BRAINBUSTER
NO 942
ACROSS
1 Compare favourably
with (4,1,6,2) 9 Unexpected defeat (5) 12 Small SA mongoose
(7) 16 Opinions (5) 17 Cloaks (5) 18 Withhold (7) 20 Infinite (7) 22 Canines, eg (5) 23 Sings (9) 24 Enjoy (6) 26 Covering plates (6) 27 Piers (5) 28 Transform (13) 31 Publish (5) 32 Conference (SA) (6) 34 Tobacco user (6) 36 Caspian, eg (3) 37 Renewed interest in
(11) 40 Pennyroyal . . .
(Nirvana song) (3) 42 Walked back and forth
(5) 43 Aquatic mammal (5) 45 Troubadour (8) 47 Ridges of sand (5) 49 Rugby team from
Pretoria (5) 50 Investigation (8) 52 Coins in Belgium, eg
(5) 54 Bender (5) 55 Grottos (5) 56 Traffic marker (4) 58 Gather (information)
(5) 59 Not up to the task (5) 60 Competent (4) 61 Stick together (4) 62 Agrees (with) (5) 63 SA coin (4) 64 Pinpoint (6) 67 Brim (4) 68 Heavy toxic metal (4) 69 Place (6) 72 Make a further remark
(3) 74 Board members (9) 78 Turkish hat (3) 79 Stare at (3) 80 In the past (3) 81 Agitated (5) 82 Resell (tickets) at a
profit (5) 85 Horses’ hair (5) 87 Hose material (5) 88 Falling flakes (4) 90 Spyglass (9) 91 . . . out (allot) (4) 92 Part of a sleeve (4) 93 Weapon discharge (5) 94 Creeping plants (5) 95 Operates (4) 96 Slipped (4) 97 Attract (9) 100 Pen points (4) 102 Consumption (5) 103 Makes a grating
noise (5) 104 Earliest (5) 106 Committee head (5) 108 Female sheep (3) 109 Fire residue (3) 110 Conclusion (3) 112 Underarm spray (9)
116 Trig function (3) 118 Tolerate (6) 120 . . . & Stitch (Disney
movie) (4) 121 Eaten at breakfast (4) 123 Goad (inf ) (6) 125 Strike with a strap (4) 126 Energy (5) 127 Edges (4) 128 Old Testament book
(4) 129 Bracken (5) 130 (Has) kicked off (5) 131 Troublemaker (4) 132 Rods (5) 134 Single oar (5) 136 Penny-pincher (5) 139 Panel (8) 141 Capture (5) 142 Kind of battery (5) 144 Paraded (8) 146 Oyster’s gem (5) 147 Shabby (5) 148 Something
ineffectual (3) 149 Bonds (11) 151 Poke about (3) 152 Beginning (6) 155 Dark-red colour (6) 158 Axes (5) 159 Volatile (13) 162 Propelled by oars (5) 164 Less taxing (6) 165 Acid test paper (6) 166 Ragged (2,7) 170 Aunt’s daughter (5) 171 Divisions of a game
of cricket (7) 172 Magazine issue (7) 173 Loft (5) 174 Ear bone (5) 175 Fulfil a desire (7) 176 Beam of light (5) 177 Easily angered (5-8)
DOWN
1 Gained unlawful
computer access (6) 2 Irish elf (10) 3 Execute (11) 4 Reached a destination
(7) 5 Disarrange (7) 6 Wet behind the . . .
(naive) (4) 7 More than (4) 8 Central themes (8) 9 Second-hand (4) 10 Soapy water (4) 11 Hypothesis (7) 12 Identified wrongly
(7) 13 Businesses (11) 14 Twisted doughnut
(SA) (10) 15 Casual top (1-5) 19 Refuse consent (4) 21 Gaseous element (Ne)
(4) 25 Brought up (6) 26 Advantages (6) 29 Departs (6) 30 Cloudy (6) 33 Equivalent (8) 35 Managed (8) 36 Punctuation marks (;)
(10) 38 Learnt (8)
39 Army officers (8) 41 Accomplishments (12) 42 For each (3) 44 Revolution (abbr) (3) 46 Rocky or steep (6) 48 Join (6) 49 Earnest request (6) 51 Agree out of court (6) 53 Snow vehicles (7) 55 Insects that make a
shrill noise (7) 57 Epoch (3) 60 A curve (3) 65 Hidden (11) 66 Nails (5) 70 Trioxygen (5) 71 Merged (11) 73 Banked (9) 75 Capri or Skye, eg (4) 76 Gradual increase in
loudness (music) (9) 77 Harvest (a crop) (4) 78 Anticipation (9) 83 Small particles (5) 84 Bottle stoppers (5) 85 Theme (5) 86 At no time (5) 89 Bankroll (3) 91 Males (3) 92 Prevented (12) 96 Sluice (5) 98 Domed recess in a
church (4) 99 Notice (4) 101 Setting for a play (5) 103 Cooking instructions
(7) 105 Toddler’s outburst (7) 107 Over and over (10) 111 Unit of force (6) 112 Ruin (8) 113 Soak (6) 114 Competitors (6) 115 Put up with (8) 117 Reply (6) 119 Uninterrupted power supply (abbr) (3) 120 Dead (8) 122 Wicked (8) 124 Lessen gradually (3) 132 Without a goal (11) 133 One-track circuit
(3) 134 Plan (6) 135 Living room (6) 137 A pig’s home (3) 138 Approve (6-5) 140 Criminal charge (10) 141 Opening of a volcano
(6) 143 Villain (6) 145 Outdated author’s
tool (10) 150 Indolent (8) 153 Bear witness (7) 154 Perpetual (7) 156 Snob (7) 157 Enormous (7) 158 Catapults (6) 160 Shooting pain (4) 161 Studious person (inf)
(4) 163 Waltzed (6) 166 Small hotels (4) 167 Russian emperor (4) 168 Snakelike fish (4) 169 Fodder storage (4)