Crossword

Across

1 Fix a tax 5 Girdles 8 Mistake 10 Paper handkerchief 13 Sloping type 15 Break continuity in 16 Taverns 17 Carpentry tools 20 Classifies 22 Cricket team 23 Compass point (init) 24 Effaces 27 Primary 30 Genus of ivy 31 Opera by Verdi 32 Becomes stagnant 34 Governing body 36 Parts of targets 37 Danger 38 Young eel 39 Lace hole

Down

2 Outer covering 3 Vital 4 Prophets 5 Container 6 Period of time 7 Cults 9 Little wave 10 Gratuities 11 Agitate 12 Rounded vases 14 Narrow way 18 Act of shunning 19 Extremities 21 Above 22 Printers’ measures 23 Tidier 25 Precipitation 26 Family member 27 Native of Finland 28 Scold 29 Throw 30 Passageway between seats 31 Nimble 33 Celtic tongue 35 Monkey