CROSSWORD

PUZZLES

ACROSS 3. Postage label (5) 9. Back-scrubber (6) 10. Exclamation of

triumph (6) 11. Very tall person (5) 12. Flat (4) 15. European river (6) 17. Merit (7) 19. Cunning (3) 20. Identical (5) 22. Cooker (5) 24. Unlikely tales,

informally (5) 25. Electronic message

(1-4) 27. Curve (3) 29. Light oars (7) 32. Signal fire (6) 34. Father (4) 35. Windlass (5) 37. Soft and delicate (6) 38. One or the other (6) 39.Puts one’s feet up (5) DOWN 1. Lose blood (5) 2. Sits for an artist (5) 3. Droop (3) 4. Steal (6) 5. Repair (4) 6. Save (3,4) 7. Planet (5) 8. Quick (5) 13. Expose to danger (7) 14. Courage (5) 16. Liquidiser (7) 18. Fit out (5) 21. Touches down (5) 23. Enable (7) 26. Surgeon’s knife (6) 27. Maltreat (5) 28. Strong rope (5) 30. Supple (5) 31. Prophets (5) 33. Number (4) 36. Belonging to him (3)