Classic Challenge

HOW YOU CAN WIN

We dare you to take the Classic Challenge and try to solve this crossword. When you have finished, the letters in the lilac squares, reading from left to right and top to bottom, will reveal a word. Write this word only on the entry coupon.

ACROSS

1 Prove to be false, like a theory (6) 5 Nancy ---, teen sleuth (4)

9 Greeting (5)

10 Arctic dog (5) 11 Astral cloud (6) 13 Upon (4)

15 Present (4) 16 Restoration to former health (14) 20 First man (4)

22 Writer (6)

24 Indistinct (5)

25 Map (5)

27 Ottoman (9)

28 Life drawings (5) 30 Guiding moral principle (5) 31 Respiration disorder (6) 33 Flightless bird (4) 35 Those who study algebra, etc. (14) 39 Fastens (4)

41 Rim, cusp (4) 42 Newest (6)

45 At no time (5) 46 Great relish (5) 47 Ashen colour (4)

48 Optic (6)

DOWN

1 --- Bradman, cricketer (3) 2 Baby's protective gear (3) 3 Army colour (5)

4 Suspect's excuse (5)

5 Bed quilt (5)

6 What person? (3) 7 Sparkling wine (4) 8 Methodical (10) 12 Level, flat (4)

14 Thick string (5)

15 Grind one's teeth (5) 17 Underpants (6) 18 Classes, lectures (7) 19 Rocky peak (3)

21 Elderly (4)

23 Able to float (7) 24 Revering (10) 25 Clergyman (6) 26 Constant dull pain (4) 29 School tests (5) 31 Performed (5)

32 Pig meat (3)

34 Finishes (4)

36 Funeral poem (5) 37 Herb used in ouzo (5) 38 House of snow (5) 40 Jealousy (4)

41 Work unit (3) 43 Elongated fish (3) 44 Road surfacing (3)