BRAINBUSTER
ACROSS
1 Start too soon (4,3,3) 6 Fragments (7) 10 Citations (10) 15 Small social insects (4) 18 Recount (7) 19 (Magazine) issue (7) 20 Stretch (4) 22 Stole (inf ) (6) 23 Destructive (7) 24 Remaining people (6) 25 22nd Greek letter (3) 26 Picture (5) 28 Robbery (5) 30 Make a mistake (3) 31 Blood vessels (5) 32 Strong string (4) 33 Board used in the
cafeteria (4) 34 Invalidate (5) 35 Surrender (4) 37 Lady’s fingers (veg) (4) 39 Quantity of no
importance (3) 40 Division (4) 42 Promises (4) 45 A herb (7) 48 Immediately following
in order (4) 49 Depart (4) 50 Managed (7) 53 Beer (3) 54 Bell-shaped flower (5) 56 Fastener (5) 59 Broadcast again (5) 61 Begin to . . . the light (3) 62 Little bit (4) 63 Applied Behaviour
Analysis (abbr) (3) 64 Poison . . . (plant) (3) 65 Reverberate (4) 66 Turf (3) 68 Impertinence (11) 69 Attempt (3) 70 Ad-lib (9) 71 Perfect example (9) 72 Text message (abbr) (3) 73 Unrivalled (9) 74 Music genre (3) 76 Not accurate (7) 78 Attack (3,4) 80 Shows the way (5) 81 In an unusual way (9) 84 Dark fine-grained
sedimentary rock (5) 85 Tempt (6) 87 Parish priest (6) 89 Ballet skirt (4) 92 Shackles (9) 94 Oceans (4) 96 Type of wheat flour (8) 97 Most furious (8) 98 Formerly (4) 100 Fell victim to (9) 101 Wild oxen (4) 104 Strained (6) 105 Public road (6) 107 Feeling of disgrace (5) 108 VHS, eg (9) 112 Enough (5) 113 Rice dish (7) 115 Type of violet (7) 117 Slide on snow (3) 118 Nourishing material (9) 120 Mini or Polo, eg (3) 121 Cavorted (9) 123 Travelling (9) 125 Cunning (3) 126 Vulnerable (11) 127 Weep (3) 129 Spike (4) 130 Flipper (3) 131 Not near (3) 133 Small particle (4) 134 Delay (3) 136 Excludes (5) 137 Rapidity (5) 140 Sign of the zodiac (5) 141 Charged particle (3) 142 Snakes and . . .
(board game) (7) 146 A little bird . . . me (4) 147 After (prefix) (4) 148 Phantom (7) 152 Female sheep (4) 154 Decorative case (4) 155 Curl up and . . . (3) 156 Finished (4) 157 Wheel shaft (4) 159 Hums (5) 160 Verbal (4) 162 Guffaw (4) 164 Huge expanse
of water (5) 165 Primate (3) 167 Absurd (5) 169 Insect phase (5) 171 Like father, like . . . (3) 173 Sides (6) 174 Theme (7) 175 Shore bird (6) 177 Hire (4) 178 Flammable liquid
used in thinners (7) 179 Dishonourable (7) 180 . . . up (fabricated) (4) 181 Changes into
vapour (10) 182 Shreds (7) 183 Opposite (10)
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1 . . . Paul Gaultier
(fashion designer) (4) 2 Pair up (5) 3 Insect’s back propeller (8) 4 Brigade (8) 5 Southern African
antelope (5) 6 Radio (6) 7 Fortuitous (10) 8 Very easy (10) 9 Afternoon nap (6) 10 Elevate (5) 11 Egg-based dish (8) 12 Famous (8) 13 Frolic (5) 14 Tans (4) 16 Alcove (5) 17 One who avoids work
(UK) (informal) (6) 20 Suspend a plan (6) 21 It’s shot from a bow (5) 27 Mom’s parents (12) 29 Feverishly (12) 35 Cheroots (6) 36 Sleep (4) 38 Australian marsupial (5) 41 Suspicious (5) 43 Lyrical poems (4) 44 Freedom from
danger (6) 46 Venture (10) 47 Buck (8) 51 Before twenty (8) 52 Weepy (10) 55 Wading bird (4) 56 Purer (7) 57 Stadium (5) 58 Come before
(in time) (7) 60 At any time (4) 67 Far away (7) 69 Veranda (7) 72 Divide in half (5) 75 Docks (5) 77 Building designer (9) 79 Youth (9) 82 Fanatics (7) 83 Gastronome (7) 86 Supernatural
creature (5) 88 Out of the way (5) 90 Vase (3) 91 It’s no . . ! (3) 92 Owns (3) 93 Sorrowful (3) 94 A pig’s home (3) 95 Sanctuary (3) 98 Water source in
the desert (5) 99 Explain (7) 102 Elements (7) 103 Smudge (5) 104 Brewed (coffee) (10) 106 Equivalent to (10) 108 Moisture (12) 109 Small sofas (7) 110 Increased three
times (7) 111 Adequate (12) 114 Tibia (8) 116 Chasm (8) 119 Contention (5) 122 Prepare text for publishing (4) 124 Russian emperor (4) 125 Military greeting (6) 128 Large sum of money (6) 130 Early on (5) 132 Wash out (5) 135 Battering wind (4) 138 River vessel (6,4) 139 Accumulated
knowledge (10) 141 Holm oak (4) 143 Agreement (6) 144 Extinct terrestrial
reptile (8) 145 Occupant (8) 149 Forbid (8) 150 Costing the least (8) 151 Kidnapper’s
payment (6) 153 Large sea mammal (5) 158 Marked with
a border (5) 161 Begrudge (6) 163 Foolish behaviour (6) 166 Machete (5) 168 Succulents, eg (5) 170 Obsession (5) 172 Cricket grounds (inf) (5) 173 At liberty (4) 176 Pinkish colours (4)