Easy Crossword

ACROSS

3. Topic (5)

9. Finish or run out (6) 10. Spectral colour (6) 11. Unlikely tales? (5) 12. Discharge (4) 15. Runs away to wed (6) 17. Expands (7) 19. Speak (3) 20. Simplistic (5) 22. Bereaved wife (5) 24. Exhilarate (5) 25. Without clothes (5) 27. Hiatus (3) 29. Genuine (7)

32. Gives out (6) 34. Sharp taste (4) 35. Rushes (5) 37. Subsided (6)

38. State without proof (6) 39. Recover strength (5)

DOWN

1. Yielded (5) 2. Month (5) 3. Attempt (3) 4. Paradise (6) 5. Belonging to me (4) 6. Subjugate (7) 7. Walks unevenly (5) 8. Domineering? (5)

13. Of the least possible (7) 14. Claw (5) 16. Oriental (7) 18. Auctions (5)

21. Vote in (5) 23. Fairground ride (7) 26. Causing gloom or depression (6) 27. Festive occasions (5) 28. Appeal humbly (5) 30. Keen (5)

31. Wading bird (5) 33. Fizzy water (4) 36. Cunning (3)

SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S EASY CROSSWORD:

ACROSS: 5 Hump; 7 Accumulate; 8 Wilt; 10 Wave; 12 Oar; 13 Reason; 16 Eagle; 18 Per; 20 Sing; 21 Anew; 22 Cut; 24 Ultra; 25 Shears; 26 Tee; 27 Tube; 29 Leaf; 33 Lay hands on; 34 Tray. DOWN: 1 Act; 2 Puma; 3 Huge; 4 May; 5 Hew; 6 Melon; 9 Noise; 10 Wrench; 11 Tap; 13 Rebus; 14 Sear; 15 Ornate; 17 Ague; 19 Sweet; 23 Tag; 25 Smear; 27 Trap; 28 Bode; 30 Fly; 31 Eye; 32 Boy.