Easy Crossword

ACROSS

3. Festive occasions (5) 8. Bereaved wife (5) 10. Undress (5)

11. Spirit (3)

12. Major artery (5)

13. In the end (7) 15. Angers (5) 18. Concert, informally (3) 19. Fruit (6) 21. Optimistic (7) 22. Cooker (4)

23. Support or hold up (4) 24. Gun part (7)

26. Mohair (6)

29. Insulate (3)

31. Wild animal (5) 32. Reveal or disclose (3,4) 34. Loafer (5)

35. Pen part (3)

36. Utter in words (5)

37. Tear into small pieces (3,2) 38. Burst out (5)

DOWN

1. All-night watch (5) 2. Nine-sided figure (7) 4. Nautical cry (4)

5. Of the stars (6) 6. Tarnish (5) 7. Female fox (5) 9. Racket (3)

12. Branch of maths (7) 14. Impudent talk, informally (3) 16. Intense beam of light (5) 17. Curved sword (5) 19. Housebreaker (7) 20. Jinx (5)

21. Fence of bushes (5) 23. Plant (7)

24. Dealer, merchant (6) 25. Blithe (3) 27. Synthetic material (5) 28. In abeyance (2,3) 30. Player’s first game (5) 32. Jump vigorously (4) 33. Apple seed (3)