MIND THE AGE GAP

PUZZLE SOLUTIONS

ACROSS 5. Objectives (4) 7. Salad garnish (10) 8. Select (4) 10. Poke (4) 12. Epoch (3) 13. Trail secretly (6) 16. American cattle farm (5) 18. Faucet (3) 20. Male deer (4) 21. Try out (4) 22. Speck (3) 24. Clergyman (5) 25. Envoy (6) 26. Help or assist (3) 27. Insects (4) 29. Employer (4) 33. Histrionic (10) 34. Extremely (4) DOWN 1. Quick short punch (3) 2. Equipment (4) 3. Corrosive substance (4) 4. Tasselled cap (3) 5. Snake (3) 6. Type of parrot (5) 9. Curt, abrupt (5) 10. Exhibit or flaunt (6) 11. Feline (3) 13. Push (5) 14. Information (4) 15. Musical dramas (6) 17. Eager, curious (4) 19. Look at minutely (5) 23. Levy (3) 25. Slack (5) 27. Male voice (4) 28. Small branch (4) 30. Pig pen (3) 31. Lock opener (3) 32. Not good (3) Bad. 32. Key; 31. Sty; 30. Twig; 28. Alto; 27. Loose;

25. Tax; 23. Study; 19. Agog; 17. Operas; 15. Data; 14. Shove; 13. Cat; 11. Parade; 10. Terse; 9. Macaw;

6. Asp; 5. Fez; 4. Acid; 3. Gear; 2. Jab; 1. DOWN: Very. 34. Theatrical; 33. Boss;

29. Ants; 27. Aid; 26. Legate; 25. Vicar;

24. Dot; 22. Test; 21. Stag; 20. Tap; 18.

Ranch; 16. Shadow; 13. Era; 12. Prod; 10. Pick; 8. Watercress; 7. Aims; 5. ACROSS: WELSH actress Catherine ZetaJones marries veteran actor Michael Douglas, with whom she shares a birthday, and who is exactly 25 years her senior, at the Plaza Hotel in New York just weeks after Douglas’s divorce was finalised.