53 Rational (4) 54 Bundles of grain stalks (7) 56 See red (7) 58 Container (3) 61 Cunning (3) 66 Changed from one point to another (11) 67 Bottomless pit (5) 71 Takes a break (5) 72 Translator (11) 74 Bow deferentially (9) 76 More (4) 77 Prim
NO 954
ACROSS
1 Not thorough (11)
7 Bolster (9)
12 Core (7)
16 Geeks (5)
17 Skilled worker (7)
18 Apart (literary) (7)
20 Roadside lodging (5)
21 Move to and fro (7)
22 Rules (6)
25 Sophisticated (6)
26 Magnificent (5)
27 Starting point (8,5)
30 Childminder (5)
31 Religious festival (6)
33 Principles to aspire
to (6) 35 To swindle (3)
36 Surroundings (11)
39 Bread dipped in gravy (3)
41 Small part (in a movie) (5)
42 Protection (5)
44 Gambled (6)
46 Performers of folk
songs (11)
50 Create (8)
52 Frock (5)
55 Committee (5)
56 Weave (5)
57 Portable shelter (4)
59 In the front (5)
60 Venomous snake (5)
61 Fired a gun (4)
62 Mound of sand (4)
63 Laziness (5)
64 0,025m (4)
65 Knapsack, eg (3,3)
68 Nobleman (4)
69 Not found (4)
70 Difficult (6)
73 Beseech (3)
75 The previous day (9)
78 Consume (3)
79 Female sheep (3)
80 Edge of a container (3)
81 Skull cavity (5)
82 Fine particles of
lava (3)
85 Narrow ridge (5)
87 An idea or topic (5)
89 Stallion (4) 91 Coastal area (7)
92 Lower limbs (4)
93 Secure (4)
94 Rangers, Fiestas and
Everests (5)
95 Tall building (5)
96 Unwanted email (4)
97 Pleated skirt (4)
98 Warm-up (7)
100 Exclude (4)
102 Cleanse (5)
103 Places (5)
105 Tread softly (3)
107 Flour source (5) 109 Feline (3)
110 Message sent by phone (abbr) (3)
112 Music and paintings (3)
114 Degrees of thickness (9)
118 Light brown (3)
120 Conference (SA) (6)
122 Nasty (4)
123 Hanging drop (4)
125 Acquired knowledge (6)
127 Hunt for (4)
128 Transport (5)
129 Turf (4)
130 Ground (4)
131 Eavesdropped (5)
132 Oaks, eg (5)
133 Grating noise (4)
134 Indian garments (5)
136 Clergyman (5)
139 Celestial objects (5)
141 Lustrous (8)
143 Cartoon figures (11)
145 Fragments (6)
147 Appeals (5)
148 Unoccupied area (5)
150 Twitch (3)
151 Revive (11)
153 Fabrication (3)
154 Mixture of rolled oats, nuts and fruit (6)
157 High-protein pulse (6)
160 Obsession (5)
161 Cleverly (13)
164 Fury (5)
166 Framework (6) 167 Elderly person (6)
168 Width (7)
172 A defence (law) (5)
173 Tidiest (7)
174 Clear (7)
175 Thus (5)
176 Admit (7)
177 Made comprehensible (9)
178 Magnum opus (11)
DOWN
1 Intuits (6)
2 Spiked mammals (10)
3 Breathed new life into (11)
4 Slanting printing style (7)
5 Passionate (7)
6 Roll (4)
7 Sprints (4)
8 Insinuation (8)
9 Smooth (4)
10 Lady’s man (4)
11 Tolerated (7)
12 State of bliss (7)
13 Paid (11)
14 Mercy killing (10)
15 Monthly earnings (6)
19 Thin strip of wood (4)
23 Public road (6)
24 Above (2)
25 Joins (6)
28 Couple (4,2)
29 Emblem (6)
32 Oolong, eg (3)
34 Expatriate (8)
35 Custodians (10)
37 Usually (8)
38 With a small margin (8)
40 Status (8)
43 Adriatic, eg (3)
45 Drag (from a river) (6)
47 Dance genre (6)
48 Indefinite article (2)
49 Borrower (6)
51 Evenings (6)