Crossword 2634

ACROSS

1 Fortieth anniversary stone (4) 3 Inclusion; adjoining (8) 8 Recompense (3)

9 Prattle; tattle (4)

12 Grain used to make whisky (3) 13 The front of a boat (4) 15 Meat from animals killed according to Muslim law (6) 16 Competent (4)

17 The black dust in a chimney (4) 18 Short for demonstration (4) 19 Marry (3)

20 Solitary (4)

22 Persons who man a ship (4) 23 Cranny (4)

25 Take and return (6)

26 Run into (4)

28 A sly person (3)

30 At any time (4)

32 A female sheep (3) 33 Utensil used for rinsing food (8) 34 Overly self-satisfied (4)

DOWN

2 Short for brassiere (3) 3 Fourth month of the calendar year (5) 4 Every dog has his _ (3) 5 Wood from which dyes are made (7)

6 Pinnacle (3)

7 Not anywhere (7)

10 Take _ of one’s senses (5) 11 A gelded bull (7)

14 To take something from someone illegally (3) 16 Roaming freely (2,5) 17 Use needle and thread (3) 18 Energetic (7)

19 Well nourished (4-3) 21 Hangman’s halter (5) 24 See 20 across (3) 25 Pugilist (5)

27 Not for all the _ in China (3) 29 Indebted (3) 31 Energetic spirt (3)