THE BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Kind of spring wheat

4 Risk taker

8 Sketched

11 Expletive

12 Incubation

13 Ready for supply (2,5)

14 Social insects

17 Small village

18 Trigonometric function

20 Munched

22 Seaweed

25 Respite (3-2)

27 Tooth decay

29 Mosque official

30 Type of tea

32 Betting

35 Snow runner

36 Observed

37 Inert gas

39 Brought into existence

40 Vitality

44 The Las Vegas of Asia

Indifferent (2-2)

Flower ovary Flat-topped hill

Formal wear (3,3) Caulk

Boudoir

Stained

Very harsh

Flow off gradually

Coax by flattery Watery-eyed 45 46 47 50 52 54 57 58 59 60 61

DOWN

1 Special honour

2 Spins

3 Reflected

4 Light bulbs

5 Reckless person

6 Not heavy

7 Prickly-stemmed flower

Get no result (4,1,5) Arabian gazelle Continuously

Within reach

Wise, herb

Machu Picchu builder Stretchy band

Not dead 8 9 10 15 16 19 21 23 24 26 28 31 33 34 38 41 42 43 44 48 49 51 53 55 56

Headache tablet (tm) Dilute (4,3) Supermarket corridors Hell

Debonair

Job

Organs of sight

Big shots

Type of tomato Nearest the rear Changed biologically Dodged

On fire

Hooded jacket

Put on

Mystic board

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