THE BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Postage stickers 4 Pushed 8 Spelunker 12 Question 14 On a shore 15 Wedding gift 17 Cautious 18 Reduce the intensity of 19 Naps 23 Street musician 25 Abnormal 28 Grooming device 29 Asian river 30 Calls in on 32 Sudden feeling of excitement 34 Wayward 35 Donated 38 Unacceptable 40 Habit 41 Packages 44 Ask over 46 Contributes (5,2) 48 Downstairs 51 Walk faster than 52 Functional 53 Remedy 54 Baby’s noisy toy 55 Lethal DOWN 1 Zigzag mountain railway 2 Starlike flower 3 Cleansed 5 Principal 6 Opinion 7 Sledge 8 NCOs 9 Jump over 10 Bad manners 11 Dupes 13 Pulls behind 16 Soft leather 20 A surprise (3-6) 21 Citrus fruit 22 Finding an answer to 24 One way or another 26 Leper 27 Hotel porter 31 At the end 33 Nervous (3,2,4) 36 Radiating light 37 Runaway 39 Manly 42 Cut into pieces 43 Cast-off 45 Critical 47 Church council 48 Beget 49 Misplaced 50 Waterhole