SUNDAY CROSSWORD — 985

ACROSS :

1 Mumbai for the old-timer? (6)

4 Embellish (5)

7 Most distant point (6)

13 Take a share in, say eating (7)

14 Cricket legend Kapil ___ (3)

15 Stretches, drags out or elongates (7) 16 From (2,2)

17 Sever or curtail (3)

18 Natural ability (4)

21 Delayed or hampered (8)

23 Teaching by repetition (8)

27 Amazed, confounded or astonished (9)

29 Ear is his speciality? (9)

31 Iranian religious leader (9)

32 Fleeting (9) 33 Garrotte (8)

37 Remnant (8) 42 Rahu Aur __ (4)

43 Small stocky dog (3)

44 Strain (4) 47 ___ out : dismiss cheaply? (7) 48 Soak in water (3)

49 Goads or teases (7)

50 Ambassadors or legates (6) 51 Encroach on (5)

52 Rolling ___ gather no moss (6)

DOWN :

1 Two-footed animals (6) 2 Extra, in addition to (4) 3 Accumulated (7)

5 Concluded by reasoning (7)

6 Held firmly (7)

8 Pathetic (7)

9 Criminal group (4)

10 Is subsequent (6)

11 Jacket for a sailor (6)

12 Composer

Prokofiev (6) 19 Diverts others’ attention (9) 20 Pictures or conceives of (9)

22 Look at (7) 24 Ex-India opening batsman Vikram ___ (7)

25 Eskimo canoe (5)

26 Remains behind (5)

28 Popular card game (3)

30 Have or possess (3)

34 Vigilantly (7)

35 Measuring instruments (6)

36 Sends goods out of the country for trade or business (7)

37 Not as heavy (7)

38 Joining metals by melting (6)

39 Differing from the usual or expected; unconvention al (7)

40 A type of marine fish (6)

41 Explores, searches or seeks (6)

45 Capital of Ukraine (4) 46 Narrow valley (4)