The National Crossword

ACROSS

2 Fastener

6 Qualified

9 Heavenly body

10 Gentle poke

11 Untamed

12 Single occasion

14 Vital organ

16 Mixed together 17 Worthy of love

19 Neckwear

20 Decoration

23 Bartered

26 Longing

27 Auctions

28 Disencumber

29 Dregs

32 Relating to tenths 34 Object of curiosity

35 Second hand

36 Not rude

37 Undesired escapes

38 Stair handrail post

39 Narrated

40 Footwear

DOWN

1 Not hollow

2 Allude

3 Repeats

4 Make possible

5 Thin net fabric

6 Extreme pains

7 Curve

8 Observed

13 Tree

14 Endures

15 Oral

18 Offer

20 Healing substance

21 Underwater worker

22 Slowly (mus)

24 Garden tools

25 Mocked

26 Accomplished

28 Enjoy

29 Containers

30 Stubborn animals

31 African state

32 Song for two

33 Prison room