THE NATIONAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Insects

5 Mild explosion

9 Acting part

10 Vestment

12 Vast sea

13 Fragment

14 Hand thrown missile

15 Step’s vertical face

16 Allude

18 Superior English college

20 Consumer

21 Defends

23 Point out

27 Outbuilding

29 Female horse

30 Dogma

31 Sacrificial table

33 Mineral springs

34 Representative

35 Restrict

36 Comforts

37 Observed

38 Unhappy

39 Numeral

DOWN

2 Ornamental recesses

3 Dealer

4 Echo sounder

5 Annoy

6 Talking bird

7 Pinches

8 Stand for

11 American state

16 Chews the cud

17 Nourish

19 Large volume

21 Fruit

22 Tribe

24 Likeness

25 Fondle

26 Examined

27 Compared with

28 Spring back

30 Stories

32 Job undertaken