BRAINBUSTER
ACROSS
1 Buried (4,2,4) 6 Head of a province in SA (7) 10 Enthralled (10) 15 Pairs (4) 18 Cry out (7) 19 Weapon launched
from a submarine (7) 20 Couldn’t care . . . (4) 22 Elderly person (6) 23 Endure (7) 24 Detective (6) 25 Bleach (3) 26 Relish (5) 28 Bird of prey (5) 30 007, eg (3) 31 Hackneyed (5) 32 Verbal (4) 33 Sharp taste (4) 34 Dressed to the . . . (5) 35 Accommodate (4) 37 Rodents (4) 39 Upper limb (3) 40 Sudden blast of
wind (4) 42 Paradise (4) 45 TV studio equipment
(7) 48 Finished (4) 49 Happily . . . after (4) 50 Helicopter (7) 53 Light-emitting diode
(abbr) (3) 54 Setting for a play (5) 56 Tries (5) 59 A cigarette (inf ) (5) 61 Mammal’s foot (3) 62 Deposit of mud (4) 63 Mournful (3) 64 Rested in a chair (3) 65 Existing in the
physical world (4) 66 Mineral spring (3) 68 Itinerant (11) 69 Decay (3) 70 Hurry (5,1,3) 71 Air (9) 72 Wound fluid (3) 73 Renounce (9) 74 Seed (3) 76 Prompt (7) 78 Reading desk (7) 80 Breaks like a twig (5) 81 Without stopping (9) 84 Swindles (5) 85 Clobber (6) 87 Short coat (6) 89 Stage (4) 92 A type of worm (9) 94 12 months (4) 96 Romanticise (8) 97 Audience’s approval
(8) 98 Pink wine (4) 100 Boundary (9) 101 Amounts of more
than nine (4) 104 Badger (6) 105 Sherry glass (6) 107 Selected (5) 108 Water passages (9) 112 Expressed clearly (5) 113 Relaxing (7) 115 Understanding (7) 117 Battering device (3) 118 Study of the super
natural (9) 120 Worn around the
neck with a suit (3) 121 Express regret (9) 123 Abundance (9) 125 Transgression (3) 126 Recklessly (11) 127 Weir(3) 129 Towering (4) 130 Not on (3) 131 Epoch (3) 133 Move by (4) 134 Brouhaha (3) 136 The same thing
again (5) 137 Not those (5) 140 Athletic events (5) 141 Encountered (3) 142 Ceremonial staff (7) 146 Republic in West
Africa (4) 147 Precipitation (4) 148 Bugs (7) 152 Big game (4) 154 Sea eagle (literary)
(4) 155 Expected (3) 156 Measure of medicine
(4) 157 Flexible pipe (4) 159 Sign of the zodiac (5) 160 Muslim leader (4) 162 Knot (4) 164 Remove by clipping
(5) 165 Choose (3) 167 Carpenter’s tool (5) 169 Adjust (5) 171 Put into service (3) 173 Each (6) 174 Computer (7) 175 Gather (6) 177 Drink brewed from
malt or hops (4) 178 Ice-cream flavour (7) 179 Condition (7) 180 . . . for the best (desire a favourable outcome) (4) 181 Premium (10) 182 Odd (7) 183 Component in a
dish(10)
DOWN
1 Allows (4) 2 Satire (5) 3 Assess too highly (8) 4 And the rest (Latin) (8) 5 Squads (5) 6 Treat indulgently (6) 7 Huge (5-5) 8 Criminal charge (10) 9 Spoiled (6) 10 Physical gesture of
indifference (5) 11 The . . . hour (latest
possible time) (8) 12 Relax (6,2) 13 Finish (3,2) 14 Run (4) 16 V-shaped block of
wood (5) 17 Afternoon rest
period (6) 20 Tenant of a property
(6) 21 Genre (5) 27 Partially (2,4,6) 29 Forcefully (12) 35 Overflows (liquid) (6) 36 Corrosive solution (4) 38 Powdery residue
after burning (5) 41 Leave hastily (inf ) (5) 43 A bore (inf ) (4) 44 Fool (6) 46 Not extravagant in
style(10) 47 Fidgety (8) 51 Nullify (8) 52 Put in opposition
(3,7) 55 Back of the neck (4) 56 Stumbled (7) 57 Endure (5) 58 Goes up and down
(7) 60 Spiked club (4) 67 Soothe (7) 69 Supersede (7) 72 Mails (5) 75 Impostor (5) 77 Notwithstanding
(2,5,2) 79 Winners (9) 82 Crisscross pattern (7) 83 Head (7) 86 Wanders (5) 88 Yellowish brown (5) 90 As well (3) 91 Savoury pastry (3) 92 Porcino (3) 93 Musical appreciation
(3) 94 Nevertheless (3) 95 Bristle-like
appendage (3) 98 Come back (5) 99 Winter sculpture (7) 102 Thrilled (7) 103 Grasslike plant (5) 104 Affable (10) 106 Unselfish (10) 108 The judicial capital
of SA (12) 109 Most affluent (7) 110 Time for relaxation
(7) 111 Naive (6-6) 114 Ought not to (8) 116 Short viewings (8) 119 . . . up (spoil) (5) 122 Filter through
a sieve (4) 124 Ancient instrument (4) 125 Abandon (6) 128 Incentive (6) 130 Aquatic mammal (5) 132 Protection (5) 135 Clever (4) 138 Principal (10) 139 To make durable (10) 141 Hatred (combining
form) (4) 143 Opening of a
volcano (6) 144 Earliest time in
history (8) 145 Reply (8) 149 Little bird (8) 150 Eternally (8) 151 Songbird (6) 153 Run away to wed (5) 158 Forty winks (5) 161 Awards (6) 163 Mottle (6) 166 Docks (5) 168 Assign (5) 170 Garlic mayonnaise (5) 172 Scarf (5) 173 Dugout shelter (4) 176 Sleep (4)