Easy Puzzle

ACROSS

9 Concord (9)

10 Cricket stroke (6,3)

12 Bird of prey (4)

13 Writing desk (6) 14 Time-consuming business

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15 Large animals (9) 17 Forever (9)

18 Augment (7)

19 Type of beer (6)

20 Reject as false (4)

23 Logic (9)

25 Captivated (9)

26 Ready money (4)

27 Public speaker (6) 29 Motorcycle attachment (7) 32 Underwater swimmer (4-5) 34 Dangerous (9)

35 Less heavy (7) 36 Answerable (6)

37 Dread (4)

38 Expenditure (9)

39 Citrus fruit (9)

DOWN

1 Fine soft wool (8) 2 Monarchs (7,5) 3 Successive order (8) 4 Emphasise (6)

5 Edible (8)

6 Additional part (10) 7 Extend (7)

8 Naively optimistic (6-4) 11 Polite (5)

16 Carriage (6)

19 Insect (3)

21 Reference work (12) 22 Roam (6)

23 Huss (4,6) 24 Disrespectful (10)

25 Do wrong (3) 28 Indefatigable (8)

29 Very hot (8)

30 Reticent (8)

31 Issue (7)

33 Piece of cast metal (5) 34 Vigorous and enthusiastic

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