YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 9. Played out 10. White lie 12. Nick 13. A-shake 14. Handled 15. Ratt-L-ed on 17. Present-er 18. Sta-gge-r 20. Charge(ts) 21. F-ace 24. Don’t know 26. Let me see 28. A-p-ex 29. Sk-imp-y 31. Primers 34. Rem-a-inder 36. Going-over 38. Cor-dial

39. Ne-gat-e 40. An-O-n 41. Re-formed 42. Lend a h-and.

1. Up in arms 2. M-Ascot 3. Consider 4. Strain 5. S-we-etp-ea 6. With weight

16. L-ights 19. Al-on-e 20. Co-w(ork) 22. AD-ele 23. Seeing 25. Naked flame 26. (S)Lay

32. Serenade 33. Vis-it-or 35. Marked 36. Gig-G(i)le(s) 37. V-and-A-L.

EASY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

3 8 10

11 12 13

15 18 19 21 22 23

Destruction (5) Doing words (5) Pulped fruit or veg (5) Plaything (3) Anteroom (5) Say unintentionally (3,4)

Refute (5) Mingle, blend (3) Gambling place (6) Chatters (7) Heinous (4) Mail (4) 24

26 29 31 32

34 35 36

37 38

Crime against the state (7) Formal order (6) Faucet (3) Beer mug (5) Share expenses equally (2,5) Outstanding (5) Star sign (3) Difficult question (5)

Light boat (5) Insurgent (5)

DOWN

7. M-eande-r 8. B-ill-et 11. Ador-ned

27. Bar-rack 30. Ma-rina-de 31. Pa-I-nting 1 Discourage (5) 2 Extremely bad (7) 4 At the summit (4) 5 Musical dramas (6) 6 Heals (5)

7 Repeat (5) 9 Decompose (3) 12 Sports match (7) 14 Illuminated (3) 16 Buffalo (5) 17 Sounds a horn (5) 19 Originator (7) 20 Unwelcome plants

(5) 21 23 24 25 27

28 30 32 33

Female relative (5) Liked by many (7) Term of office (6) Unhappy (3) Distinctive character (5)

Stair part (5) Exclusive story (5) DNA unit (4) Number (3)