SUNDAY CROSSWORD — 814

ACROSS:

1 Gentlemen's gentlemen? ( 6) 4 Greek "k" ( 5) 7 Converts to different use ( 6) 13 Legal dissolution of a marriage ( 7) 14 Whimsical; strange ( 3) 15 Canadian city - "real bat" anagram? ( 7) 16 Fibre obtained from coconut husks ( 4) 17 Be indebted to ( 3) 18 Small drinks ( 4) 21 Scorn ( 8) 23 Trounced, beat soundly ( 8) 27 Former or previous ( 9) 29 Carry, convey or haul? ( 9) 31 Allowed, authorised or certified ( 9) 32 Dodges or evades ( 9) 33 Altruism, humanity or mercy ( 8) 37 Well- read ( 8) 42 Sharp taste ( 4) 43 Affirmative reply ( 3) 44 Immerses in water ( 4) 47 Friendly ( 7) 48 Small poisonous snake ( 3) 49 Biggest, most sizable or spacious ( 7) 50 Language of Andhra Pradesh ( 6) 51 Sent high into the air ( 5) 52 Look up to ( 6)

DOWN:

1 V in VSNL? ( 6) 2 Not prerecorded ( 4) 3 Evict or expel ( 4,3) 5 Insult ( 7) 6 Compensation, remuneration or stipend ( 7) 8 Argues for or against from a platform? ( 7) 9 Feline sound ( 4) 10 Smartly fashionable ( 6) 11 Gandhiji's last words ( 3,3) 12 Kidnapper - "opt car" anagram? ( 6) 19 Curb, check or confine ( 9) 20 Device for measuring distance walked ( 9) 22 Small shots in a cartridge, pills ( 7) 24 Ravaged, persecuted or hassled ( 7) 25 Entice ( 5) 26 Keep or hide away ( 5) 28 3rd century Chinese dynasty ( 3) 30 Distress call ( 3) 34 A sketch or an illustration? ( 7) 35 Overwhelm, flow over ( 6) 36 A small songbird ( 7) 37 Specimen ( 7) 38 Excessive, unjustified ( 6) 39 Hungered, craved or desired? ( 7) 40 Surgeon's knife ( 6) 41 Steal cattle? ( 6) 45 Seed appendage ( 4) 46 A word meaning ' half' ( 4)