THE NATIONAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

3 Part of flower’s calyx

9 Of higher rank

10 Hurtful

11 Sound reasoning

12 Fragrances

15 Ripe

17 Measuring instrument

18 Domestic animal

19 Corded fabric

20 Motherly

22 Stiff hair

24 Metal-bearing rock

25 Essential being

26 Chief priests

28 Hail!

29 Deity

30 Destroyed by fire

33 Lower

34 Light and clear red

35 More agreeable

36 Small fishes

37 Words of a song

38 Play for time

DOWN

1 Mohammedanism

2 Metal casting

3 Of the sun

4 Love god

5 Gives life to

6 Find the place of

7 Goes back

8 Church tower

13 Reticence

14 Decoration

16 Grounds for belief

18 Was concerned

20 Driver

21 Happen again

22 Language

23 Threatens to fall

27 Representatives

30 Girl’s name

31 Unbending

32 Concise

34 Prison room