Sowetan Crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Airport line

5 Quiche base

9 Nebraska city

11 Sounds from pounds

13 King or czar

14 Recess

15 Angled pipe

16 Repeat

18 Toppled, as a monarch

20 Spot

21 Took to impound

22 Relish

23 They hold power

24 Gloss target

25 Supplies with staff

27 Like some pools

29 Drama division

30 New Orleans treat

32 Spotted

34 Stage signal

35 “Skyfall” singer

36 City near Carthage

38 King of Crete

39 Heaps

40 Pharaoh symbols

41 In __________ (really)

DOWN

1 Hollowed out

2 Charm

3 Writing implements

4 Yonder yacht

5 Diminished

6 Teri of “Tootsie”

7 Writing implements

8 Enjoys the rink

10 Comes up

12 Trapshooting

17 Poet Hughes

19 Holds

22 Lively quality

24 Sick in bed

25 Sir’s counterpart

26 Maine park

27 Spike of film

28 Wild cards, at times

30 Sanctify

31 Rib

33 Settle heavily

37 Draw