BRAIN BUSTER
ACROSS
1 Depressed (3-8) 7 Whirlpool (9) 12 Lassitude (7) 16 Inuit dwelling (5) 17 Railway bridge
across a valley (7) 18 Parched (7) 20 Nuzzles (5) 21 Dreamlike (7) 22 Horse-drawn
carriage (6) 25 Unit of a poem (6) 26 Clear (5) 27 Thoughtless (13) 30 Oboe parts (5) 31 Oat mixture (6) 33 Choose not to
participate (3,3) 35 Deceptive statement
(3) 36 Fashion influencer
(5-6) 39 Body of water (3) 41 Be in accord (5) 42 A planet (5) 44 Implied (6) 46 Kind (4-7) 50 Bawdiness (8) 52 Seaboard (5) 55 Not mine (5) 56 Seductive woman (5) 57 Talk (4) 59 Even (5) 60 Skull cavity (5) 61 Seed cover (4) 62 Worshipped object (4) 63 Of little consequence
(5) 64 A male deer (4) 65 Jerusalem is in this
country (6) 68 Or . . .! (4) 69 Breaks (4) 70 Re. a cultural group (6) 73 Vitality (3) 75 Perilous (9) 78 Much . . . About
Nothing (3) 79 A dry . . . (test) (3) 80 Scoundrel (3) 81 Lubricated (5) 82 . . . up (clean up) (3) 85 At . . . (if nothing
else) (5) 87 Pastries (5) 89 Dines (4) 91 Impersonate (7) 92 Yes (inf ) (4) 93 Garment of ancient
Rome (4) 94 Weary (5) 95 Mental or spiritual
aspects (5) 96 Token (4) 97 Keep your . . . up
(remain cheerful) (4) 98 Investigate (7) 100 Skilfully (4) 102 Beat (5) 103 Former name of
KZN (5) 105 Religious woman (3) 107 Additional (5) 109 Mineral spring (3) 110 Epoch (3) 112 Intestine (3) 114 Promoting products
(9) 118 Spike . . . (US film
director) (3) 120 Alternative (6) 122 Monetary unit of
Botswana (4) 123 Ridge of coral (4) 125 Promise (6) 127 Fly high (4) 128 Run away (5) 129 Neither good nor bad
(2-2) 130 Light-coloured (4) 131 Quick (5) 132 Fundamental (5) 133 Volcano in Sicily (4) 134 Kathmandu is its
capital (5) 136 Poison (5) 139 Fortune teller (5) 141 Guard (8) 143 Diligent person (5,6) 145 Lilongwe is its capital
(6) 147 Church’s communion
table (5) 148 Hearing, eg (5) 150 Darted (3) 151 Areas with dense,
tropical shrubs (11) 153 Monitor (3) 154 Expose (4,2) 157 Entirely (Latin) (2,4) 160 Geometrical solid (5) 161 Transform (13) 164 Unexpected defeat (5) 166 Astonished (6) 167 Large cats (6) 168 Orange-red spice (7) 172 A dog breed (5) 173 Utensil with flexible
blade (7) 174 Ticket (7) 175 Perfect (5) 176 Ocean mammal (7) 177 Topple (9) 178 Preparation (11)
DOWN
1 Unwell (4,2) 2 Seaside town on the
Garden Route (10) 3 Troublesome (11) 4 Vengeance (7) 5 Hard work (literary) (7) 6 Percussion instrument
(4) 7 Floor coverings (4) 8 Internal organs (8) 9 Satisfy (4) 10 Horizontal bar (4) 11 Blunder (7) 12 Attack (3,4) 13 Free from party
affiliation (3-8) 14 Not emphasised as
a syllable (10) 15 Hurries (6) 19 Tresses (4) 23 Joins (6) 24 Modus operandi
(abbr) (2) 25 Put away (6) 28 XC (6) 29 Joins (a contest) (6) 32 Sink (3) 34 Travellers (8) 35 Begin (explanation)
(6,4) 37 Recommenced (8) 38 Later parts of the
day (8) 40 Wherever (3,5) 43 Knight’s title (3) 45 Submissive (6) 47 Wishing (6) 48 European Union
(abbr) (2) 49 Covering plates (6) 51 Asked earnestly (6) 53 Blackthorn (4) 54 Having a marked
effect (7) 56 Questionable (7) 58 Earl Grey, eg (3) 61 Grey (3) 66 Readjustment
(tyre) (11) 67 Lyric poem (5) 71 Fight . . . and nail (5) 72 Myopic (4-7) 74 Most attractive (9) 76 Source of nuclear
energy (4) 77 Purpose (3) 78 Type of phrase (9) 82 «In the centre of (archaic) (5) 83 Unit of a digital
image (5) 84Places for erecting tents (5) 85 Ingredient in
limoncello (5) 86 Strange (5) 88 Like father, like . . . (3) 90 Transgression (3) 92 Indeed (archaic) (3) 93 Young child (3) 97 Large river in Africa (5) 99 Downfall (4) 101 Practise Alpine
singing (5) 103 Innate (7) 104 City in Nigeria (3) 106 Foe (7) 108 Eye-opener (10) 111 Bach or Beethoven (8) 113 Invisible (6) 114 Pasta sauce (8) 115 Out of . . . (off
balance) (6) 116 Walk silently (6) 117 Best (8) 119 Name derived from
that of a person (6) 121 Freeze (3) 122 Analogous (8) 124 Centres of interest (4) 126 Female sheep (3) 134 Horrific (11) 135 Veggie with green
pods (3) 136 Occuring in spring (6) 137 Note well (L abbr) (2) 138 Manage (4,2) 140 Lobster (11) 142 Figurative (10) 143 Received money for
work (6) 144 Stand firm (6) 146 Ambience (10) 149 Inflexible (3) 152 Stranger (8) 155 Intermediary (7) 156 A herb (7) 158 Not one nor the
other (7) 159 Invade (7) 160 Assembled (6) 162 Verbal (4) 163 New Hampshire
(abbr) (2) 165 Bathroom fixture (6) 168 Unblemished (4) 169 Role for an actor (4) 170 Assert (4) 171 Type of fish (4)