) 92 Wading bird (5) 94 Strange (3) 95 Father (inf ) (3) 96 Garden bloom (5) 97 Mantle (Spanish) (5) 100 Inert gas (5) 101 Absenteeism (7) 104 Least tame (7) 105 Hearing, eg (5) 106 A word that reads the same forwards and backwards (10) 108 Manufacturers (10) 110 Persistence (12) 111 Make dirty (7) 112 Tallest (7) 113 Establish in advance (12) 116 Don’t give up (4,2,2) 118 Smartly (8) 121 Evening prayer (6) 124 An addict (4) 126 Prepare text for publishing (4) 127 Thick-trunked tree (6) 130 Constrictor (6) 132 Discourage (5) 134 Inexpensive (5) 137 Brass instrument (4) 140 Quit (6,4) 141 Coffee with milk froth (10) 143 Alike (4) 146 Regretful (6) 147 Jennifer Aniston, eg (7) 148 Not the lightest (8) 152 Opera text (8) 153 Experienced pain (8) 154 Secret (6) 156 Run away (5) 161 Corpulent (5) 164 Cottages (6) 166 Series of eight notes (6) 169 Madness (5) 171 Haggard (5) 173 Sewage pipe (5) 175 Nephew’s sister (5) 176 Mix (4) 179 Trampled on (4)