CROSSWORD

ACROSS 3. Look or gaze fixedly (5) 9. Italian man (6) 10. Note group (6) 11. Breadth (5) 12. Religious image (4) 15. Strict, rigorous (6) 17. Country (7) 19. Sound of disapproval (3) 20. Inert gas (5) 22. Go away hastily,

informally (5) 24. Without clothes (5) 25. Shoe fasteners (5) 27. Mesh (3) 29. Divide (5,2) 32. Originates (6) 34. Ceremony (4) 35. Not ever (5) 37. Spanish monetary unit (6) 38. Exclamation of

discovery (6) 39. Make amends (5)

DOWN 1. Savoury jelly (5) 2. Eskimo house (5) 3. Female adult pig (3) 4. Petty details (6) 5. Decomposes (4) 6. Level of command (7) 7. Military trainee (5) 8. To father (5) 13. Thin crisp biscuit (7) 14. Of the nose (5) 16. Dismiss from

consideration (4,3) 18. Star sign (5) 21. Lowest point (5) 23. Colour (7) 26. Stomach organ (6) 27. Diaper (5) 28. Slightly drunk (5) 30. Weary (5) 31. Flower part (5) 33. Chair (4) 36. Regret (3) 1. HEAVY metal fans were thrilled to enjoy live music at which head-banging music festival? a) Goodstock b) Hoodstock c) Bloodstock d) Woodstock 2. WHO scored the first hat-trick of the new Premier League season? a) Ismaïla Sarr b) Diogo Jota c) Bruno Fernandes d) Michail Antonio 3. A COUNCIL in which county has removed a Banksy mural of two children on an inflatable dinghy being flung in the air amid “sensitivity” to a girl’s death nearby? a) Norfolk b) Northamptonshire c) North Humberside d) North Lincolnshire 4. WHICH rapper and her husband are being sued by a woman he was convicted of attempting to rape in 1994? a) Lil’ Kim b) Missy Elliott c) Queen Latifah d) Nicki Minaj 5. BARCELONA began life without Lionel Messi with a 4-2 La Liga win over which side? a) Real Madrid b) Real Sociedad c) Real Betis d) Real Valladolid