Crossword #1115

Across

1 Cast _ __ wide : search a large area? (1,3)

5 Bristle

8 Enhance the appearance of 12 Japanese rice drink

13 Fifty two in Roman

numerals

14 Author Rice

15 Particular

17 Become weary

18 Hawaiian tree

19 Knocked out in boxing

match

21 Change of "a note" if made

from cereal?

24 Have a great longing 25 Uprising

26 Prison room

27 Out of a ___ : unemployed? 30 Coral island

31 Units of computer memory 32 This, that or the other 33 Plant juice

34 Foul smelling

35 Highest point

36 Desert haven

38 Prefers

39 Made from cashmere? (US) 41 Erie mule of song

42 Norse poems

43 Debris

48 The hide of an animal 49 Rock musician Brian 50 Billionth as a prefix 51 Perennial plant

52 Agent

53 In the lap of ____ : beyond

human control?

Down

1 Beast of burden from the Biblical times? 2 Short raised fibres on cloth on snooker table 3 Supplement with difficulty 4 Train ride requirement? 5 Sporty car __ Romeo 6 Nintendo gaming console 7 "Lick need" anagram for electroplated? 8 Lascivious man 9 The national flag for United Kingdom (5,4) 10 Concerning, in legal terms - "rein" anagram? (2,2) 11 ____ off: drove 16 Charged particle 20 Types of East Indian shrubs 21 Tolkien's bad guys 22 American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics 23 Small dog with smartly cut hair? (3,6) 24 Abominable snowmen 26 Oxygen container 28 This one's __ __ : I'll pay the bill? (2,2) 29 Extras at cricket 31 Indian physicist 35 Unwell 37 Having wings - "at lea" anagram? 38 Tutelary god in ancient Rome 39 Shed tears 40 A river in Europe 41 Halt 44 Nav. reading 45 Chinese principle 46 And for the German 47 Skipper's plea