SUNDAY CROSSWORD —

865

ACROSS:

1 Deflect, deviate or redirect (6) 4 Booth; stand (5) 7 Succeeded in obtaining a position (6) 13 Argumentative (7) 14 Place (3) 15 Whole number (7) 16 Colloquial way of saying `brother’ ? (4) 17 Little __ from Uncle Tom’s Cabin (3) 18 Taverns or pubs (4) 21 Speed (8) 23 Strove to equal (8) 27 Made slightly damp (9) 29 Hearten (9) 31 Ultimate aim or purpose (9) 32 Revolts, rebellions or mutinies (9) 33 At work (2-33) 37 Lamenting, languishing or fretting (8) 42 Make indistinct (4) 43 Ques. companion (3) 44 Milk-giving animals (4) 47 Minced meat in a casing (7) 48 Apiary insect (3) 49 Famous Elizabethan navigator and historian (7) 50 Disburses, does not save (6)

51 A semiprecious stone, a variety of chalcedony (5) 52 Caught sight of (6)

DOWN:

1 Delegate task to a person? (6) 2 Unit of electromotive force (4) 3 Deep regret (7) 5 Blasphemy, desecration or heresy (7) 6 To set, to place, to locate (7) 8 Baltic land (7) 9 Concerts (4)10 Venturesome (6) 11 Duty levied on goods entering a town? (6) 12 Environment or surroundings (6) 19 Sending or forwarding (9) 20 Getting back, recovering or recruiting (9) 22 Shaky effect in music (7) 24 State neighbouring Assam (7) 25 Scope (5) 26 Baking ingredient (5) 28 Large weight (3) 30 Bull periods (3) 34 Country of the windmills? (7) 35 Sounded discordantly (6) 36 Oversized cushion used as a seat (7) 37 Having the least time (7) 38 Takes place (6) 39 Is slow and wastes time (7) 40 Explodes or ruptures (6) 41 Breathed deeply (6) 45 Person easily deceived (4) 46 Ex-India President (4)