THE BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1

Jerky dance of the 1940s

6 Passed by another 11 Force of a blow

12 Scented

14 Scottish lakes

15 Gets up

16 Cricket sundry

17 Solidify

18 Bogus

20 Mother horse

22 Give a speech

23 Termination

25 Duty

28 Narration

29 Far from the

mark (3,3)

31 Revolved

34 Instruction

36 Regret

37 Orphan

40 Glued

41 Agitation

44 Absolutely

necessary

46 Warsaw native, e.g. 47 Season’s yield

48 Share

50 Measure of spirits 52 Map within a map 55 Scheduled day off in

short

56 1/7

57 Leaf

58 Talks

59 Training device

DOWN

1 Triangular staysails

2 Mini graphic

3 Boundaries

4 Outbursts of

objection

5 Spectre

6 Up for sale (2,5)

7 Simpler

8 Road tax

9 Discuss

informally (4,5)

10 Developing

13 Neuter

19 Lyrical

21 Respectful good will 24 Nudges

26 Disorderly crowds 27 Canadian city;

NSW town

30 Powerful influence 32 Dexterously

33 Donated

35 Rule badly

38 Plane’s steering

device

39 Busy

40 The largest ocean 42 Indigenous people 43 Exhausted

45 Lots

49 Curls

51 Rodents

53 Thin packing strip 54 Time unit