BRAIN BUSTER
NO 921
ACROSS
1 Achieve (10) 6 Adviser (6) 9 Small red fruit (11) 16 Neckwear (7) 17 Fraud (9) 20 Exact copy (7) 21 Sculpture (6) 22 Marine mammal (6) 23 Separate grain (6) 27 Lion’s hair (4) 29 Elliptical (4) 31 Pester (6) 33 Slipped up (5) 35 Demolish (7) 36 Assistance (4) 38 Story for kids (7) 41 Ban on trade (7) 43 Thug (5) 45 Plump (5) 46 Go beyond the limit
(9) 50 Alteration (9) 53 Not as difficult (6) 55 Be adjacent to (6) 57 Theatrical (8) 58 Dish (5) 59 Private chat (4-1-4) 61 Much . . . About
Nothing (3) 62 Professional (abbr) (3) 63 Chains for the wrists
(9) 66Tuft of feathers (5) 69 Off with you! (3,5) 72 Group of three (4) 73 A short greeting (2) 74 Dull, heavy sound (4) 75 Big laugh (4) 77 Customers (7) 79 Incites (5) 80 Diagram used as a
study tool (7) 82 Comfort (4) 83 Pips (5) 86 Geometric figure (5) 88 Plutonium (symbol) (2) 89 Second Greek letter (4) 91 Crash (7) 92 Package (6) 94 Head of the Roman
Catholic Church (4) 96 Agrarian (5) 97 Claws (5) 98 To thine own . . . be
true (Shakespeare) (4) 99 Enemy (3) 101 Plunge (3) 102 Gather (4) 104 Notes (5) 109 Provoke (5) 112 Stallion (4) 113 Fold (6) 114 Accidents (7) 116 Slave (4) 117 Hawaii (abbr) (2) 118 A bad . . . in the
mouth (5) 121 Corpulent (5) 124 Calf’s flesh (4) 126 Tempted (7) 127 Sacred song (5) 129 Windpipe (7) 130 Outer covering (4) 131 Dull pain (4) 132 . . . and behold (2) 133 Mode of public
transport (4) 134 Penalty (8) 137 Quick (5) 138 Utter engrossment (9) 142 Body of water (3) 143 It’s no . . ! (3) 144 Hit the snooze button
too many times (9) 145 Shoulder wrap (5) 148 Pardoning (8) 149 Main course (6) 150 Signal (6) 152 Begged (9) 154 Uttered (9) 156 Media (5) 158 Accede (5) 160 Come . . . with flying
colours (7) 163 Captivate (7) 166 An attempt (4) 167 Theatre entertainment (7) 171 Surpass (5) 172 Method (6) 175 Entice (4) 176 Drag with effort (4) 178 Narrow hilltops (6) 182 Fuse (6) 183 Strong tropical grass
(6) 185 Function (7) 186 Treaties (9) 187 Particle (7) 188 Vulnerable to (11) 189 Individual (6) 190 Not pertinent (10)
DOWN
1 Boon (5) 2 Committee head (5) 3 Stirs (5) 4 At a . . . (uncertain what to do) (4) 5 Scratched (7) 7 Cordlike sensory bundles (6) 8 Speaker (6) 9 Re: kidneys (5) 10 Not as tall (7) 11 Blocks (4) 12 Discourage (5) 13 Topping for a cake (5) 14 Trite (5) 15 Froth (4) 18 Chief (4) 19 Absent (4) 24 Gardening tool for
tilling (3) 25 Have consumed (5) 26 Edge of a piece of
cloth (3) 28 Eyrie (4) 30 Electrical unit (4) 32 Alert (5) 34 Relocate (8) 37 Base of a statue (8) 38 The two (4) 39 Invaded (10) 40 Not working (3,2,5) 42 Between the devil and the deep blue sea (2,3,5,2,1,7) 44 Nobleman, eg (4) 45 A quarrel (4) 47 Gym exercise (8) 48 Brazilian dance (5) 49 Cut (8) 50 Words with the
opposite meaning (8) 51 Haggard (5) 52 Flat (4) 54 Eras (6) 56 Hidden . . . (unnoticed
qualities) (6) 60 Without planning
(2,3,4,2,3,6) 64 Part in a play (4) 65 Intelligent (6) 67 Wave (6) 68 Narrow channel (6) 70 Commands (6) 71 Fruit used to make
wine (6) 76 Extravagant (7) 78 Russian emperor (4) 81 Zulu regiment (4) 84 Snakelike fish (3) 85 Scandium (symbol) (2) 86 Fairylike creature (4) 87 Small hotel (3) 90 Airs (5) 93 Without company (5) 95 Nectarines (7) 100 . . . and for all (4) 103 Practical jokes (6) 104 Defame (6) 105 . . . out (allot) (4) 106 Message sent by
phone (abbr) (3) 107 Queasiness (6) 108 Hot-tasting flavourant
(6) 109 Secure (3) 110 An addict (4) 111 Rails (6) 115 To such an extent (2) 119 Confessed (8) 120 Ephemeral (10) 122 Credible (10) 123 Panicked rush (8) 124 Prohibition (4) 125 Returns (8) 127 Expression (6) 128 Academic course (6) 135 Passage (5) 136 Free State rugby team
(8) 139 Summarised (8) 140 Topic of interest (5) 141 Bombard (4) 146 Trims (4) 147 Watery part of milk (4) 151 Lyrical poems (4) 153 Chickens come home
to . . . (5) 155 Tore (5) 157 Argue without
hostility (4) 159 A thought (4) 161 Unit of electric charge
(7) 162 Drinking glass (7) 164 Neither (literary) (3) 165 Take to court (3) 167 Entwine (4) 168 Next to (6) 169 Endangered
mammals (short) (6) 170 Cylindrical object (4) 172 Sandals, eg (5) 173 Restricts (flow) (5) 174 Avoid (5) 175 Contract for renting
property (5) 177 Flog (4) 179 Furious (5) 180 Dutch cheese (5) 181 Finished (5) 182 Chair (4) 184 Brute (4)