SUNDAY CROSSWORD —

ACROSS:

2 Brazenly (11) 7 Fruit of the oak

(5)

8 Metal mixture

(5) 9 Lawlessness (7) 13 Borings done in the ground to draw water? (4-5)

15 Care for (4,5) 18 Radioactive

inert gas (5) 20 A bodily protein - "in least" anagram? (7) 21 ___ firma : good old earth? (5) 22 Real or imagined source of fear (7) 25 Provided means of support (7) 27 Captivate or

charm (7) 28 Not urban (5) 32 Detest (5) 35 Shooting stars

(7)

40 Plod wearily

(7)

41 Lines of equal

pressure (7) 42 Give up intentionally (5) 43 Helped or did a

favour to (7) 44 Rub out (5) 45 Disadvantages (9) 49 Height (9) 53 Having resemblance (7)

54 A record of a

single year? (5) 55 Monsters (5) 56 A cursing, enunciation (11)

DOWN:

1 Beige (4)

2 Fall in the winter

(4)

3 Tel ser. provider in New Delhi and Mumbai (4) 4 Part of London famous for its restaurants (4) 5 Hindu God of

death (4) 6 Sheltered

recess (4) 9 Branch of mathematics dealing with a,b,c and x,y,z? (7) 10 Onslaught (7) 11 Disorderly accumulation (7)

12 Less in age (7) 13 Beats as a

pulse (6) 14 Spanish wine

shop (6) 16 Hurls or flings

(6)

17 Its capital is

Kigali (6) 19 Russian no (4) 21 Two-way Data Link, acronym (4)

23 British Thermal Unit, in short (3)

24 Burnoose

wearers (5) 26 Designations

(5)

29 Sphere for a

sovereign? (3) 30 Packed away

(6)

31 Surface crust on antique vase (6) 32 Vaulted church

recess (4) 33 Bombastic

bravery? (7) 34 Pictorial type

art (7) 35 Cross-breed

(7)

36 Small fish (7) 37 Drain slowly

(4)

38 Big-game hunt

(6)

39 Behind at sea?

(6)

46 Called (4) 47 Soothing ointment (4) 48 Wind toy (4) 50 Endure (4) 51 By and by (4) 52 Bullocks (4)