BRAINBUSTER
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1 Knitted top (7) 5 Foundation (5) 9 Bad mood (inf) (5) 12 More grimy (7) 16 It’s no . . ! (3) 17 Sphere (5) 18 Enforce (a rule) (3,4) 19 Flimsy (7) 21 Upright posts (5) 22 Bodily cavities (7) 23 Walk silently (6) 26 Prefer (6) 27 Large-scale (5) 28 Wrongdoing (13) 31 Exhales with despair (5) 32 Afternoon nap (6) 34 Break off (6) 36 Favourite (3) 37 Petulance (inf ) (11) 40 Small bit (3) 42 Part of the giblets (5) 43 More pleasant (5) 45 Lessen (6) 47 Gripping (story) (11) 51 Puddings (8) 53 Tests (5) 56 Openings (5) 57 The . . . touch (ability to make money) (5) 58 Cover thinly with gold (4) 60 Corrosive substance (5) 61 Wading bird (5) 62 A citrus fruit (4) 63 Unfasten (4) 64 In a demure way (5) 65 Unemployment benefit (4) 66 Admission (6) 69 Sea eagle (literary) (4) 70 Mix (4) 71 Shovels (6) 74 Edge of a piece of cloth (3) 76 Nonconformist (9) 79 Dined (3) 80 Possess (3) 81 Highest point (3) 82 Back column (5) 83 Fossil fuels (5) 87 Twilled fabric (5) 89 Illuminate (5) 91 Argue without hostility (4) 93 Sweet treat eaten with cinnamon sugar (7) 94 Bowlers, eg (4) 95 Pierce (4) 96 Velvet-like leather (5) 97 Deduce (5) 98 Social arrangement (4) 99 Carry (4) 100 Sticky petroleum substance (7) 102 Taps lightly (4) 104 Coil (5) 105 Dossiers (5) 107 . . . down (decreases speed) (5) 109 Inch along (5) 111 Type of grain (3) 112 Large flightless bird (3) 114 Secret agent (3) 116 Wise guy (inf ) (5,4) 120 Female (subject) (3) 122 Flat slab of stone (6) 124 Smooth (4) 125 Detest (4) 127 Screamed (6) 129 Eye (4) 130 On top (5) 131 Entice (4) 132 Coagulate (4) 133 Smell (5) 134 Mountain walker (5) 135 Docile (4) 136 Groups working
together (5) 138 Judicial body (5) 141 Couches (5) 143 Word differently (8) 145 Show (11) 147 Hi-fi (6) 149 Massage (5) 150 Soil (5) 152 Title for a man (3) 153 Holding back (11) 155 Obtain (3) 156 Germinate (6) 159 Camera parts (6) 162 Outer layer of an
egg (5) 163 Blissful state (7,6) 166 Part of a chair (5) 168 New (6) 169 Embark (3,3) 170 Most fetid (7) 174 Comply with (5) 175 Furthest down (7) 176 Sloping typeface (7) 177 Landowner (Scot) (5) 178 . . .-armed bandit (3) 179 Witnessed (7) 180 Fragment (5) 181 Pips (5) 182 Idioms (7)
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1 Current (6) 2 Stamped out (10) 3 Ketchup (6,5) 4 Get ill again (7) 5 Protests (7) 6 Urban pollution (4) 7 Male descendants (4) 8 Second-place competitor (6-2) 9 Adjusts a clock (4) 10 Sprints (4) 11 Obscene (7) 12 Throw away (7) 13 Pitiless (11) 14 Firebrand (10) 15 Hurries (6) 20 Morays (4) 24 Wipes clean (6) 25 Fashionable (inf ) (2) 26 Remnant of a past geological age (6) 29 Ladles (6) 30 Taste and smell, eg (6) 33 Slide on snow (3) 35 A person to whom money is owed (8) 36 Subsections in an essay (10) 38 Moved heavily and slowly (8) 39 Comfiest (8) 41 Gave out (medicine) (8) 44 The colour of blood (3) 46 Pardon (6)
48 Shoves (6) 49 15th-century Japanese drama (2) 50 Impassive (6) 52 Most secure (6) 54 . . . up (fabricated) (4) 55 Gaining points (7) 57 Moderate (7) 59 Bleach (3) 62 Grassland (3) 67 Profited (11) 68 Sandals, eg (5) 72 Strips (5) 73 Scandalous (11) 75 Where monks live (9) 77 A thought (4) 78 Born (3) 79 Instruments (9) 84 Hex (5) 85 Elitists (5) 86 Rests (5) 87 Appears (5) 88 Endangered animal (shortened) (5) 90 Definite article (3) 92 Feel sorrow (3) 94 Refers to a female (3) 95 Part of a tennis game (3) 99 Abrupt (5) 101 More (4) 103 Talus (5) 105 Tentacles (7) 106 Hard wood (3) 108 Pays (7) 110 Vessel (10) 113 Posters (8) 115 National flower of SA (6) 116 Panicked rush (8) 117 Long strip of material (6) 118 Commercial (6) 119 Name (8) 121 Dog-like scavengers (6) 123 Intestine (3) 124 Spanish dance (8) 126 Currency used in Greece, eg (4) 128 Ignited (3) 136 Semi-transparent (11) 137 Enquire (3) 138 Soft, white downy fibre (6) 139 United States (abbr) (2) 140 Dazed state (6) 142 Anxiously (11) 144 Spreading
throughout (10) 145 Moved swiftly (6) 146 Birds of prey (6) 148 Law (10) 151 X (3) 154 Successful person (8) 157 Having a curved surface (7) 158 Futile (7) 160 Foes (7) 161 Partners (7) 162 Cutting instrument (6) 164 Scoffs (4) 165 Indefinite article (2) 167 Sells (6) 170 Scorch (4) 171 Above (4) 172 Associations (4) 173 Challenge (4)