BRAINBUSTER
NO 943
ACROSS
1 Not out of contention
(2,3,7) 6 Forfeiture (16) 14 Sleeps (4) 17 Ice-cream flavour (7) 19 Smarty-pants (4-3) 20 Falling flakes (4) 22 An allergic reaction (6) 23 Supply (7) 24 Feature (6) 25 Weird (3) 26 Run away (to marry)
(5) 28 Vote (5) 30 A curve (3) 31 Deliberate act of setting fire to property (5) 32 Consumer (4) 33 Regiment of Zulu
soldiers (4) 34 Cow’s mammary
gland (5) 35 Turf (4) 37 Go away (imperative)
(4) 39 Oxygen (3) 40 Terror (4) 42 Separate (4) 45 Busybody (7) 48 Your mother’s sister
(4) 49 Teatime treat (4) 50 Unshaven (7) 53 Also (3) 54 Military horn (5) 56 Group of eight (5) 59 Requires (5) 61 Small mouthful of
fluid (3) 62 Blemish (4) 63 Transgression (3) 64 24 hours (3) 65 Black Coffee song (4) 66 Pitch (3) 68 Scraps (4,3,4) 69 Linked up (3) 70 Statute (9) 71 Correct behaviour (9) 72 Coal mine (3) 73 A large group of
musicians (9) 74 Speck (3) 76 Potato dumplings (7) 78 Tufts of thread (7) 80 Case (5) 81 After 19th (9) 84 Remove (5) 85 Determined (6) 87 Stopped (6) 89 Stage (4) 92 Delivered a speech (9) 94 Place to sit (4) 96 State of the art (8) 97 Sudden disturbance
(8) 98 Farm animal (4) 100 Debauchery (9) 101 Wild oxen (4) 104 Catching sight of (6) 105 Emphasise (6) 107 Bonus (5) 108 Quirky (9) 112 Beginning (short) (5) 113 Satirise (7) 115 First (7) 117 Total (3) 118 Bin (9) 120 After expenses (3) 121 Decorum (9) 123 Dissonance (9) 125 Perch (3) 126 Bitter (11) 127 Yowl (3) 129 Taunt (4) 130 Once and for . . . (3) 131 Centre (prefix) (3) 133 Told a fib (4) 134 Revolution (abbr) (3) 136 A greeting (5) 137 Part of a shoe (5) 140 Take the wind out of
your . . . (5) 141 Epoch (3) 142 Loyal (7) 146 Female sheep (4) 147 Rights (law) (4) 148 Tank (7) 152 Supermarket group
in SA (4) 154 SA currency (4) 155 Organ of sight (3) 156 Gaseous element
(Ne) (4) 157 Consumes (4) 159 Single edition of a
magazine (5) 160 Bit (4) 162 Elegant (4) 164 Rotates (5) 165 Music genre (3) 167 Church feature (5) 169 At no time (5) 171 Vaselike vessel (3) 173 Be owned by (6) 174 Whimsical (7) 175 Inuit dwellings (6) 177 Having little rain (4) 178 Feed (7) 179 Desert (7) 180 Sharp taste (4) 181 Senior army rank
(9,7) 182 Smoothly (12)
DOWN
1 Small hotels (4) 2 Worked on a computer
(5) 3 Changed direction (8) 4 Drivel (8) 5 Fruit used to make
wine (6) 6 Republican party’s
opposition (US) (10) 7 Half a ring (10) 8 Maintenance (6) 9 Baggy (5) 10 Break (8) 11 Strainer (8) 12 Mental or spiritual
aspects (5) 13 An amphibian, eg (4) 15 Battery terminal (5) 16 Serene (6) 18 Low Earth orbit (abbr)
(3) 20 Meagre (6) 21 Happen (5) 27 Make it stop (3,2,3,2,2) 29 Vitally important
(4-3-5) 35 Easily bent (6) 36 In the middle of (4) 38 Rocky peaks (5) 41 Monastery (5) 43 Gambling chances
(4) 44 Container for an
afternoon brew (6) 46 Dismissed (10) 47 Opera text (8) 51 Esoteric (8) 52 Exaggerated (10) 55 Simba in The Lion
King, eg (4) 56 A very small bone (7) 57 Under mental strain
(5) 58 Support for a table (7) 60 Sunrise direction (4) 67 Reconstruct (7) 69 Moderate (7) 72 Bundles (5) 75 Medicate (5) 77 Gradual increase in
loudness (music) (9) 79 Similar to vermicelli
(9) 82 Recount (7) 83 Check out (7) 86 Astonish (5) 88 A clean . . . (new
beginning) (5) 90 As well (3) 91 A . . . on the back (3) 92 Make a further remark
(3) 93 Expected (3) 94 Cunning (3) 95 Request (3) 98 Speculate (5) 99 Effort (7) 102 Word with an opposite meaning (7) 103 Plump (5) 104 Causes food
poisoning (10) 106 Dark outline (10) 108 Set of reference
books (12) 109 Prisoner (7) 110 Behave without
restraint (3,4) 111 Situation (12) 114 Long-distance
running race (8) 116 Urges (8) 119 On top (5) 122 Far-fetched (4) 124 Cambodia is on this
continent (4) 125 Fragments (6) 128 Marine mammals (6) 130 First Greek letter (5) 132 Type of dance music
(5) 135 Travel document (4) 138 Investigator (10) 139 Re: a noun modifier
(10) 141 Volcano in Sicily (4) 143 Easel (6) 144 Not identified by
signature (8) 145 A living being (8) 149 Trespasser (8) 150 Extreme (8) 151 Consequence (6) 153 More refined (5) 158 High male voice (5) 161 Child without
parents (6) 163 Breathe (6) 166 Court defence (5) 168 A . . . of beauty is a
joy forever (5) 170 By way of (3) 172 Paths (5) 173 Spike (4) 176 Remain in place (4)