THE BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Trinkets (4-1-4) 6 Roller-coaster (3,6) 11 Hungarian composer 12 Amid 14 Clenched hands 15 Map book 16 Vesicle 17 Cancels 18 Knockout (coll) 20 Felled 22 Vista 23 Cut roughly 25 Epiphyte 28 Webber musical 29 Formality 31 Wait (4,3) 34 Footstool 36 Ships 37 Date of death 40 Courteous 41 Deduce 44 Fencing swords 46 Previously 47 Potter’s material 48 Sweet sauce 50 Shabby articles 52 Eclipse 55 Grudge 56 Wash 57 Heavyset 58 Ruled out 59 Public eye

DOWN

1 Great size 2 Demanding 3 Connected 4 Actual 5 Preferred 6 Prize animals (3,4) 7 Extremely upset (coll) 8 Uncertain (coll) 9 Nut 10 Reply 13 Heavenly food 19 Madman (coll) 21 Small food fish 24 Christmas song 26 Reign 27 Hone 30 Capital of Vietnam 32 Obsession 33 Send out 35 Effusive 38 Respiration 39 Abstaining from alcohol 40 Collects (5,2) 42 Explain 43 Style 45 Dirtied 49 Like a node 51 Skin 53 Streetcar 54 Sketch