CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

3 Fire (5) 8 Rituals (5) 10 Senseless (5) 11 Friend (3) 12 Bully (5) 13 Deserved (7) 15 Type of saw (5) 18 Deity (3) 19 Italian city (6) 21 More brief (7) 22 Stop (4) 23 Dread (4) 24 Funny (7) 26 Haphazard (6) 29 Boy (3) 31 Feline (5) 32 Restrict (7) 34 Symbol (7) 35 Mural of is (3) 36 Strange (5) 37 Sneaked (5) 38 Bad-tempered (5)

DOWN

1 Mature (5) 2 Happiness (7) 4 Was untruthful (4) 5 Title (6) 6 Go in (5) 7 Edible bulb (5) 9 Pitch (3) 12 Boudoir (7) 14 Also (3) 16 New (5) 17 Mother-of-pearl (5) 19 Deer meat (7) 20 Garment (5) 21 Throw (5) 23 Brass flourish (7) 24 Hallo (6) 25 Deceive (3) 27 Passageway(5) 28 Dissuade (5) 30 Awkward (5) 32 US coin (4) 33 Anger (3)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS

ACROSS: 9, Retaliate, 10, Abundance, 12, Nape, 13, Assume, 14,Kittens, 15, Tangerine, 17, Naturalists 18, Exhales, 19, Yellow, 20, Epee, 23, Pogo stick, 25, Confident, 26, Sash, 27, All but, 29, Surgeon, 32, Increases, 34, Accordion, 35, Neither, 36, Nutmeg, 37, Save, 38, Tolerates, 39, Colanders

DOWN: 1, Brunette, 2, Step on the gas, 3, Warships, 4, Tenure, 5, Maternal, 6, Bucket down, 7, Editions, 8, Persistent, 11, Needs, 16, Enlist, 19, Yak, 21, Premeditated 22, Mirror, 23, Passionate, 24, Illustrate, 25, Cat, 28, Business, 30, Secretly, 31, Nonsense, 33, Tethers, 34, Chill 35,Attack