CROSSWORD

PUZZLES

ACROSS 1. Body part (5) 6. Group of twenty (5) 9. Cautious (7) 10. Cutlery item (5) 11. Present age (5) 12. Haughty (5) 13. Duck type (7) 15. Encountered (3) 17. Cupid (4) 18. Next to (6) 19. Traffic markers (5) 20. Puma (6) 22. Camel’s protuberance (4) 24. Limb (3) 25. Gratifies (7) 26. Baffles, frustrates (5) 27. Make void (5) 28. Big (5) 29. Not either (7) 30. Unwelcome plants (5) 31. Love intensely (5)

DOWN 2. Seem or look (6) 3. Frowns sullenly (6) 4. Shade of brown (3) 5. Eerie (5) 6. Stitches (7) 7. Lump of earth (4) 8. Harvested (6) 12. Previous, preceding (5) 13. Holy city (5) 14. Stand-in doctor (5) 15. Take away (5) 16. Short-term workers (5) 18. Chimes (5) 19. Wheedles (7) 21. Colour (6) 22. Chance or risk (6) 23. Amalgamation (6) 25. Planet (5) 26. Money reserve (4) 28. Meadow (3)