BRAINBUSTER NO 827

ACROSS

1 Subsided (7) 5 Keepsake (5) 9 Enclosures (5) 12 Assumed names (7) 16 Invalidate (5) 17 Edges (5) 18 Before sixteen (7) 19 Hardly subtle (7) 21 Exclude (5) 22 Scamper (7) 23 Chains of mountains (6) 26 It (reflexive form) (6) 27 Dish of rice and fish (5) 29 Starting point (8,5) 32 Blends (5) 33 The Enlightened One (6) 35 An allergic reaction (6) 37 Much . . . About

Nothing (3) 38 The urge to steal (11) 41 Sprite (3) 43 Be in accord (5) 44 Trapping device (5) 46 Criticised (6) 48 Growl (5) 50 Open boat (5) 51 Military weapons (8) 53 Sums of money

owed (5) 56 Stories (5) 57 Intertwine strands in a

pattern (5) 58 Totally absorbed (4) 60 Soil (5) 61 Relating to the nose (5) 62 . . . up (fabricated) (4) 63 Ellipsoid (4) 64 Prodded (5) 65 Sleep (4) 66 Fashions (6) 69 Impolite (4) 70 Watched with interest (4) 71 Set fire to (6) 74 Republic (abbr) (3) 76 Sustained (9) 79 Sick (3) 80 Mature (3) 81 Metallic element Sn (3) 82 Demands (5) 83 Measures of

medicine (5) 87 Grasping tool (5) 89 Snigger (5) 91 Mark on the skin (4) 93 Decorative style (’20s

and ’30s) (3,4) 94 My . . . are sealed (4) 95 Operatic solo (4) 96 Wall painting (5) 97 Picks (in an election) (5) 98 Anchor for a plant (4) 99 In the near future (4) 100 Artificial (3-4) 102 Musical events (4) 104 Chew (5) 105 Inexpensive (5) 107 Outgrowths on the

head of cattle (5) 109 Heeded (5) 111 Neither . . . (3) 112 Snakelike fish (3) 114 Dog . . . dog

(heartless) (3) 116 Unaccompanied

(music) (1,8) 120 Female sheep (3) 122 Evaluate (6) 124 Principal (4) 125 Burg (4) 127 Put in (6) 129 Hard, durable wood (4) 130 Laziness (5) 131 Wet behind the . . .

(naive) (4) 132 Pip (4) 133 Instruct (5) 134 Clan’s symbol (5) 135 Erase (4) 136 Classified (5) 138 Direct the course (5) 140 Discourage (5) 142 Unmarried male (8) 144 Counterfeit (5) 145 Leather straps (5) 147 Hear and smell, eg (6) 149 Axis (5) 150 Anaesthetic, eg (5) 152 Type of tree (3) 153 Get along (3,3,2,3) 155 Attach (3) 156 Wading birds (6) 159 Type of lottery (6) 162 Thick tiles (5) 163 Restored to health (13) 166 Musical symbols (5) 168 Desired (6) 169 Strangest (6) 170 Person guilty of an

offence (7) 175 Concepts (5) 176 Domineer (7) 177 Dreamlike (7) 178 Spacious (5) 179 Stadium (5) 180 Long steps (7) 181 Of petite build (5) 182 Slopes (5) 183 Between dawn and

dusk (7)

DOWN

1 Skin problems (6) 2 Talon (4) 3 Dispensed (11) 4 Described (7) 5 Invigorate (7) 6 Watch (4) 7 Tins (4) 8 Insinuation (8) 9 Coagulate (4) 10 Gifted (4) 11 Abbreviate (7) 12 Stern (7) 13 Uninterested (11) 14 Yielding (10) 15 Set of games (6) 20 Stain (4) 24 The . . . are high (6) 25 Above (2) 26 Crazy (6) 28 (Have) pledged (5) 30 Documents (6) 31 Informal shops (SA) (6) 34 Labrador, eg (3) 36 Registered (8) 37 Phantom (10) 39 Extend (8) 40 Cut off (8) 42 Went before (8) 45 Epoch (3) 47 Overthrow (6) 49 Work (6) 50 Stroke (6) 52 Purify (6) 54 Hanging drop (4) 55 Greeted (military) (7) 57 Mother and father (7) 59 About 1 016kg (3) 62 Adult male (3) 67 Incidents (11) 68 Woman’s garment (5) 72 Drinking vessel (5) 73 Beyond repair (11) 75 Foremost (9) 77 Six balls in cricket (4) 78 Self-esteem (3) 79 Unseen (9) 84 Ointment (5) 85 Part of a cricket

wicket (5) 86 Garden bloom (5) 87 Jewish scripture (5) 88 At no time (5) 90 Long-tailed rodent (3) 92 A dry . . . (test) (3) 94 An arm and a . . . (3) 95 Limb (3) 99 Sandals, eg (5) 101 Barbie, eg (4) 103 Lustre (5) 105 Sounded like a frog (7) 106 Curved in shape (3) 108 Marine algae (7) 110 Upset (10) 113 Adequate (8) 115 Re: the stars (6) 116 Short amusing story (8) 117 Aviators (6) 118 One or the other (6) 119 Lawyer (8) 121 Desires (6) 123 Terminate (3) 124 Fabric (8) 126 Reputation (4) 128 Boar’s mate (3) 136 Retook ownership (11) 137 Blouse, eg (3) 138 Excellent (6) 139 Holiday space (6) 141 Decently (11) 143 Seize for public use (10) 144 Ordered (around) (6) 146 Hi-fi (6) 148 Affirm (5) 151 Political party in SA (3) 154 Blew up (8) 157 Enters by force (7) 158 Molasses (7) 160 Speech (7) 161 Supplied with petrol (7) 162 Garden molluscs (6) 164 Adjoin (4) 165 Ever (poetic) (2) 167 Blotch (6) 170 Young elephant, eg (4) 171 Slender (4) 172 Russian emperor (4) 173 . . . Russia with Love

(movie) (4) 174 Centres of interest (4)