CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 8 A thousand thousands (7) 9 Type of dynamite (9) 13 Ceremonial acts (5) 14 Rummage (5) 15 Act of retaliation (7) 16 Cinema snack (7) 17 Vision (5) 18 Jewelled headdress (5) 20 Evidence (5) 22 Decorates(6) 23 Ludicrous (6) 25 Practical joke (3-4) 27 Bewails (7) 30 Scanty (6) 31 Cautioned (6) 32 Cults (5) 35 Snapshot (5) 36 Forbidden (5) 37 Large tent (7) 39 Swindle (7) 41 Tree sap (5) 42 Foolishly simple (5) 43 Disliked by many (9) 44 Small pools of water (7)

DOWN 1 main circus tent (3-3) 2 Rocket launch (5-3) 3 Bird of prey (6,5) 4 Cleansing agent (9) 5 Quiver, throb (7) 6 Unavoidable (10) 7 Public school (4) 10 Stumble (6) 11 Come into flower (7) 12 Request forcibly (6) 19 Of water (7) 21 Herb type (7) 24 Wild confusion (11) 26 Coffee pot with filter (10) 28 Vicious person (9) 29 Sanction (7) 30 Light motorcycles (6) 32 Romantic song (8) 33 Kebab spike (6) 34 Sports ground (7) 38 Unified (6) 40 Locate(4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS ACROSS: 1, Crisp 9 Tenable 10 Actor 11 Aspen 12, First 13, Breezes 15, Met 17, Eddy 18, Vucu-a 19, aspic 20, Occult 22, Here 24, Pat 25, Decider 26, Begun 27, Kebab 28, Adder 29, Procure 30, Balsa 31, Crate

DOWN: 2, Record 3, Storey 4, Per 5, Saris 6, Elastic 7, pest 8, Eleven 12, Feast 13, Bebop 14, Edict 15 Muted, 16 Taper 18, Vixen 19, Algebra 21 ,Camera 22, Hinder 23, Repent 25, Dunce 26, Baps 28, Arc