Regular

Crossword answers can be found on the Stars page

ACROSS

1 Maligned 5 Permission to proceed (5,5) 12 Hot 13 Washingmachine (4-3) 14 Sucrose solution 15 Populated 16 Sticky 18 Angry 19 Categories 21 The clear sky 24 On one’s guard 26 Seize 28 Volcanic stream 30 Bend 31 Fortified wine 33 Inflamed swelling 34 Viral disease 35 Put off 36 Deception 37 Gangster’s girlfriend 38 Fibbed 39 Thailand once 41 Length of a bridge 44 Cursor controller 46 Flights of steps 48 Red wine ingredient 50 Droopy-eared dogs 52 Vote against 54 Frostier 55 Split 56 Copying 57 Pseudonym (3,2,5) 58 Company

DOWN

1 Uplifting 2 Turkish meat skewers (5,6) 3 Idle person 4 Being 6 Furrows 7 Receded 8 Hearer 9 Adorn 10 Classified (3,6) 11 Personal protector 17 Sorry 20 Scandinavian country 22 Categories 23 Ecclesiastical rules 25 Chopped 27 Consecrate 28 Code word for “L” 29 Solvent 32 Bearings 36 Abatement 40 Solo drama scene 42 Genealogy 43 Promenades 45 Radioactive metal 47 Lecture 49 Smoothing tool 51 Home-grown 53 Damage