BRAINBUSTER

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1 Dissolved substance (7) 6 Freedom fighter (9) 10 Solicited (9) 15 Thespian (5) 16 Burglary (7) 17 Escaped (9) 20 Loads (7) 21 Conflict (6) 22 Leaseholder (6) 23 Lightest in colour (6) 27 International cricket

contest,eg (4) 29 Russian emperor (4) 31 Hot spring (6) 33 Passageway (5) 35 Bar (SA) (7) 36 Scripts (4) 38 James Bond’s favourite

drink (7) 41 Calendar (7) 42 Fourth Greek letter (5) 44 Hints (5) 45 Gate-crashers (9) 49 Widespread (9) 52 Bloodsucking fly (6) 54 Declines (6) 56 . . . and cheese

(dish) (8) 57 Heads and . . . (5) 58 Biased (8) 60 Make a mistake (3) 61 Message sent by

phone (abbr) (3) 63 Type of plant (9) 66 Without company (5) 69 Rolled along (8) 72 Critical (4) 73 Cloak (4) 74 . . . of Man (4) 75 A gemstone (4) 77 Wood shavings (7) 79 Stages in reaching a

goal (5) 80 Not professional (7) 82 Thrown off balance (4) 83 Baggy (5) 86 Trite (5) 88 Swamps (4) 89 Boyfriend (4) 91 Tidiest (7) 92 Properties, eg (6) 94 Cylinders (4) 96 Bender (5) 97 Group of eight (5) 98 Cowboy boot

attachment (4) 99 Gown (4) 100 Unable to (4) 101 Swerve (4) 103 . . . up (forms a judgment) (5) Suggestions (5) Group of three (4) Uncomplicated (6) Angry (7) Eaten for breakfast (4) Young lady (4) Stalks used for thatching (5) Alarm (5) Enquires (4) 20 March, eg (7) A kindly person (5) Put in the bank (7) Expert (4) Church group (4) Fathers (4) 107 110 111 112 113 114 115 118 121 123 124 126 127 128 129

130 Measure of medicine (4) 131 Green jewels (8) 134 Re: kidneys (5) 135 Ignore the alarm (9) 139 Geological period (3) 140 Snakelike fish (3) 141 Went before (8) 142 Large shrimp (5) 145 Ordinary (8) 147 Main course (6) 148 Remaining people (6) 150 Made comprehensible (9) 152 Most equable (9) 154 Talent (5) 156 Female family

member (5) 158 Turkish rulers (7) 161 Bliss (7) 164 Sluggard (4) 165 Frocks (7) 169 Surpass (5) 170 Bear witness (6) 173 Caracal (4) 174 Put . . . to

(stopped) (4) 176 Ship’s kitchen (6) 180 Couch (6) 181 Narrow surfaces (6) 183 Catch in a trap (7) 184 Access (9) 185 Lift (7) 186 Pebble (5) 187 Crustacean (9) 188 Costly (9) 189 Threw (7)

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1 Thick, sweet liquid (5) 2 Sticker (5) 3 Young people (5) 4 Utters (4) 5 Provoked (7) 6 Offshoot (5) 7 Narrate (6) 8 Set fire to (6) 9 Viper (5) 10 Noughts and . . .

(game) (7) 11 Pleasant (4) 12 Be in accord (5) 13 Elitists (5) 14 Preoccupied (10) 18 Honey-makers (4) 19 Style and vigour (Fr) (4) 24 Alias (abbr) (3) 25 Go in (5) 26 Light brown (3) 28 An attempt (4) 30 Decorative stamp (4) 32 Not in a thousand . . .!

(5) 34 Entire (archaic) (8) 37 In poor condition (8) 38 Letters (4) 39 Citations (10) 40 Tenacious (10) 43 Length by width

(rectangle) (4) 44 Phone (4) 46 Cross (8) 47 Accepted or habitual

practice (5) 48 High-heeled shoe (8) 49 Advocacy (8) 50 Empty vessels make

the most . . . (5) 51 Muslim leader (4) 53 Reins (6) 55 Evaluate (6) 59 Destitute (15) 62 Distinction (15) 64 Calf’s flesh (4) 65 Narrow hilltops (6) 67 Deadly (6) 68 Pinched (6) 70 Most recent (6) 71 Questions (6) 76 Flourish (7) 78 Insult (4) 81 Cold cuts, eg (4) 84 Supervise (7) 85 Allows (7) 86 Leaves a boat on

shoreb (7) 87 One more (7) 90 After March (5) 93 Partitions (anatomy)

(5) 95 Chest of drawers (7) 102 Indecent (6) 103 Fairy (6) 104 Nought (4) 105 Make (6) 106 Schedule (6) 108 . . . of the above

(4) 109 Slow walk (6) 116 Left out (8) 117 Expressing disagreement (10) 119 Bankruptcy (10) 120 Blunt (8) 121 An assistant (4) 122 Cessation (8) 124 Graze (6) 125 Gift (6) 132 Strong-flavoured coffee (5) 133 Discourteousness (8) 136 Constricted (passage) (8) 137 Land of the pyramids (5) 138 Stage accessory (4) 143 Emit a bad

odour (4) 144 Dog-eared (4) 146 Mail & Guardian and The Voice, eg (10) 149 Remain in place (4) 151 About four cups (5) 153 The Mount Nelson, eg (5) 155 Cereal plant (4) 157 A thought (4) 159 Uncouth (7) 160 Doctor (7) 162 Tooth of a

gearwheel (3) 163 Take to court (3) 165 Coloured

(hair) (4) 166 Terminate (6) 167 Convulsions (6) 168 Tower for grain (4) 171 Small amount (5) 172 Shoulder wrap (5) 173 To bequeath (5) 175 Crowded (5) 177 Attentive (5) 178 Hate (5) 179 Accede (5) 180 Half (prefix) (4) 182 Ooze (4)