SUNDAY CROSSWORD — 1122

ACROSS:

2 North Indian

state (11) 7 Provide for (5) 8 Sailing boat (5) 9 Exhales violently

(7)

13 Gain heavenly

reward (9) 15 Entrance

charge (9) 18 Topmost room

(5) 20 Miscella-neous

collection (4,3) 21 Invigorating

drink (5) 22 Chronicle, anal

or record (7) 25 Learner drivers display them (16)

27 Missive (7) 28 Non reactive (5) 32 Famous actor who had an original part in 'Fiddler on the Roof' (5) 35 Stunning (7) 40 Friendly or

agreeable (7) 41 Hayfields (7) 42 Engine of a car,

etc. (5)

43 An indefinitely large number (7)

44 Small bird of thrush family “louse” anagram ? (5) 45 Cheating poker

player (9)

49 A canine virus

(9)

53 Sees or

observers (5,2) 54 Fasten; stick (5) 55 Written exercise (5)

56 Puts parts together again (11)

DOWN:

1 Mrs. Bachchan

(4)

2 Major or minor in

the sky? (4)

3 “A” in A.D. ? (4) 4 Take notice (4) 5 Colouring agents

(4)

6 Go away! (4) 9 Vest (7)

10 Make bigger (7) 11 East African

river (7) 12 Import illegally

(7)

13 Sacred Egyptian

beetle (6) 14 Milky liquid from certain plants; emulsion containing finely powdered rubber particles (6)

16 Set alight (6) 17 Most appealing

to senses (6) 19 202 in Roman

numerals (4) 21 Assume a sloping position or heel over (4) 23 High Power

Amplifier (3) 24 Vertical Short Takeoff and Landing (5) 26 Value or esteem

hightly? (5) 29 And for the

German (3) 30 Airport runway

(6)

31 Easy catch (6) 32 Ski lift - “brat”

anagram ? (1-3) 33 Careful reading

(7)

34 African river (7) 35 Climbs (7) 36 ___ themselves : with one another? (7) 37 Shakespearean

villain (4)

38 Idle talk (6) 39 Inn-yard's horse-handler (6)

46 Actor Alda (4) 47 Portent master

(4)

48 Slender bars (4) 50 Metrical foot (4) 51 Female sheep

(4)

52 School test (4)