SUNDAY CROSSWORD — 1017

ACROSS:

2 Gandhian famous for Bhoodan Movement (6,5)

7 Olympic great Comaneci (5)

8 Period of dark (5)

9 Dwells in, stays (7)

13 Servile flatterer (9)

15 Takes into consideration, excuses? (6,3)

18 Sour - "brace" anagram? (5)

20 Renowned archer ___ Tell (7)

21 The Muslim faith (5)

22 Minced meat in a casing (7)

25 Timeless (7)

27 Limited or confined? (7)

28 Owing money? (2,3)

32 Employing (5)

35 ___ up : disposing of; completing; finishing? (7)

40 Mangers (7)

41 Co-builder of Rome along with Remus (7)

42 Rome is its capital (5)

43 Disburdens (7)

44 Fighting female from Israel (5)

45 Position of an inning in cricket when nine wickets are down? (4,3,2)

49 Irregular fighter (9)

53 Female deity or divinity (7)

54 One moving on snow, perhaps (5)

55 Early mornings (5)

56 Thoughtful (11)

DOWN:

1 Indolent or slothful

(4) 2 Seductress (4)

3 Ajar; not closed (4)

4 Part of a shoe (4)

5 Enough in old English? (4)

6 Go away! (4)

9 A herb whose pollen may cause hay fever (7)

10 Quieted or calmed? (7)

11 Leonardo __ ____ : famous Italian painter of Mona Lisa and The Last Supper (2,5)

12 Sleep (7)

13 Thinly scattered; infrequent (6)

14 Angelic child (6)

16 Serious offence (6)

17 Sound of distant thunder (6)

19 Dandy, admirer or suitor (4)

21 Frozen or cooled (4)

23 Drunkard (3)

24 Grind (5)

26 Pace (5)

29 Wildebeest (3)

30 Whenever one wishes ? (2,4)

31 Wanderers (6)

32 Unsightly (4)

33 Publishing (7)

34 Chain of flowers (7)

35 Mixture (7)

36 Urges (7)

37 Devilish ones (4)

38 World-wide (6)

39 Spain of the Spaniards (6)

46 Northern seabirds (4)

47 Remains of pressed grapes (4)

48 Charged particles (4)

50 Internet patron (4)

51 To go on horseback (4)

52 Tall, thin and slender (4)