SUNDAY CROSSWORD —

ACROSS:

1 Surf the internet (6) 4 Make haste

(5) 7 Props or

stretchers (6) 13 Veneered

board (7) 14 Indian rule

(3) 15 Things fit to

eat (7) 16 A sea-grit

territory (4) 17 Contend

with (3) 18 Swimming

venue (4) 21 Offer of marriage (8) 23 Resistance

fighter (8) 27 Right nautically (9) 29 Consenting, not argumentative? (9) 31 Vigilance (9) 32 Diverts others’ attention (9) 33 Fastidiously

(8) 37 American

painter (8) 42 Hairstyle (4) 43 Neither partner (3) 44 Breed of cat

(4) 47 Wimbledon 2009 runnerup (7) 48 "His" anagram for a suffix (3) 49 Like a bull

(7) 50 Groups of

eight (6) 51 North African country (5) 52 Red Indian

tents (6)

DOWN:

1 Road built to avoid a city (6) 2 Type of gemstone (4) 3 Exposes or

humiliates?

(5,2) 5 Disentangle

(7) 6 Newsman ___ Sardesai (7) 8 Libyan seaport (7) 9 Far from

beautiful (4) 10 BJP leader ___ Swaraj (6) 11 They sum up the poisonous creatures! (6) 12 Sergeant of Beatles fame (6) 19 Guns, firearms, etc. (9) 20 Cooked out

on a spit (9) 22 Spray from a

can? (7) 24 Utter misery

(7) 25 Hazira-based steel mills ___ Steel Limited (5) 26 Poetry (5) 28 A tiny

amount (3) 30 Be mistaken

(3) 34 Impose or bring down (7) 35 Russian vehicle drawn by three horses (6) 36 Pulling or tugging sharply (7) 37 Homage, adoration or devotion (7) 38 Person in a prisoner or an asylum (6) 39 Mark of a

monk (7) 40 A formerly-used paper size (6) 41 Automatons

(6) 45 Prepare for

press (4) 46 Climbing-plant (4)