Crossword

ACROSS

3. Instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure (9) 9. Mix with water to diminish concentration (6)

10. US state of which Salt Lake City is the capital (4) 11. Substances used to destroy algae (9)

12. Sheds feathers or other coverings (6)

15. Elliptical flatfish with twisted mouth and teeth on

the underside only (4)

16. Coral island with a central lagoon (5)

19. Descriptive of cheese with coloured veins, such

as Gorgonzola (4)

21. Spiky shoot or blade; reed (5)

22. Closed heating or cooking apparatus (5)

25. American nest-building, perch-like fish with a

rounded, brightly coloured body ( 7)

27. Seldom encountered (4)

28. Northern sea-duck valued for its down (5)

29. Apiarist (9)

30. Alternative (5)

31. Collective term for a plant under cultivation (4) 32. Rising of a body of liquid ( 7)

34. Fizzy soft drinks (US) (5)

37. Angolan independence movement (acronym) (5) 38. Small, flightless South American bird resembling

the ostrich (4)

40. Take secretly without right or permission (5)

43. Interjection used to scare away animals (4)

45. Gusts of wind (6)

48. Mexican dish of a rolled, stuffed tortilla cooked

with a chilli-flavoured sauce (9)

49. Masonry support of a bridge (4)

50. Large in grain, fibre or mesh (6)

51. Part of the Western Pacific Ocean between the

Korean peninsula and mainland China (6,3)

DOWN

1. Pit or airtight chamber for storing grain (4)

2. Male whale, walrus, elephant, or moose (4)

3. Irrational animal (5)

4. Royal; kingly (5)

5. Fungus (prefix) (4)

6. Subject to the ebb and flow of the sea twice daily (5) 7. Reddish-brown variety of apple (6)

8. Russian physiologist who founded

modern behaviour therapy (6)

12. Edible fungi of rapid growth with

umbrella-shaped caps (9)

13. Dug up (9)

14. Mountain lake (4)

17. Edible, bivalve shellfish that may yield pearls ( 7)

18. Male falcons native to regions of Africa, South East Asia

and the Mediterranean (9)

20. Person who escorts people to their seats (5)

23. Hospital attendants (9)

24. Those from the continent in which countries

such as Poland and Portugal are situated (9)

26. Sudden inclination or whim ( 7)

29. Bushy tail, especially of a fox (5)

33. Pick out and destroy animals as inferior or superfluous

members of a group (4)

35. Plant with specialised, showy flowers, the upper petals

of which serve as landing places for insects (6)

36. Vessel that conveys blood away from the heart (6) 39. Be exceptionally good (at) (5)

41. Devices, often baited, for catching animals (5)

42. Plantain grown in the Philippines yielding a fibre

called Manila hemp (5)

44. Novice (4)

46. Not at home (4)

47. Piece of work set or undertaken (4)