CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Grind teeth (5)

6 Snake (5)

9 Aquatic bird (7) 10 Cutlery item (5) 11 Sister (5)

12 Actions (5)

13 Cashiers (7)

15 Wager (3)

17 Is indebted to (4) 18 Safe (6)

19 Notices (5)

20 Day nursery (6)

22 Skin complaint (4) 24 Possessive pronoun (3) 25 Axe (7)

26 Salivate (5)

27 Subtract (5)

28 Now (5)

29 Agent of retribution (7) 30 Navigate (5) 31 Anaesthetic (5)

DOWN

2 Relative (6)

3 Ruins (6)

4 Domestic fowl (3) 5 Yearns (5)

6 Wax lights (7) 7 Responsibility (4) 8 Bacon (6)

12 Hang (5) 13 Hand-held light (5) 14 Prise (5)

15 Group (5) 16 Principle (5) 18 Take unlawfully (5) 19 Less extensive (7) 21 Begrudge (6) 22 Molest (6) 23 Nullify (6)

25 Slum (5)

26 Eat (4)

28 Bind (3)