CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 9 Alternatively (9) 10 Memento (8) 12 Uncommon (4) 13 Leg bone (6) 14 Sunshade (7) 15 Kitchen implement(9) 17 Unceasing (9) 18 Mountain troops (7) 20 Deed (6) 21 Resonation (4) 24 Thin soup (8) 26 Region (8) 28 Heavy metal (4) 29 Native American dwell- ing (6) 31 Humorous (7) 34 Bedcover (9) 36 System for storing (9) 38 Enthusiast (7) 39 Fruit (6) 40 Sound system (4) 41 Impractically idealistic(8) 42 Alert and competent, informally (2,3,4) DOWN 1 Gruesome (8) 2 Refrain (6) 3 Surrounding area(8) 4 Great flood (6) 5 Writer(8) 6 distrustful (10) 7 Closest(7) 8 Afternoon nap (6) 11 Great joy (7) 16 Spatter (6) 19 Stringent instrument (5) 20 Primate (3) 22 Desert plants (5) 23 Game bird (6) 25 Type of property (10) 26 Poorly illuminated(3) 27 Even by this time (7) 30 Type of footballer (4-4) 31 Estrange (8) 32 Easily duped (8) 33 False reason (7) 35 Eat up greedily (6) 36 Seller (6) 37 Beast (6)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS ACROSS: 4, Soccer 7, Derelict 8 At last 10 Child 13 Clef 14, Tone 15, Then 16, Rep 17, Aria 19, Used 21, Fractured 23, Long 24, Tree 26, Lap 27, Glen 29, Dare 32, Peer 33, Nylon 34, Deride 35, Creosote 36, Stitch.

DOWN: 1, Edict 2, Grain 3, Glad 4, Stale 5, Calf 6, Ensued 9, Tenure 11, Hot 12, learn 13, Chatter 15 Tic, 16 Red 18, Ragged 20, Seedy 21 ,Fop 22, Urn 23, Latent 25, Pro 28, Leech 30, Allow 31,Ended 32, Pint 33, Neon.