The National Crossword

ACROSS 1 Tribal symbol

5 Incarnation of a god

9 Female fox

11 Be indebted

12 Long, detailed stories

13 Central

15 Encountered

16 Wipe out almost entirely

18 Sink down fearfully

20 Edible rootstock

21 Parched

23 Sinew

25 Is concerned

26 Vibration

28 Main actor

30 Woe! 32 Members of plays

33 Squandering

34 Monkey

36 Nothing

37 Animal with two feet

38 Sailor

39 Dye

40 Tempt

41 Very poor

DOWN

2 Public speaker

3 Dodged

4 Scrooge

5 Full of spirit

6 Large volume

7 Respectful fear

8 Family servants

10 Send out

14 Ventures

17 Weight

18 Charm

19 Sagacious

22 Eden

24 Morse elements

25 Punctuation mark

27 Spoil

28 Salty

29 Wait on

31 Fine sediment

32 Ship’s small room

33 Saucy

35 Kitchen utensil