SUNDAY CROSSWORD —

ACROSS:

1 Suitable or befitting a royalty (5) 4 Fine manor

estate (7) 8 Pulse vegetable (3) 10 Fruit drink

(3)

11 Chips in at

stud (5) 12 Defeats, gets the better of (5) 13 A set of kettledrums (7)

15 Incisor or

canine (5) 16 Foes, not

friends (7) 17 Mass of

stone (4) 20 "Hey, you!"

(4)

23 A pal or a

friend (4) 24 Turn ship on side for repairs, etc. (6) 26 Supple, not

rigid (8) 27 Fiendish;

devilish (8) 28 Naturally

bright (6) 31 Oil group

(4) 32 Kolkata's ___ Gardens (4) 34 Seeded (4) 35 Flat pasta

sheets (7) 36 Kind of

smell (5) 38 Propriety, dignity or etiquette (7)

41 Hindu goddess of war (5) 42 Painting on

a wall (5) 43 Sticky substance (3) 44 Aliens? (3) 45 Toughens by heating and slow cooling (7) 46 Tense or edgy (5) DOWN:

1 Respond to

stimulus (5) 2 Exceed the

limits (2,3,3) 3 When this is gone, one gives up! (4,4)

4 Judge (4) 5 Talkative

bird (4) 6 Shout or cry out in panic (6)

7 Symbol or

insignia (6) 8 Jumbled composition (8) 9 Evaluations

(11)

14 List of investments (9) 18 Gradual increase in volume of music (9) 19 Recognize

(11) 21 Rebuffs, repulses or blackballs (5)

22 Wash in

water (5) 23 A Scottish

tribe (4) 25 Large scale

(4)

27 Sweet

courses (8) 29 Rare, infrequent or occasional (8) 30 Unskilled

worker (8) 33 American tropical lizard (6) 34 Dishearten, grieve or disturb (6) 37 Transmit or broadcast (5) 39 Musical conclusion (4)

40 Floor coverings (4)