BIG CROSSWORD 1

ACROSS: 9 Absorbent; 10 Ointment; 12 Iris; 13 Pebble; 14 Extreme; 15 Intricate; 17 Astounded; 18 Nirvana; 20 Speaks; 21 Warn; 24 Incident; 26 Aardvark; 28 Used; 29 Spirit; 31 Contain; 34 Stammered; 36 Horseshoe; 38 Rostrum; 39 Noises; 40 Fall; 41 Rescinds; 42 Estimates. DOWN: 1 Pavilion; 2 T-shirt; 3 Demerara; 4 Stable; 5 Moderate; 6 Undertaker; 7 Amateur; 8 Intend; 11 Wedding; 16 Italic; 19 Range; 20 Sit; 22 Aorta; 23 Avenue; 25 Experiment; 26 Apt; 27 Nursery; 30 Rudeness; 31 Corvette; 32 Needless; 33 Embrace; 35 Answer; 36 Heifer; 37 Hearth.

ACROSS

9 Able to soak up (9) 10 Salve (8)

12 Plant type (4) 13 Small rounded stone (6) 14 Ultra (7) 15 Complex (9) 17 Bewildered (9) 18 Blissful state (7) 20 Utters words (6) 21 Caution (4)

24 Event (8)

26 Ant bear (8) 28 Second-hand (4) 29 Temperament, disposition (6) 31 Comprise (7)

34 Stuttered (9) 36 Supposedly lucky object (9) 38 Speaker’s platform (7) 39 Sounds (6)

40 Drop (4)

41 Annuls, repeals (8) 42 Calculates roughly (9)

DOWN

1 Cricket building (8) 2 Garment (1-5) 3 Brown sugar (8) 4 Firmly fixed (6) 5 Middle-of-the-road (8) 6 Funeral director (10) 7 Unprofessional (7) 8 Mean (6)

11 Marriage ceremony (7) 16 Slanting type (6) 19 Large stove (5) 20 Be seated (3) 22 Major artery (5) 23 Broad street (6) 25 Test, trial (10) 26 Suitable (3) 27 Creche (7) 30 Incivility (8) 31 Escort warship (8) 32 Unnecessary (8) 33 Hug (7) 35 Solution (6) 36 Young cow (6) 37 Fireplace (6)