CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 unaffectedly, foolishly simple 5 filled with moisture 9 imprint / etch 14 behaves towards 15 subtlety 16 old name of Thailand 17 very small / puny 19 anguish / dull pain 20 umpire 21 pipe or drain, usually underground, to carry off water and waste material 23 kind of tree 24 jumbled letters to

read ‘let’ 25 bullfighters 27 (old testament) high priest of Israel and teacher of Samuel 29 tuft of loosely hanging threads or cords attached for decoration to a cushion, or scarf 31 jumbled letters to

read ‘snappy’ 33 T-shaped cross 34 visualize 35 imperfection 38 grow teeth, especial

ly baby teeth 41 period in history 42 cleared away / killed 46 rodent / informer 47 tear / rend 49 of, relating to the sun 50 step in dancing 51 very dry / parched 53 foot or foot-like structure in land vertebrates 54 reality 55 jumbled letters to

read ‘peanut’ 57 an evening party in a private house for conversation or music 59 sugar-coated almond / chocolate-coated candy 60 aft / away to the rear 61 fashion / manner

DOWN

1 seine / nab / profit 2 response / reply 3 facade / pretense 4 large flightless Aus

tralian bird 5 jumbled letters to

read ‘starts’ 6 projecting window of

an upper floor 7 without hearing 8 embankment / barrier 10 beat of a lamb or a

sheep 11 in the past 12 carry; drag 13 conforming to propri

ety or to good taste 18 female sheep 21 dissolved substances 22 an oven or dish for

roasting 24 short musical composition for exercise to improve the player’s technique 25 jumbled letters to read ‘react’ 26 velocity 28 small island 30 French title given a

female saint 32 indicates a married woman’s maiden name 36 task / assignment 37 more just 39 a bullet visible in flight because of flames 40 hurry / accelerate 43 a baby or a small

child 44 Spanish shout of ap- proval, triumph, joy 45 holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance 48 flat, hollow, unleavened bread that can be split and filled with salad 50 peel / trim 52 excavated 54 healthy / suitable e 56 jumbled letters to

read ‘sea’ 58 suffix forming adjectives denoting possession of a quality