THE BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 National health scheme 5 A jumble 12 Data storage units 13 Eyeglass 14 Consumed 15 Braggart 16 Well acquainted 18 Successively (2,4) 19 Large Aussie crane 21 Stormed 24 Insects 26 Continue (2,2) 28 Dampens 30 Greek hero at Troy 31 Trail 33 Of warships 34 Endeavour 35 Spelunker 36 Baby biscuit 37 Netlike 38 Hovel 39 Bites sharply 41 Icebox (tm) 44 Sheltered from the sun 46 Travels too fast 48 Moral excellence 50 Nuclear weapon (4,4) 52 Broadcaster 54 Folkloric cavedweller 55 Film clip 56 Vacuous 57 Delightful 58 Innocent (4-4) DOWN

1 Plasticine; ___ clay 2 Stoppages 3 Soft wool from a goat 4 Playroom or ___ room 6 Cry of pain 7 Crab’s claw 8 Debut 9 Lace making 10 One percent 11 Part of a flower’s stamen 17 Ever 20 Calculator 22 US ski resort 23 Hold-ups 25 Test paper 27 Uncovered 28 Perambulate 29 Designed 32 Nobility 36 Began anew 40 Blaze the trail 42 Figurative 43 State of conflict 45 Salamander 47 Plays 49 Sternutation 51 Cosa Nostra 53 Deliver a cricket ball