CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Accessory for Superman 5 Purchase 8 Outer layer of watermelon 12 Locale 13 Mine find 14 Pennsylvania port 15 Retirees’ income 17 Heap 18 Wee one 19 Sat for an artist 20 Adult females 23 Wig material 25 State formally 26 Music groups 30 Matched collection 31 Yanks 32 Contend 33 Wins the day 35 Relinquish 36 Crafts’ partner 37 Uninterested 38 Far from fresh 41 Favouring 42 Fido’s wagger 43 Least dirty 48 Farmer’s land measurement 49 Greasy fluid 50 Ireland to poets 51 Pinkish 52 Saturated with liquid 53 Declaim violently

DOWN 1 Bottle top 2 Exist 3 Animal enclosure 4 Spring holiday 5 Winter footwear 6 Footed vase 7 “Definitely!” 8 Tell 9 Coloured part of the eye 10 African river 11 Act 16 Charged atom 19 Bowling target 20 Hornet’s kin 21 Finished 22 Dish (out) 23 Ships’ frames 24 Troubles 26 Stop 27 At any time 28 Ocean’s rise and fall 29 Plant beginning 31 Remove the skin from 34 Low land between hills 35 Where Little Jack Horner sat 37 Feathered neckpiece 38 Celestial object 39 Mexican dish 40 Ventilates 41 Sensed 43 Barnyard animal 44 Tell a fib 45 Important period 46 Sermon topic 47 High explosive