>BRAINBUSTER
NO 117
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1 Zebra features (7) 6 Samples (9) 11 Get along (7) 15 Incompetent (5) 16 Hoist (5) 17 Thug (7) 18 Hatchery (9) 21 Regional tongue (7) 22 Place of worship (6) 23 Argue (6) 24 Vowel marks (6) 28 Yellowwood, eg (4) 30 Hut (4) 32 Couch (6) 35 Honey-yellow (5) 37 Fathers (inf ) (7) 38 Partitions (anatomy) (5) 40 Hypodermic needle (7) 43 Map books (7) 45 Uneasy feeling (5) 47 Not as many (5) 48 Polls (9) 52 Alter . . . (second self) (3) 53 Take back (9) 56 Juice (6) 58 Go by (time) (6) 60 Holiness (8) 61 Terminate (5) 62 Generosity (8) 64 Be in session (3) 65 . . . and tonic (3) 67 Talks delivered to an audience (8) 69 Postal scale unit (5) 72 Benchmark (8) 75 Staple food (4) 77 Fronded plant (4) 78 Against (prefix) (4) 79 Adjoin (4) 81 Eight-sided figure (7) 83 Burn (5) 84 Layered pasta dish (7) 86 Extended journey (4) 87 Nimble (5) 90 Sluice (5) 92 Delight (4) 93 Latest (6) 95 Tidiest (7) 96 Spike of frozen water (6) 98 Without shine (4) 99 Cowboy’s rope (5) 100 Headdress for a queen (5) 101 On . . . street (financially independent) (4) 102 Heavy toxic metallic (4) 103 A gemstone (4) 104 Hurt (4) 106 Jewish leader (5) 110 Severe (5) 113 Coffee containers (4) 115 Procession (6) 116 Designate (7) 117 Exacting (6) 118 Bill (4) 119 In the front (5) 122 Chain of hills (5) 125 Weapons (collectively) (4) 126 Entourage (7) 127 Extra (5) 129 Learned (7) 130 Ballerina’s skirt (4) 131 Zulu regiment (4) 132 Test (4) 133 Brink (4) 134 Introductions (8) 137 Chaos (5) 138 Trespasser (8) 142 . . . the line (comply) (3) 143 Ovum (3) 145 Unjustified suspicion (8) 146 Makes a grating noise (5) 149 Waterproof jacket (8) 151 Coin (6) 152 Landed property (6) 154 Part of a watch (9) 156 Walk on . . . (feel elated) (3) 157 Homes (9) 159 Nails (5) 161 Labyrinths (5) 163 Scattered liquid (7) 168 Piled up (7) 171 Boon (5) 172 Charged as owing (7) 176 A prime number (5) 177 Pick (6) 180 1 000 grams (short) (4) 181 Drag with effort (4) 183 Provides medical attention (6) 187 Endangered mammals (short) (6) 188 Beginner (6) 190 Recount (7) 191 Switched on (9) 192 Mother-of-pearl (7) 193 Identical (5) 194 Speculate (5) 195 Uncomfortably small (7) 196 Most characteristic (9) 197 Substance (7)
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1 Woody perennial plant (5) 2 Firearm, eg (5) 3 Choice (5) 4 Wrongdoings (4) 5 Knowledgeable (7) 6 Fixed amount of work (5) 7 Precipitated (6) 8 South Africa (6) 9 Tear (5) 10 Ocean mammal (7) 11 Surrender (4) 12 Fill with optimism (5) 13 Motionless (5) 14 Honorific (5) 19 Studious person (inf ) (4) 20 Lyrical poems (4) 25 Beam of light (3) 26 The Daily . . . (SA newspaper) (5) 27 Sink (3) 29 Nobleman, eg (4) 31 At this place (4) 32 Took a seat (3) 33 Dupes (5) 34 Female sheep (3) 36 The intervening period (8) 39 Meddled (8) 40 Slave (4) 41 Wealthy (10) 42 Reactive (10) 44 Belt indicating status (4) 46 Scant (4) 47 Enemies (4) 49 Young horse (4) 50 Summarise (5) 51 Any object (8) 53 Dependable (8) 54 Remove by clipping (5) 55 More (4) 57 Thespians (6) 59 Myth (6) 63 Level (7) 66 State-run sweepstake (7) 67 Undisclosed (6) 68 Tooth covering (6) 70 In the buff (6) 71 Soothed (6) 73 Thorntree (6) 74 Swing loosely (6) 76 Parallel (11) 80 Under siege (11) 82 Eaten for breakfast (4) 85 Operatic solo (4) 88 Revere highly (7) 89 Boxed (7) 90 Office fastener (7) 91 Moor or bog (7) 94 Caesar or Nicoise, eg (5) 97 Case (5) 104 Environment (7) 105 Eyeliner and lipstick, eg (4-2) 106 Gorge (6) 107 Boyfriend (4) 108 Paradise (6) 109 Hi-fi (6) 111 An addict (4) 112 Dodged (6) 113 Opening of a volcano (6) 114 Hang (7) 120 Hair decoration (8) 121 Nobleman (10) 123 Moved abroad (10) 124 Motioned (8) 127 Globe (6) 128 Surplus (6) 135 Undergo a chemical change (5) 136 Ballet garb (8) 139 Cosmos (8) 140 Shine (5) 141 Indian garment (4) 144 Inform in advance (4) 147 Unfortunately (4) 148 Curly hairstyle (4) 150 Punches (4) 153 Secondhand (4) 155 Glide on ice (5) 158 Bring upon oneself (5) 160 On an even . . . (well balanced) (4) 162 Length by width (rectangle) (4) 164 Type of pastry (3) 165 Gobble down (3) 166 Boring (7) 167 Fettered (7) 169 X (3) 170 A bird’s- . . . view (3) 172 Saucer (4) 173 Youthful (6) 174 Prevent (6) 175 Mound of sand (4) 177 Re: sound (5) 178 Immature insect (5) 179 Hold tightly (5) 180 Australian marsupial (5) 182 Holiday cabin (5) 184 Accepted or habitual practice (5) 185 Sound made while asleep (5) 186 Thin coat of ice (5) 187 Straw used for thatching (4) 189 Comfort (4)