Regular

Crossword answers can be found on the Stars page

ACROSS 1 Termination

4 To roof with straw

8 Stacked beds 12 Provisionally 14 Flow slowly 15 Sprinkles with powder 17 Cheese

18 Short of money (4,2) 19 Nearly

23 Stillness

25 Large pink birds

28 Tardy

29 Champion swimmer 30 Standard

32 Type of bowler

34 Pleasure trip

35 Cat noise 38 Instrument on a submarine

40 Green; inexperienced 41 Leaped over 44 Place of business 46 Tenth month 48 Wildly

51 Fast car (tm) 52 Shook up 53 Patriotic

54 Leader (3,3) 55 Grating

DOWN

1 Initiative

2 Overreact

3 Trial run (4,4)

5 Did some weeding 6 Trinkets

7 Milliner’s stock 8 Officer

9 Unclothed 10 Awkwardly bashful 11 Syringa

13 Carries

16 Bell sound

20 Crush

21 Valid

22 Showing tiredness 24 Trailblazer

26 Continuous 27 Egyptian king 31 Way over a moat 33 Variety theatre (5,4) 36 Possible recipe measure

37 A clip or clasp, e.g. 39 Mountain lion 42 State benefit 43 Flour mixture 45 Hairy

47 Herb, sweet –

48 Baseball glove 49 Leak

50 Toy