SUNDAY CROSSWORD — 963

2 Fails to gain any information or achieves any results? (5,1,5)

7 Playground fixture (5)

8 Full-length (5)

9 Reaching greater heights (7)

13 Disembodied

(9)

15 Feel very sorry about an event

(3,3,3)

18 More ready for eating (5)

20 Producing motion, active

(7)

21 Spirit dispenser

(5)

22 Windy City of USA (7)

25 Closest (7)

27 Restoration or reestablishment

(7)

28 Sing in a falsetto voice?

(5)

32 Part of a poetic foot (5)

35 Cellphones (7)

40 Cure-all (7)

41 Perusing a book

(7)

42 External (5)

43 Of the heart (7)

44 Severe (5)

45 Practice session (9)

49 Paper money?

(4,5)

53 US prairie horse

(7)

54 Indian language

(5)

55 Havana native

(5)

56 Lower in rank

(11)

DOWN:

1 Show appreciation (4)

2 Of Indian or local origin (4)

3 Command to horse to stand still — “who a”

change? (4)

4 In ___ of : as a substitute for?

(4)

5 Luv's twin brother (4)

6 Musical instrument (4)

9 Capital of Uttar Pradesh (7)

10 Fabric used by conventional cricketers? (7)

11 Angrily (7)

12 Annul (7)

13 Authoritarian

(6)

14 Weaken; hinder

(6)

16 Vacillate (6)

17 Sailing boats

(6)

19 Horse colour (4)

21 Shaped like an egg (4)

23 Corp. VIP (3)

24 Species or class

(5)

26 Very strange

(5)

29 Marry (3)

30 Tumult or disturbance (6)

31 Seize quickly

(6)

32 “Race” round for maple genus? (4)

33 Scornful or ironic language

(7)

34 Reddish brown horses (7)

35 Musical instrument (7)

36 Becoming resolute? (7)

37 Puts down (4)

38 Mum (6)

39 Representatives (6)

46 Revise copy (4)

47 WWII group (4)

48 A prefix meaning “by itself” (4)

50 Author unknown (4)

51 French sea resort? (4)

52 Ancient kingdom — “male” anagram? (4)