SUNDAY CROSSWORD — 943

ACROSS

1 Force, coercion (6)

4 Water vapour (5)

7 Cleans by hard rubbing (6)

13 Italian rice dish (7)

14 Ex-P.M. Narsimha ___ (3)

15 Deplete, exhaust or use up (7)

16 Come into view (4)

17 Ardent devotee (3)

18 Get together (4)

21 Helpfully or serviceably (8)

23 Contribution to a cause (8)

27 Have __ ____ about : be little informed about or have little premonition about? (2,7)

29 Face or confront boldly; dare (5,2,2)

31 S American country

(9)

32 In a shy and diffident manner (9)

33 Unaware; unlearned (8)

37 Framework of the body (8)

42 Hairstyle (4)

43 Three for Tiberius

(3)

44 Blood-vessel (4)

47 Pope's state? (7)

48 Defraud (3)

49 Flexible (7)

50 Stick (6)

51 Authored (5)

52 A fanatical person

(6)

DOWN

1 Famous naturalist

(6)

2 Flower of England

(4)

3 Detonates or causes to begin or start (4,3)

5 Parsimonious (7)

6 Decorated or ornamented (7)

8 Crowd to excess (7)

9 Extinct ox (4)

10 Disburses, does not save (6)

11 Conventional (6)

12 Keen discernment

(6)

19 Spying (9)

20 The "vulgar herd"

(3,6)

22 Oil from wool (7)

24 Australian wilderness (7)

25 Rogue or scoundrel

(5)

26 Tentacled animal

(5)

28 Frequency unit (3)

30 Rock group ___ Leppard (3)

34 Policeman (7)

35 Total, quantity or sum (6)

36 Spark off (7)

37 A small item of news (7)

38 Felt jealous of? (6)

39 Dubai for one (7)

40 Unimportant details

(6)

41 Male feline (6)

45 Engrave

(4)

46 And others, in Latin

(2,2)