YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

2018-12-03 -

ACROSS: 8. Op-ti(me)-mum 9. Search fee 13. Carat (carrot) 14. To-we-r 15. Dockers 16. Entw-I-ne 17. Rosie (rosy) 18. Shake

20. Ma-p-le 22. Eleven 23. St-R-eam 25. D-is-put-e 27. Gain-say 30. Stayed 31. Sever-E 32. Me-ets 35. E-vent 36. Al-IV-e

37. In-dulge 39. Endower 41. H-itch 42. ‘Otter 43. Following 44. Incense.

1. Spir-it 2. Pint-size 3. Just deserts 4. De-press-ed 5. T-rod-den 6. Chuck-s-it in 7. Here 10. S-cream 11. A-wa-rde-d

12. Este-em 19. AvE-rage 21. Private 24. Takes in hand 26. Pretty well 28. Perishing 29. Rep-eats 30. See-me-d 32. Made over

33. Sp-E-ars 34. M-a-R-rows 38. Latest 40. Drop.

EASY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 10 11 12 13 15 18 19

21 22

Remove dirt from (5)

Cures (5)

Pixie (5)

By way of (3) Gives out cards (5) Strengthen (7) Fertile spot (5) Male offspring (3) Acknowledge with praise (6) Down payment (7) Regrets (4)

23 24 26 29 31

32 34 35

36 37

Masculine (4) Book of words (7) Noisy quarrel (6) Auction item (3) Fortune-telling cards (5) Metropolis (7) Boy’s name (5) Vigour, informally (3)

Flying toys (5) Hereditary units (5) Walking pole (5)

DOWN

1 2 4

5 6 7 9 12

14 16 17 English county (5) Spectacles (7) Look lasciviously (4)

At sea (6)

Of the nose (5) Characteristic (5) Feel unwell (3) Indicates, designates (7) Summit (3) Girl’s name (5) Cut off (5)