Regular

ACROSS

1 Source of rain

4 Street musicians

8 Sharp road bend

11 Italian appetiser 12 Reparations

13 Scare greatly 14 Acquisitions 16 Bushwalker

17 Mown grass

18 Ill-bred

21 Murdered

22 Request earnestly

25 Gusty

26 Shutdown 28 Circumvent 29 Clocked

31 Sphinx riddle solver

32 Buzzing sound

33 Nonsense

34 Name

37 Administrator

40 High-priced

41 Thickset

43 Doona

44 Humourless

(coll) (2-5)

46 Lingerie, etc. 47 Russian instrument 48 Brass instruments 49 Highest peak

50 Balm

DOWN 1 Confused 2 Exterior

3 Double-dealing 4 Shaggy

5 Buffet

6 Inspect

7 Partner

8 Visors

9 A pause

10 An urn, e.g. (5,6) 15 Hole-making tool 19 Porter

20 Bully

23 Making one 24 Discarded goods 25 Callistemon

27 Insipid

30 Naval establishments 32 Strokes of luck 35 Hurtful

36 Shelter

38 Official procedures (3,4) 39 Stick

42 Added clause 44 Flyer

45 Cool down