THE BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Christian festival 6 Stiffened 11 Herb used in pesto 12 Hara-kiri 14 Peer of the lowest rank 15 Turn over 17 Friend 18 Floor of a pergola 19 Upper part of a body 21 Weight of an empty vehicle 23 Fine net used for veils 24 White stoat 26 Fetters 29 Notebooks 30 Bribe (3,3) 32 Distinctive features 35 Take in marriage 37 Scatters in fine particles 38 Competently 41 Gloomier 42 If not 45 Lift up 47 An upright 49 Brand 50 On account of 52 Cooking vessels 54 Cycle 57 Belonging to them 58 Come before 59 Jungle vine 60 Unprincipled 61 Therapeutic DOWN 1 Block 2 Appeared like 3 Emit with a spitting sound 4 Contemplate 5 Chute 6 Become firmer 7 Lettuce, peas, etc 8 Beer jug 9 Scandinavian language 10 Lays bare 13 Unconscious 16 Leguminous plant 20 Treeless plain in Russia 22 Decreased 25 Fits of gloom 27 Chop 28 West Indian ballad 31 Power 33 Fashions 34 Beast of burden 36 Small slender parrots 39 Crewman 40 Of silver, tin, etc 41 Relegated 43 Most orderly 44 Velocity 46 Sheepdog 48 Health resort 51 Reproductive cell 53 Threesome 55 Exploit 56 Loose scrum in rugby