THE BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 6

Freed

Of a governorgeneral (4-5)

11 Fool

12 Schemed

14 Plant, Indian shot

15 Go through (3,2)

16 Triangular sail

17 Minimalist

underwear (1-6)

18 Shrill flute

20 Seam

22 Raccoon relative

23 Downright

25 Directs

28 Disguise

29 Flexible

31 Prejudiced (3-4)

34 Uncharged particle 36 New Zealanders

37 Excuse me?

40 Asylum

41 Sound of noisy

weeping

44 Picture

46 Alcoholic drink (coll) 47 Electronic noise

48 Warlike

50 At the stern

52 Citrus

55 Tot’s wheels

56 Incident

57 Unifying idea

58 Thinker

59 Devoted

DOWN

1 Fortune

2 Denims (4,5)

3 Nation with a

president

4 Drink (alcohol)

to excess

5 Falls

6 Old hand

7 Yielding

8 Contest of speed 9 Truly

10 Casual shoes

13 German pistol

19 Mental acuteness 21 Favourite

24 Royal domain

26 Secured

27 Supervise

30 Part of a comb

32 Flecked

33 Two-masted

square-rigged ship 35 Hardhearted

38 Earnest

39 Mammoth

40 Machine-like

42 Statistical anomaly 43 Leered

45 Come through (4,2) 49 Not in a whisper

51 Contusion

53 Repair

54 Broadcast