Crossword puzzle

Sharpen your pencil and show what you know.

ACROSS

1 Bedtime drink (8) 6 Comprehend (10)

13 – Agassi, tennis ace (5) 14 Boisterous revelry (9) 15 – Doolittle, My Fair Lady heroine (5)

16 Features of a language (7) 18 Curative (9)

19 Embrace that lifts spirits (3) 20 Allows someone to borrow (5)

22 Nodules, knobs (5)

24 Gratuity (3)

26 Cluey, canny (5)

28 Empty (6)

29 Hateful (6)

31 Person appointed to act as agent (7) 32 Recreate (10)

34 London district (10) 37 Essential food factor (7) 38 Go over old ideas (6) 39 Horrified, stupefied (6) 41 Cowboy exhibition (5) 42 Jet –, water vehicle (3)

43 – trap, disguised trap (5) 45 Vertical face of a stair step (5)

46 Occupational Health and Safety (1,1,1)

48 Manly’s NRL avian mascots (3,6)

51 Globe of the eye (7)

53 Tom –, fairytale character (5) 54 Wife of King Arthur (9) 55 Ecstasy (5)

56 Outward seeming (10) 57 Conceal, envelop (8)

DOWN

2 Asian subcontinent (5) 3 Colour, tint (3)

4 Consistent, logical (8)

5 Ancient Egyptian landmark (7) 6 Capsize (2-3)

7 Smallgoods stores (13) 8 Synthetic fabric (5)

9 1944 play by Tennessee Williams made into a film directed by Paul Newman and starring Joanne Woodward (3,5,9)

10 Horse’s utterance (5) 11 Engineless aircraft (4-6) 12 Grotesque carved statue on a building (8)

17 Action film franchise starring Tom Cruise (7,10)

21 Directed, guided (9)

23 Exhibit, display (4)

25 Sharp pains (5)

27 Slatted blinds (9)

30 Fixed purpose and intention (13)

33 Raves, carries on (5)

35 Zoologist or botanist, for example (10)

36 Captain -, Moby Dick’s hunter (4) 37 Aromatic wine (8)

40 Andorran mountains (8) 44 Lewd, salacious (7)

47 Business decline (5)

49 Provoke, enrage (5)

50 Lord (5)

52 French farewell (5)

55 Piece of soap (3)