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ACROSS 1 Waste matter 4 Thickset 8 Go and return with 12 In the interim 14 Hanging around 15 Cue stroke 17 Worm 18 Bring up to date (4,2) 19 Remaining 23 Duty 25 Short-haired boot-wearing lads 28 Twelve o’clock 29 Quarter 30 Change 32 Scream 34 Lively 35 Edible grain 38 Cut off 40 Lowest 41 Locks of hair 44 Sculptured image 46 Melodious 48 Following 51 Baffle 52 Novelty 53 Point opposite the zenith 54 Escaped 55 Declared DOWN 1 Cases 2 Females 3 Ghostly 5 Smart 6 Recessed windows 7 Christmas (arch) 8 Fitted out 9 Court case 10 Royal title, Your ___ 11 Music groups 13 Netlike 16 Droop 20 Property 21 Connecting spits of land 22 Tricky device 24 Soothsayer 26 Insult 27 Brochure 31 Out of work 33 Disorderly 36 Gaping fully (4-4) 37 Low in spirits 39 Professor (abb) 42 Visionary 43 Undress 45 Discharged 47 Hard quartz 48 Pivot 49 Bean curd 50 Religious ceremony