THE NATIONAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
2 Unmarried woman
5 Receiver of stolen goods
8 Prolonged pains
9 Matures
10 Bridge tax
11 Examine by trial
12 Ship of the desert
14 Ballot choice
16 Works a machine
17 Man’s name
20 Cavity
22 Short, private tales
25 Enclose in a case
27 Liquor dregs
28 Young hares
32 Lofty
34 Worth
35 Fanatical
36 Immerses
37 Ireland (Gaelic)
38 Lukewarm
39 Vital organ
40 Corrosion
DOWN
1 Fragment
2 Measuring instrument
3 Sets apart
4 Healing ointment
5 Noteworthy act
6 Perfume
7 Cowardly
12 Force
13 Threat
15 Norwegian capital
18 Dispossession
19 Most recent
21 Tries
23 More disagreeable
24 Prison room
26 Nullify
29 Tree
30 Set type again
31 Shy
33 Mine entrance