On The Cover Super Summer Puzzles For sunny afternoons

Pick a sunny spot, settle down with a cold drink and rack your brains for all things summery…

ACROSS

1 Drinks cooler (3,4) 5 Artist’s robe (5) 8 Summer sport (7)

16 Join together (5) 17 Old‑style hotel on a

transport route (8,3) 18 Adult butterfly (5) 19 Encroach (upon) (7) 20 Tussle (with another

person) (7) 24 Outdoor‑cooked meal (8) 30 Taking it easy (8) 31 Perspiration (5)

32 Lack of supplies (8) 33 Small species of hoofed

animal (3,4)

37 Mattress for use in a

tent (4‑3)

41 Large tent used for a

party (7)

42 Canvas sun‑shelters (7) 43 Track or field

competitor (7)

47 Plant’s blooms (7) 51 Musical event with many

performers (8)

52 Fetes (5)

54 Summertime pollen

allergy (3,5)

55 Summer ___, around

June 21 (8)

64 Irrigated (7)

68 Umbrella for sunny days (7) 69 Small woody plant (5) 70 Break from Friday to

Monday (4,7)

71 Question word denoting

place (5)

72 Break from school (7) 73 Wimbledon’s playing

surface (5)

74 Lacking guile (7)

DOWN

2 Brittle when eaten (6)

3 In tears (6)

4 Spade’s beach partner (6) 6 Luxurious yarn (6)

7 Party snack (6)

9 Take up again (5)

10 Plant of the onion family (5) 11 Bring into force (5)

12 Warm and damp

(weather) (5)

13 Cocoa substitute (5) 14 Small but nice

(residence) (5)

15 Garden pipe (4)

21 Soft Italian cheese (7) 22 Warm sheltered area (7) 23 Traveller’s cases (7) 25 Small horse‑like animal (3) 26 Cradle (3) 27 Tropical lizard with

adhesive toes (5)

28 Dish of raw vegetables (5) 29 Tiny winged insect (5) 33 Dance originating in

Cuba (5)

34 Planet on which we live (5) 35 Emit, give off (5)

36 ___ Witherspoon, US

actress (5)

37 Husks separated from

wheat (5)

38 Fleshy tropical fruit (5) 39 Eating and drinking

spree (5)

40 Lightly cleans (5)

44 Greek restaurant (7) 45 Ebb‑water (3,4)

46 Stand‑up comedian formerly

in NotGoingOut (3,4) 48 Andrew ___ Webber,

composer (5)

49 Water ripples on the sea (5) 50 Become ready to

harvest (5)

52 Coalesce (3)

53 Latin for ‘so’ or ‘thus’ (3) 56 Opposite of ‘closes’ (5) 57 Brief fall of rain (6)

58 Tiny dots of land (6) 59 Small white heron (5) 60 Eight‑legged creature (6) 61 Gardener’s hand tool (6) 62 Michaelmas daisies (6) 63 Travels by air (5)

64 Black and yellow insect (4) 65 Middle of the body (5) 66 Jewish spiritual leader (5) 67 Triangular river‑mouth (5)