Crossword 2714

ACROSS

8 A loop with a running knot, as in a lasso or hangman’s halter (5)

9 A horse’s whinnying sound (5) 10 Sketch (5)

11 Growl or snarl (5) 12 Furnish (5)

13 Awake and out of bed (5) 14 Fright (5)

16 Synthetic material used for clothing and other products (5)

18 To _ one’s heart out (3) 19 Freight (5)

22 Venerate (5)

25 Move aimlessly from place to place (5)

26 Gazed thoughtfully (5) 27 Understood (5)

28 Crop, trim (5)

29 Short for discotheque (5) 30 Issued without par of face value (2-3)

DOWN

1 Mysterious and puzzling (6) 2 Largest city of Cameroon, on the Bight of Biafra (6) 3 Pandemonium (6) 4 Knockout contest matches that precede the semifinals (13) 5 A graduate student who works to gain practical exprerience (6)

6 Optical (6)

7 To contribute money or time to a cause or fund (4,2) 15 Law Enforcement Agency (3) 17 Overall Response Rate (3) 19 Professional entertainment made up of jokes and sketches (6)

20 Stand firm (6)

21 Having a better than even chance of winning (4-2) 22 Be present (6)

23 Inhabit (6)

24 Whole (6)