CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

9 10 12 13 14 Native Digs American Fold Listening (6) (8) Australian carefully coin (4) (9) (7) 15 17 Fruit Oceanic (9) gull (9) 18 See (7) 20 Journey (6) 21 Hairless (4) 24 Slingshot (8) 26 Shilly-shally (8) 28 Employs (4) 29 Takes on assumes (6) 31 Make bigger (7) 34 Absent-minded (9) 36 Unwilling (9) 38 Branch of maths (7) 39 Large prawns (6) 40 Streetcar (4) 41 Erudite (8) 42 Therapy (9)

DOWN

1 Spanish dance (8) 2 Of the whole universe (6) 3 Sick headache (8) 4 Ten years (6) 5 L-shaped tool (8) 6 Benefits (10) 7 Cut of beef (7) 8 Lizard (6) 11 Climbs (7) 16 Car safety device (6) 19 Not fresh (5) 20 Animal doctor (3) 22 Change (5) 23 Slanting (6) 25 Unbeaten (10) 26 Belonging to him (3) 27 Hoodlum,villian (7) 30 Strong fence (8) 31 Surpasses (8) 32 Calculate roughly (8) 33 Team game for women (7) 35 Rue (6) 36 Cooks in an oven (6) 37 Concurs (6)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS

ACROSS: 4, Supper 7, Ladylike 8 Pastor 10 Cress 13 Aims 14, Test 15, Crab 16, Tea 17, Abut 19, Iris 21, Statistics 23, Suet 24, Cast 26, Ban 27, Hold 29, Etna 32, Fete 33, Using 34, Accost 35, Emulsion 36, Tremor.

DOWN: 1, Elect 2, Edges 3, Alps 4, Sepia 5, Pass 6, Erodes 9, Ambits 11, Red 12, State 13, Article 15 Cut, 16 Tic 18, Bathes 20, Rites 21 ,Sun 22, Sad 23, Saucer 25, Inn 28, Otter 30, Timid 31, Agent 32, Form 33, Ugly.