SUNDAY CROSSWORD —

990

ACROSS :

2 Pertaining to schools and schooling (11) 7 Papal council

(5)

8 Looked fixedly

at? (5)

9 The papacy or papal court (4,3)

13 A wig? (9) 15 Hidden (9) 18 Dark reddishbrown (5) 20 Rice dish (7) 21 Marshy tributary (5) 22 Large number

(7) 25 Competent;

dexterous (7) 27 In the company of (7) 28 Section of a

stage play (5) 32 Brief writings

(5)

35 Night club (7) 40 Cocktail (7) 41 Stuck or clung

to (7)

42 Firing distance

(5)

43 Accounts

checker (7) 44 Ms Irani of

Bollywood (5) 45 Don Juan or

Lothario? (9) 49 Make worse

(9) 53 Apprehend or

imprison (7) 54 Russian ballet

company (5) 55 Elephant tusk

(5)

56 Elevation to aristocracy (11)

DOWN :

1 Castro's land

(4)

2 Wyatt ____ : the famous sheriff of Dodge City (4) 3 Swamp critter

(4)

4 Bread spread

(4)

5 Go with a long

stride (4)

6 Used to be (4) 9 Trial (7) 10 Divulges; makes known ? (4,3) 11 Grass-cutting

tools (7) 12 Approve, sanction (7) 13 Emraan ___ of Gangster fame (6)

14 African antelope (6) 16 Dismiss temporarily? (3,3) 17 Twofold (6) 19 Exchange fee

(4)

21 French cheese

(4)

23 London, Midland and Scottish (3) 24 A vegetable

(5)

26 Work bread (5) 29 Very small (3) 30 Unethical (6) 31 Mr Mukherjee, our former finance minister (6)

32 Cat's lives (4) 33 Disaster of

1912 (7) 34 Kenya's former coach ___ Patil (7) 35 French castle

(7) 36 Continuous

fire (7) 37 Mother of

Zeus (4) 38 Physical injury

(6)

39 Think - “i.e. date” anagram? (6) 46 Part of the eye

(4)

47 To roam about

(4)

48 Billionth as a

prefix (4) 50 Very serious (4) 51 Mine opening

(4)

52 Grow weary (4)