CROSSWORD

PUZZLES

ACROSS 5. Cult (4) 7. Elaborate,

extravagant (10) 8. 365 days (4) 10. Unsightly (4) 12. Number (3) 13. Trader (6) 16. Taut or rigid (5) 18. Stick, shaft (3) 20. Atmosphere (4) 21. Abominably wicked (4) 22. Vase (3) 24. Precipitation (5) 25. Indicate or

designate (6) 26. Not in (3) 27. Den (4) 29. Clenched hand (4) 33. Decorative (10) 34. Extremely (4) DOWN 1. Cunning (3) 2. Complacent (4) 3. Sacred (4) 4. Flying mammal (3) 5. Pig pen (3) 6. Seat (5) 9. Drinking tube (5) 10. False (6) 11. Distant (3) 13. Thick (5) 14. Intense emotion (4) 15. Newspaper boss (6) 17. Deserve (4) 19. Tries out (5) 23. At this moment (3) 25. Ambition (5) 27. Arm or leg (4) 28. Taverns (4) 30. Plaything (3) 31. Wildebeest (3) 32. Roll of banknotes (3)