BRAINBUSTER NO 923
ACROSS
1 Public promotion (11) 5 Part of the abdomen (pl) (6) 9 Listening devices (10) 15 Burial vault (4) 18 Without pause (3-4) 20 Pretence (7) 21 Russian emperor (4) 23 Indicates origin (2) 24 Occasional (3) 25 Land measure (7) 26 Plan (6) 27 Flipper (3) 28 Small particles (5) 30 Type of dance
music (5) 32 Type of grain (3) 33 Petite (5) 34 Portent (4) 35 Male cattle (4) 36 Southern African group of languages (5) 37 Petition (4) 39 A venomous snake (4) 41 Belonging to us (3) 42 Dull, heavy sound (4) 44 Surrender (4) 47 Stayed over (7) 50 A standard (4) 51 Small island (4) 52 Aromatic leaves
used in cooking (7) 55 Ostrich-like bird (3) 57 Seaman (inf) (3) 58 An official language
in SA (5) 60 Dirt (5) 62 Insects (5) 64 Jamaican music
genre (3) 65 Smooth (4) 66 22nd Greek letter (3) 67 Corn unit (3) 68 Babies (4) 69 Bark (3) 71 Vigilant (2,4,5) 72 Female (subject) (3) 73 Awards (9) 74 Practice of spying (9) 75 Aygo or Mini, eg (3) 76 Reversal (9) 77 Termination (3) 79 Vapid (7) 81 Studied hard
and fast (7) 83 Start (of a disease) (5) 85 In a different place (9) 88 Avoid (5) 89 Manages (8) 91 Scared (6) 93 Aria, eg (4) 95 Capitulate (9) 97 Pinkish colours (4) 99 The whole . . . (entire
quantity) (inf ) (8) 100 Clear-thinking (8) 101 Belt (4) 103 Critical moment (9) 104 Strokes (4) 107 Borough in
New York (6) 108 Every other year (8) 110 Connoisseurship (5) 111 Innate impulses (9) 115 Southern African
antelope (5) 116 Belly (7) 118 This evening (7) 120 Family magazine
in SA (3) 121 Electronic sound
equipment (9) 123 Sludge (3) 124 Doorstep (9) 126 Haughtiness (9) 128 Text message
(abbr) (3) 129 Baggage, supplies,
etc (11) 130 Plunge (3) 132 On one occasion (4) 133 Travel on snow (3) 134 The same . . . story (3) 136 Close to the . . . (4) 137 Shred (3) 139 Contests of speed (5) 140 Not those (5) 143 Disreputable (5) 144 Adriatic, eg (3) 145 Request (3) 146 Betrayal (7) 150 Article (4) 151 Yes (inf ) (4) 152 Chest of drawers (7) 156 Satisfy (4) 158 Action word
(grammar) (4) 159 Clear (the tables) (3) 160 Otherwise (4) 161 Irritate (4) 163 Passage (5) 164 Stead (French) (4) 166 Burn (4) 168 Main blood vessel (5) 169 Twitch (3) 171 Awoken (5) 173 Trades in (5) 175 Nothing new
under the . . . (3) 176 Predatory insect (6) 177 Tired-looking (7) 178 Colour (3) 179 Because (2) 181 Vaselike vessels (4) 182 Enduring energy (7) 183 Knowledgeable (7) 184 Without doubt (4) 186 Perspicacity (10) 187 See to it (6) 188 Unintentional (11)
DOWN
1 Voice below soprano (4) 2 Exuberant vigour (3) 3 Indian cooking style (8) 4 Tan (8) 6 Cosmologist (10) 7 Convalescent home (10) 8 Break away (6) 9 Skulls (5) 10 Large semiaquatic
snake (8) 11 Upper-body
exercises (5-3) 12 Inquisitive (5) 13 Painful (4) 14 Jerk (5) 16 Animal’s internal
organs (5) 17 Small tree (6) 19 Couple (3) 21 Three times (6) 22 Change for
the better (5) 29 A sloping surface (12) 31 Intrusion (12) 37 Verse (6) 38 Happily . . . after (4) 40 For a particular
purpose (Latin) (2,3) 43 Topmost (5) 45 Cry your . . . out (4) 46 Employ (6) 48 Cavern formation (10) 49 Cloths (8) 53 Bathroom (8) 54 Sinistral (4-6) 56 Reflecting surface (6) 59 Item of footwear (4) 60 Furrows (7) 61 Scholarly (7) 63 Boys (4) 70 Umbrella (7) 72 Leakage (7) 75 Obstructs (5) 78 Musical compositions
for two (5) 80 Fictitious name (9) 82 Love (9) 84 Long period
of time (5) 86 Serious (7) 87 Practical (5-2) 90 On top (5) 92 Deliberately setting
fire to property (5) 94 Egg cells (3) 95 Stitch (3) 96 Get . . . of (remove) (3) 97 Reimburse (5) 98 Speck (3) 101 Shrewd (5) 102 Germinates (7) 105 Filled with anxiety (7) 106 Be upright (5) 107 Four-sided
courtyard (10) 109 Sharp focus (10) 111 Invalid (12) 112 Wise (7) 113 Citizen of Beijing,
eg (7) 114 Atmospheric
layer (12) 117 Puddings (8) 119 Unit of computer
memory (8) 122 Flowers (6) 125 A Facebook
response (4) 127 Abnormal respiratory sound (4) 128 Clutch at . . . (hopeless situation) (6) 131 Frolic (6) 133 Setting for a play (5) 135 Exploits (5) 138 Gentle golf stroke (4) 141 McDonalds sells
these (10) 142 Tall building (10) 144 Indian attire (4) 147 Responds (6) 148 Evaluated (8) 149 Beat (8) 153 Rationalised (8) 154 Bestride (8) 155 Wipes clean (6) 157 Church platform (5) 162 Re: the moon (5) 165 Breathe (6) 167 Confuse (5) 170 Mental or spiritual
aspects (5) 172 Misses (5) 174 Coarse fabric (3) 176 Robs (4) 180 Accommodate (4) 185 Function (3)