YESTERDAY SOLUTIONS

1. Unit of purity of gold (5)

6. Lump of grass and earth (5)

9. Shortage (7) 10.Harsh, severe (5) 11.Horizontal (5) 12.Go away hastily (5) 13.Reincarnation (7) 15.Orienteering aid (3) 17.Discharge (4) 18.To study (6) 19.Capital of

France (5) 20.Believe (6) 22.Sail support (4) 24.Sound of

annoyance (3)

ACROSS:

3 Specs; 8 Topaz; 10 Hoops; 11 Nil; 12 Canal; 13 Italian; 15 Pilot; 18 Oar; 19 Pedalo; 21 Funeral; 22 Lies; 23 Peat; 24 Dubious; 26 Gravel; 29 Ewe; 31 Solar; 32 Onerous; 34 Limit; 35 Ill; 36 Greed; 37 Sleet; 38 Tense

DOWN: 12.Small Eurasian

mammal (5) 13.Respond (5) 14.Bathroom

fitting (5) 15.Wall painting (5) 16.Trivial (5) 18.Fairy, elf (5) 19.Mounted

bullfighter (7) 21.Gossip or

hearsay (6) 22.Grown-up (6) 23.Catchword (6) 25.Pernickety (5) 26.Prohibition (4) 28.Novel (3)

1 Month; 2 Callous; 4 Plan; 5 Chapel; 6 Solid; 7 Spool; 9 Pia; 12 Careful; 14 Ian; 16 Laces; 17 Toots; 19 Patient; 20 Clogs; 21 Feral; 23 Puerile; 24 Deride; 25 Owe; 27 Roars; 28 Valet; 30 Rules; 32 Oils; 33 Ole