BRAIN BUSTER
NO 875
ACROSS
1 Gush out (5) 3 Flop (6) 7 Evaluate again (8) 10 Thigh bone (5) 13 Two (prefix) (2) 14 Thorny succulents (5) 15 Poke (5) 16 Bloodsucking fly (6) 18 Veto (6) 20 Immature insect (5) 22 Personal assistant
(abbr) (2) 23 Pesters (7) 25 Conduct business (8) 27 Functionalism (12) 30 Be (2) 32 Lutetium (symbol) (2) 33 Amigo (3) 34 Be too late (4,3,4) 36 Bride price (SA) (6) 37 Indian garment (4) 38 Period of time (3) 39 Ox breed (SA) (5) 42 Dismiss (an idea)
(inf ) (5,4) 45 Flues (8) 47 Generosity (8) 50 Belonging to me (2) 51 Strain (9) 54 Connect (9) 56 Indefinite article (2) 57 Pointless (6) 59 Disfigure (3) 60 Master of Ceremonies
(abbr) (2) 61 Grandma’s husband
(7) 64 Unconcealed (6) 67 Thanks (inf ) (2) 68 Commencement (9) 70 Fanatic (5) 72 Descendant (5) 75 A thought (4) 77 Single entity (4) 78 Narrow escape (4,5) 81 Curved structure (4) 82 Intimidate (7) 84 Garlic mayonnaise (5) 85 Reverberate (4) 87 Feel a sharp pain (5) 89 Corridor (4) 91 Exploit (3) 92 Fogs (5) 94 Small dogs (7) 96 Discourage (5) 97 Detect (4,3) 99 Endangered animal
(shortened) (5) 100 Sprite (3) 101 Short skirt (4) 103 Tuscany is in this
country (5) 104 Length by width
(rectangle) (4) 106 Lifeless (5) 109 Pariah (7) 110 Retain (printing
term) (4) 112 Youth (9) 117 Ring of light (4) 119 Nautical call (4) 121 Dispirit (literary) (5) 124 Very old card
game (5) 126 Extravaganza (9) 129 Doctor of medicine
(abbr) (2) 130 Mannequins (6) 131 Morions (7) 134 Spain (internet
domain name) (2) 135 Mammal’s foot (3) 136 Rely on (6) 137 Word used in
similes (2) 138 Covered in plastic (9) 141 Church (9) 142 A greeting (2) 144 Attack (inf ) (4,4) 147 Push the . . . (to
challenge) (8) 149 Travelling (2,7) 151 Sweet treat (5) 152 Indeed (archaic) (3) 153 Large cushion (4) 154 Deadly (6) 156 Perform decorative
needlework (11) 160 Enemy (3) 162 Southeast (abbr) (2) 163 With reference to
(abbr) (2) 164 Extended (12) 165 Running after (8) 169 Evening meals (7) 171 . . . Eliot (poet) (2) 172 Down in the . . .
(sad) (5) 173 Slowly (music) (6) 174 Join forces (4,2) 176 Nomadic people of
Kenya (5) 177 Avoid (5) 178 Operating room
(abbr) (2) 179 Discovers (5) 180 Occuring every four
years (4,4) 181 Lifted (6) 182 Manner (5)
DOWN
1 Word with the same
meaning (7) 2 Extreme (5) 3 Competent (3) 4 Attentive (5) 5 Huge expanse of
water (5) 6 Capital of Ghana (5) 7 Italian rice dish (7) 8 Boeing, eg (9) 9 Inflexible (3) 11 Unrelenting (9) 12 Purchase for
immediate use (5-4) 17 Austere (7) 19 Sour grapes (8) 20 Jumping (7) 21 Net (4) 24 Ignited (3) 26 Request (7) 28 Copper (symbol) (2) 29 Lanthanum
(symbol) (2) 31 At rest (4) 35 Organised (10) 37 Absence of sound (7) 40 Sporting meet (8) 41 Part of a fork (5) 43 Late (7) 44 The two of us (2) 46 Pure form of honey (3) 48 Thug (7) 49 Have consumed (5) 52 Darted (3) 53 Person of great
strength (5) 54 Recklessly (11) 55 Sprints (4) 56 Scope (5) 58 After the seventies (8) 62 Level area of elevated
land (7) 63 Astatine (symbol) (2) 65 A tempest (with
lightning) (12) 66 Technetium
(symbol) (2) 67 Head to . . . (top to
bottom) (3) 69 Passionate about
(inf ) (4) 71 Impolite (4) 73 Unaccountable (12) 74 Impulsive (4) 76 Indian lentil dish (4) 79 Foreword (short) (5) 80 Gallium (symbol) (2) 83 An Afrikaans Sunday
newspaper (7) 86 Ceramic ware (5) 87 Commiserated (11) 88 Talus (5) 90 Grey (3) 92 Mount (abbr) (2) 93 X (3) 94 Polonium (symbol) (2) 95 Soldier (5) 98 Ignorant (7) 99 Changed direction (8) 101 Hatred (combining
form) (4) 102 Bit (4) 105 Source of nuclear
energy (4) 107 Single sheet of
glass (4) 108 Dysprosium
(symbol) (2) 111 Mechanical tool for
author (10) 113 Continually (2,3,2) 114 Speculate (5) 115 Rolling (8) 116 Finish (3) 118 Valid reasoning (5) 120 Assistants (7) 122 Americium
(symbol) (2) 123 The middle of the
day (4) 125 Bahrain (internet
domain name) (2) 127 Pancake (5) 128 Start (4,3) 132 Angry (3) 133 Trades (5) 139 Sick (3) 140 Vine support (7) 142 Spiny animal (8) 143 Fashionable (inf ) (2) 144 Gain possession
of (3,4,2) 145 Skilled workers (9) 146 Incentive (7) 148 Arena with a cycle
track (9) 149 Present as a list (7) 150 Lightly cooked (4) 155 Capsize (3,4) 157 Part of the eye (4) 158 Small room (3) 159 Notwithstanding (7) 161 Bone (tech) (2) 162 Scandium
(symbol) (2) 166 Navigational
aid (5) 167 Speak (5) 168 Fun and . . . (5) 170 Literary
composition (5) 173 Everything (3) 175 Seed’s vessel (3)