SUNDAY CROSSWORD — 952

ACROSS :

1 Former Kiwi wicket keeper Adam __ (6)

4 Baby beds (5)

7 Proposals or bids (6)

13 Flat pasta sheets

(7)

14 Thai language - "Ola" anagram ? (3)

15 Ideal, utopian or flawless (7)

16 Hit out at cricket (4)

17 Marking fluid (3)

18 __ up : consumed or finished the whole quantity? (4)

21 Evacuating, abdicating or pulling out

(8)

23 Contri-bution to a cause (8)

27 Retired Indian offspinner (9)

29 A son or a daughter; even a lamb or a colt? (9)

31 Expressed with frankness (9)

32 Minute trace (9)

33 Compet-itions (8)

37 Fire-raiser (8)

42 Engrave (4)

43 Pair (3)

44 Run with a long stride (4)

47 Messenger (7)

48 Of one's ___ : belonging to oneself? (3)

49 Used to be alive (7)

50 In vogue or fashion

(6)

51 Acute anxiety (5)

52 Represen-tatives

(6)

DOWN :

1 What bees collect?

(6)

2 Went upward (4)

3 Royal emblems? (7)

5 Depending, banking on, trusting (7)

6 Stopped ball with bat? (7)

8 Impassio-ned, romantic or sensual

(7)

9 "Been" anagram for Swiss watch manufacturers? (4)

10 Easy catch (6)

11 Mahara-shtra city

(6)

12 Economic improvement (6)

19 Depiction or story or report (9)

20 Advocate of community participation (9)

22 Closest at hand (7)

24 Policeman (7)

25 Chuck (5)

26 Irish alphabet (5)

28 Comforter or quilt

(3)

30 Cavity or hole (3)

34 Tasty morsels (7)

35 Round body (6)

36 Write on paper (3,4)

37 Quantities or measures? (7)

38 Spite said to be vented? (6)

39 Taking a light sleep

(7)

40 Liquid measure used in homeopathy etc. (6)

41 Moves smoothly (6)

45 Litigated (4)

46 Astonish or shock

(4)