BRAINBUSTER ACROSS DOWN
NO 949
1 Perform very well
(4,2,3,9) 10Outlook (10) 17Feedback (5) 18Heavenly (7) 19Alongside (5) 20Enough (5) 21 Female beneficiary (7) 23Owing (2,4) 26 Serious (6) 27 Pitched shelters (5) 28 Lacking vitality (13) 30 Bright (5) 31Cargo ship (6) 33 . . . Girl (TV series) (6) 35 Tavern (3) 36Foreboding (11) 40 . . . and tuck (3) 42Extreme (5) 43 Early English (abbr) (2) 44 That is (Latin abbr) (2) 46 Soft winter fabric (6) 48 Inclined (11) 51Emphatic (8) 53Leaves (5) 56 Indefinite article (2) 57 Fashionable (inf) (2) 58 Round fruit (5) 59 Enclosure (4) 61 Excludes (5) 62Deck (5) 63 Sheltered bay (4) 64 Sea eagle (literary) (4) 65Gapes (5) 66 Paltry (4) 67 Enforce (6) 70 Toil (4) 71 Took off (4) 72Aim for (6) 75Weird (3) 77 Offices for
ambassadors (9) 80Dined (3) 81Wool source (3) 82 Twitch (3) 83Assemble (3,2) 84 Profundity (5) 88Take the wind out of
your . . . (5) 90Neap or spring, eg (5) 92 Yes (inf) (4) 94Endurance (7) 95Amounts of more than
nine (4) 96 A fruit (4) 97 Sift or strain (5) 98Roads (5) 99Impudent (4) 100 Rests on a chair (4) 101 Obscene (7) 103 Enquires (4) 105 Diminish (3,2) 106 Agrees (with) (5) 108 Satisfied (5) 110 Tally mark (5) 112 Blouse, eg (3) 113 European (abbr) (3) 115 Anger (3) 117 Avocado dip (9) 121 Bark (3) 123 Humanity (SA) (6) 125 Scorch (4) 126 Sail support (4) 128 Settled down (6) 130 Drink brewed from
malt or hops (4) 131 Worries (5) 132 Short swims (4) 133 Yearn (4) 134 Discourage (5) 135 Shoestrings (5) 136 Stir (4) 137 Word puzzle (5) 139 Caesium (symbol) (2) 140 Lutetium (symbol) (2) 142 To the . . .
(extravagant) (5) 144 Young male
chicken (8) 146 Husband’s mom
(6-2-3) 148 Part of the eye (6) 150 Towards (2) 151 Pica (2) 152 Striped (cat) (5) 154 Transgression (3) 155 Egotistical (4-7) 158 Text message
(abbr) (3) 159 Henhouse
perches (6) 162 Less shallow (6) 165 Marsh plants (5) 166 Deplorable (13) 168 Upright (5) 170 Supplements (6) 171 Mistakes (6) 172 Small plates (7) 176 Banish (5) 177 To void (5) 178 Far-out (7) 179 Expel (5) 180 Ephemeral (10) 181 To begin with
(2,3,5,8) 1 Alarm (6) 2 Disgust (10) 3 Go far ahead of (11) 4 Desert (7) 5 Readable (7) 6 Shrill bark (4) 7 Tickling skin
sensation (4) 8 Commanding (8) 9 Gush (4) 11 Vocal vibrato (7) 12Numerals (7) 13 Candid or frank (5-6) 14 Restlessness (10) 15 Pact (6) 16 Petrol (3) 22Movie and book genre
(inf) (3-2) 24 Dress garishly (inf) (4,2) 25 Bank (abbr) (2) 26Drooped (6) 29Schedule (6) 32 Relatives (3) 34Trembled (8) 35Catching (10) 37 Birthright (8) 38The middle of the
day (4) 39 Superfluous (8) 41 Busied oneself (8) 45Conger (3) 47Go beyond the limit (6) 49 Conference (SA) (6) 50 Musical instruments (6) 52 Trustworthy (6) 54Large amounts (4) 55 Extracted from ore (7) 58Short periods of
time (7) 60 Self-esteem (3) 63Aygo or Mini, eg (3) 68 A large travelling
case (11) 69 Overly sentimental (5) 73 Pitched shelters (5) 74 Unintentional (11) 76Ruin (9) 78Mongrel (4) 79Epoch (3) 80 Criminal’s helper (9) 85Impostor (5) 86 Angels’ instruments (5) 87 Axis (5) 88 Stories (5) 89Cove (5) 91 Be in session (3) 93Belongs to a male (3) 95Afternoon brew (3) 96 Friend (3) 100 Divide in half (5) 102 Hit it on the head (4) 104 Wading bird (5) 106 Domains (7) 107 Ostrich-like bird (3) 109 10-year periods (7) 111 Bicycle part (10) 114 Mistrusts (8) 116 Elastic (6) 117 Ghastly (8) 118 Rough (6) 119 Oat mixture (6) 120 Increase (8) 122 Reply (6) 124 Born (Fr) (3) 125 Diligent (8) 127 Hazard (4) 129 Stitch (3) 137 Pitiless (11) 138 Gamble (3) 139 Cook (4) 141 Joins (6) 143 Pride (4-7) 145 Instrument played
like an accordion (10) 146 Dirties (6) 147 Walk like a duck (6) 149 Check-up (10) 153 “Farewell” (3) 156 Immature insect (5) 157 . . . hour (latest
possible time) (8) 160 Survive (7) 161 Coach (7) 163 Most disturbing
(atmosphere) (7) 164 Nutritional need (7) 165 Veto (6) 167 Exists (2) 169 Gossip (6) 172 Cunning (3) 173 Once . . . a time (4) 174 To thine own . . . be
true (Shakespeare) (4) 175 Mix (4)