CROSSWORD

PUZZLES

ACROSS 1. Counterfoils (5) 6. Perceive (5) 9. Fundamental (7) 10. Peaceful, calm (5) 11. Sorcery (5) 12. Wading bird (5) 13. Develops into (7) 15. Stitch (3) 17. Lacking fat (4) 18. Of Denmark (6) 19. Frogman (5) 20. A sieve (6) 22. Ignoble (4) 24. In addition (3) 25. Burial or cremation (7) 26. Anteroom (5) 27. Lemon, for example (5) 28. Sudden fear (5) 29. Young hare (7) 30. Smiles broadly (5) 31. Belief (5) DOWN 2. Hairpiece (6) 3. Native of Brittany (6) 4. Was seated (3) 5. Multiplied by (5) 6. Tea urn (7) 7. Style and vigour (4) 8. Steeples (6) 12. Enclose, confine (3,2) 13. Explosion (5) 14. Egypt’s capital (5) 15. Indian instrument (5) 16. Steering device (5) 18. Object (5) 19. Indicates, designates (7) 21. Vulgar (6) 22. Scold harshly (6) 23. Salty (6) 25. Ague (5) 26. Movie (4) 28. Favourite (3)