YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 9. Eye-opener 10. Tr-avest-y 12. I-van 13. Scream 14. Decline 15. Van-dalise 17. S-event-een 18. Slips on 20. Thrash

21. Ra-I-n 24. Makes for 26. But-tress 28. Meet 29. C-L-aret 31. Chipper 34. Addressed 36. B-ought-out 38. Scratch 39. O-racle

40. Peke (peak) 41. Ref-erred 42. Lashed out.

1. Be-liev-es 2. Regain 3. In ac-tion 4. Breeze 5. Ato-miser 6. Paid a visit 7. Be-a-co-ns. 8. Strike 11. Me-aniN-g 16. Answer

19. Imag(in)e 20. To-R 22. A-esop (rev) 23. Wra-I-th 25. Fall’s short 26. Bit 27. I-m-pass-e 30. Redwoods 31. Clueless 32. Retreats 33. Settled 35. Darned 36. B-R-awls 37. O-re-gon.

EASY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

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Academy Award (5)

Dead language (5) Edge along (5) Mine (3) Searches for prey (5) Ten-sided figure (7)

Royal (5) Slope downwards (3)

Fruit (6) Common (7) Throw violently (4)

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36 37 38

Strikes (4) Gold or silver in mass (7) Stoat-like mammal (6)

Rowing blade (3) Satisfies (5) Lizard type (7) Broaden (5) Fastening device (3)

Lose blood (5) Pick-me-up (5) Stinks (5)

DOWN

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7 9 12 14 16 17 Writing material (5) Fortified building (7)

Avoid deliberately (4)

Of the stars (6) Restored from death (5)

Free from dirt (5) Facial twitch (3) Optimistic (7) Spirit (3) Street urchin (5) Round-up rope (5)