BRAIN BUSTER
ACROSS 1 Herculean (10) 6 Put in the bank (7) 10 Words with same
pronunciation (10) 15 Seed cover (4) 18 Handcuff (7) 19 Candidate (7) 20 . . . out (allot) (4) 22 Roof of the mouth (6) 23 Relegated (7) 24 Ceasefires (6) 25 Large beer cask (3) 26 Small stem (5) 28 Respected individual (5) 30 Conger (3) 31 Took the wheel (5) 32 Repair (4) 33 Indian attire (4) 34 Lamb cuts (5) 35 Comfortable chair (4) 37 Shrill bark (4) 39 A lyric poem (3) 40 Belt (4) 42 Sets (a table) (4) 45 More fortunate (7) 48 Baking appliance (4) 49 Bird’s home (4) 50 Tourist attraction
in Egypt (7) 53 A piece of cloth (3) 54 Old-fashioned (5) 56 Military trainee (5) 59 Mistake (5) 61 Slalom on snow (3) 62 . . . of Skye (4) 63 Appreciation for
music (3) 64 Take to court (3) 65 Bad (4) 66 Zodiac sign (3) 68 Cruelness (11) 69 Groove (3) 70 Small parts (9) 71 Ignorance (literary) (9) 72 Beer (3) 73 Homemaker (9) 74 Fluid from a wound (3) 76 The arts (7) 78 Con (7) 80 In pieces (5) 81 Removes from
employment (9) 84 More cunning (5) 85 Seek (6) 87 Clutch at . . . (hopeless
situation) (6) 89 Make (money) (4) 92 Sponsorship (9) 94 Metric unit (4) 96 Grace (8) 97 Oratory (8) 98 Instance (4) 100 Boundary (9) 101 Spiritual exercise (4) 104 Separated (6) 105 Bring to light (4,2) 107 High male voice (5) 108 Dwellers (9) 112 Obey (5) 113 Fundamental
nature (7) 115 Melodic (7) 117 Bounce (3) 118 Massacre (9) 120 Wear it with a suit (3) 121 Strain (9) 123 Or else (9) 125 Protrude (3) 126 Claims (11) 127 Plunge (3) 129 Zulu regiment (4) 130 Anger (3) 131 Breach (3) 133 Makeshift dwellings (4) 134 Unused (3) 136 Very long way (5) 137 Part of a fork (5) 140 Correspond (5) 141 Fitting (3) 142 A round building (7) 146 Tidy (4) 147 . . . and void (invalid) (4) 148 A semi-precious
stone (4,3) 152 . . ., west, home is
best (4) 154 Inactive (4) 155 Without further . . . (3) 156 In . . . of (instead) (4) 157 Wet behind the . . . (4) 159 Dislikes (5) 160 Go away
(imperative) (4) 162 Reputation (4) 164 Agrarian (5) 165 Type of grain (3) 167 Stockpile (5) 169 Traditional saying (5) 171 Throw in a high arc (3) 173 More deficient (6) 174 Type of porridge (7) 175 Buzzed (6) 177 Responsibility (4) 178 Neither here nor
there (2,5) 179 Chilly (3-4) 180 Clever (4) 181 Type of turtle (10) 182 Drastic (7) 183 Accords (10)
DOWN 1 Exchange (4) 2 French soldier (5) 3 Afternoon chore
for learners (8) 4 Imagination (5,3) 5 More pleasant (5) 6 Drag (from a river) (6) 7 Diva (5,5) 8 Intuition (inf) (5,5) 9 Sore (6) 10 Moist (5) 11 Kingdom (8) 12 . . . of (large amount
of) (8) 13 Sister’s daughter (5) 14 Witnesses (4) 16 Proportion (5) 17 Horse-drawn
carriage (6) 20 Breakfast mixture (6) 21 Television (inf) (5) 27 Poor (12) 29 Lethargy (12) 35 Coil (6) 36 Become tired (4) 38 Remove (5) 41 Steeple (5) 43 Includes (4) 44 Text (6) 46 Builds (10) 47 Majestic (8) 51 Thin (8) 52 Absolutely still (10) 55 Rescue (4) 56 Social factions (7) 57 One-seeded fruit (5) 58 Small mass of lymphoid
tissue in the throat (7) 60 Trick (4) 67 Alfresco (4-3) 69 Exact copy (7) 72 Quickly (5) 75 Woody perennial
plant (5) 77 Indifference (9) 79 By and large (2,3,4) 82 Gin and vermouth (7) 83 Genuine (7) 86 Fury (5) 88 Originated (5) 90 Goat hair cloth from
Syria (3) 91 Born (3) 92 Vitality (3) 93 Make a mistake (3) 94 Freezing cold (3) 95 Vessel for coffee (3) 98 Capture (5) 99 Freckle (7) 102 Left out (7) 103 White poplar (5) 104 Promotion (10) 106 Soothing (10) 108 Uneasiness (12) 109 Radical reorganisation
(5-2) 110 Zero (7) 111 Obdurate (6-6) 114 Sample for
evaluation (8) 116 Most distant (8) 119 Type of fertiliser (5) 122 Lightly cooked
(meat) (4) 124 Russian emperor (4) 125 The . . . Book (Rudyard
Kipling) (6) 128 Compassion (6) 130 Poem by Homer (5) 132 Portion (5) 135 International
conflicts (4) 138 Sound of knocking
on a door (3-1-3-3) 139 Sensible (2-8) 141 Region (4) 143 Remaining people (6) 144 Concealed (8) 145 Dissipate (8) 149 Goodbye (Fr) (2,6) 150 Bestride (8) 151 . . . streak (cowardly
tendency) (6) 153 Garment for the
kitchen (5) 158 Loose garments (5) 161 Pick (6) 163 Ill will (6) 166 Juvenile (5) 168 Equipped with guns (5) 170 Stadium (5) 172 An edible bulb (5) 173 Combine
(resources) (4) 176 Lairs (4)