SUNDAY CROSSWORD —

987

ACROSS:

2 Stoically or stolidly (11) 7 Wandered without settled destination (5) 8 Cinema award (5) 9 Counselled, recommended or cautioned (7) 13 Temporary illhumour (9) 15 One sixth of one year? (3,6) 18 Part of a military uniform (5) 20 A kind of dog (7) 21 Drily witty (5) 22 Beyond the limit (7) 25 Side by side (7) 27 Vast Russian region (7) 28 Senior member of a group (5) 32 Swedish actress (190590) (5) 35 Bellowed (7) 40 Eastern European country (7) 41 Excavate (7) 42 Not suited (5) 43 Surgeon's tool (7) 44 Russian ballet company (5) 45 Concentrate fully on? (3,4,2) 49 A member of a choir (9) 53 Capital of Sikkim (7) 54 Lawbreaking (5) 55 Leaves out (5) 56 Mr. Shah of Bollywood (11)

DOWN:

1 Jab or prod at (4) 2 Symbol or statue? (4) 3 Current types (2-2) 4 Scene, picture or sight (4) 5 Spinning toy (22) 6 Tub for soaking (4) 9 Additional, one more? (7) 10 Wart (7) 11 Blemished (7) 12 Portal (7) 13 Go the rounds of (6) 14 Doctrines of belief (6) 16 Go __ __ : cross all limits, in a way? (3,3) 17 Divides (6) 19 Plagiarise (4) 21 Mend a hole (4) 23 Young sibling (3) 24 Ex-India P.M. Morarjibhai ___ (5) 26 Commenced (5) 29 Pod vegetable (3) 30 Annoying or irritating (6) 31 Give or bestow; divulge (6) 32 Flying pest (4) 33 Erecting (7) 34 Eight-sided figure (7) 35 Smell a rat (7) 36 Viewpoint (7) 37 Hard wood from "Kate"? (4) 38 Moral and social decay? (3-3) 39 Tremble with cold or fear (6) 46 ____ Pound : the poet? (4) 47 Cooking space (4) 48 Record (4) 50 Head covering (4) 51 Common metal (4) 52 English painter (4)