BRAINBUSTER

NO 945

ACROSS

1 Self-important (4,3,6) 7 Overwhelm with

sound (6) 11Magnificent (8) 16Verbal (4) 19Relief (7) 20Soars (7) 21Petty quarrel (inf ) (4) 23Covet (6) 24Attain (7) 25Danger (6) 26Fitting (3) 27Exercised power (5) 29Visitor (5) 31Skill (3) 32Endangered animal

(short) (5) 33Shout (4) 34Zodiac symbol (4) 35Part of a fork (5) 36Footwear (4) 38Follow one’s . . . (4) 40Take to court (3) 41Liver spread (4) 43. . . of Man (4) 46Austere (7) 49Protuberance (4) 50Star (4) 51Cushion for

kneeling (7) 54Text message

(abbr) (3) 55Intended (5) 56Wept (5) 59Small particles (5) 61Religious woman (3) 62Smog (4) 63Throw in high arc (3) 64Transmit (4) 65Nigerian city (3) 67Foolishly (11) 6824 hours (3) 69Pink wading birds (9) 70Use of secret agents to

gather secrets (9) 71Folklore creature (3) 72Deficit (9) 73Vitality (3) 75A sound recording

disc (7) 77Unconcealed (7) 79Arrange (5) 80Suffered (9) 83Texting icon (5) 84Quiet (6) 86New (6) 88Lays (a table) (4) 91Freedom fighter (9) 93Good, better . . . (4) 95Make immobile (8) 96Shorten (8) 97Heroic narrative (4) 99Lunar illumination (9) 100 Large amounts (4) 103 Tourist attraction

near Cairo (6) 104 Hard, aromatic

seed (6) 106 Tuscany is in this

country (5) 107 Quiet (9) 111 Last Greek letter (5) 112 Contend (7) 114 Coach (7) 116 Absolutely! (3) 117 Person who works

for free (9) 119 Tattoo (3) 120 Know-how (9) 122 Reads for a part (9) 124 Public transport (3) 125 Typewritten

copies (11) 126 Hill (SA) (3) 128 Starchy cereal used

in puddings (4) 129 Type of aircraft (3) 131 Seep (4) 132 Dance genre (3) 134 Laziness (5) 135 Small stem (5) 138 Lustre (5) 139 Sport supporter (3) 140 Transparent

mineral (7) 144 Break (4) 145 Expression of

despair (4) 146 Beat (7) 150 Delight (4) 152 Surrender (4) 153 Sticky substance (3) 154 Compass point (4) 155 Receiver of an

estate (4) 157 Melodic (5) 158 Training to box (4) 160 Anchor (4) 162 Spooky (5) 163 Indeed (archaic) (3) 165 Remove (5) 167 Plant-based diet (5) 169 Sauté (3) 171 Portable

computer (6) 172 Put together (7) 173 Charmingly (6) 175 A succulent (4) 176 Kneecap (7) 177 Proof of purchase (7) 178 Storeroom (4) 179 Went before (8) 180 Preferences (6) 181 Violation (13)

DOWN

1 Urban area (inf ) (4) 2 Grip with hands (5) 3 Plunge (8) 4 Type of pasta (8) 5 Bark (5) 6 Diatribe (6) 8 Superiority (10) 9 Do without (6) 10Alcove (5) 11Climbing plant (8) 12Shining (8) 13Household

appliance (5) 14Skilful (4) 15Cover (a sofa) (9) 17Make a grab for (5) 18Units of 1000ml (6) 21Catastrophic (6) 22Deadly (5) 28Observers (12) 30Without equal (12) 36Afternoon rest

period (6) 37Boat propellers (4) 39Numerical system with

a base of eight (5) 42Ache (5) 44Hide (4) 45In a regular

manner (6) 47Multi-hulled boat (10) 48Chronology (8) 52Sittings (8) 53Generous (4-6) 56Traditions (7) 57Cove (5) 58Contempt (7) 60Playthings (4) 66Cause pain (7) 67To a great extent (2) 68Abhor (7) 71Tests (5) 74A dot (5) 76Irritation (9) 78The Cape, eg (9) 81Dictators (7) 82First (7) 85Percolate (5) 87Type of train (5) 89Epoch (3) 90Mineral spring (3) 91Precious stone (3) 92A decree (3) 93Gamble (3) 94Male child (3) 97Bright (5) 98Covers with turf (7) 101 Tapering pillar (7) 102 Lower leg (5) 103 Obsequiousness

(10) 105 Blue-veined

cheese (10) 107 In spite of that (12) 108 Falkland, eg (7) 109 Latter part of the

day (7) 110 Atmospheric

layer (12) 113 Small monkey (8) 115 Countrywide (8) 118 More pleasant (5) 121 Retain (printing

term) (4) 123 United States

(abbr) (2) 124 Acerbic (6) 127 Indulge (6) 129 Unit of work (5) 130 Saves (5) 133 Tempo (4) 136 Camino de Santiago,

eg (10) 137 Somebody who

can’t sleep (9) 139 Liberate (4) 141 Narrate (6) 142 Peeled (8) 143 Widely approved (8) 147 Tableware (8) 148 More rigid (8) 149 Burglaries (6) 151 Faithful (5) 156 Pastoral poem (5) 159 Type of nuts (pl) (6) 161 Exaggerate (6) 164 Lyric poem (5) 166 Allocate (5) 168 Small lizard (5) 170 Period of rule (5) 171 Light (4) 174 Harness (4)