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Saturday, 5th April 2025

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AAcross 11:	Plummy “playboy of the West End world” whose repertoire included the witty ditty Mad Dogs and Englishmen and a satirical look at the declining fortunes of the British aristocracy in their stately homes of England
AAcross 12:	Flexible word with various meanings including a huckle-bone-and-flexor-containing bodily haunch; a red fruit of the wild rose; part of a cheer-invoking cry; a word for “fashionably current, with-it”; or, hypochondria
AAcross 13:	Word for stitchcraft or threaded artistry; the business of a seamstress; or, handicrafts, samplers, tapestries, tatting and other pieces darned, embroidered or sewn with sharps and bodkins, collectively
AAcross 14:	Word, with an aptly murky, unclear or vague past, for brume, cloudiness, a misty veil or other atmospheric obscurity; thus, a blurred memory, the mind’s fog, where clarity fades or a similar state suggestive of smog
AAcross 15:	A characteristically boozy British pudding or alcoholic trifle involving fruit-and-custard-layered sherry-soaked sponge, which may induce a spirited sense of squiffiness	TIPSY CAKE
AAcross 16:	Dialect, from the Irish for “banquet, feast”, meaning chatter amiably, coddle, pamper or spoil rotten; otherwise, to live, dine out or be entertained at another’s expense
AAcross 17:	Roman “bright city”, colonia and fort whose legacy and name live on in modern-day Gloucester	GLEVUM
AAcross 18:	Sharing a Greek root with pomegranate and water lily, a genus of malvaceous plants including the bala, country mallow and fanpetal
AAcross 20:	Word for a child’s fairy tale collection; thus, an adjective evoking a sense of fanciful, fantastical, idyllic or unreal charm, like the land of make-believe or happily ever after depicted in said illustrated early reader or tome
AAcross 22:	Word for a building; construction; texture; or, cotton, linen, silk or other cloth for clothing or figuratively woven into the very structure of society
AAcross 25:	Word, from “pie, flatbread”, for a slice of Italy or taste of Naples in the form of a disc of dough with a customisable array of toppings
AAcross 26:	A workout for body, mind, soul or spirit in the form of drills, keep fit, meditation, a musical étude, a school task, training or worship
AAcross 27:	Word, from “august, majestic, noble, old, venerable”, for grey-haired, grizzled or pepper-and-salt with age, thus greyish-white with frost
AAcross 29:	Soft pliable substance for glazing, or metaphorically moulding or shaping a person in the palm of one’s hand
AAcross 30:	Either of one’s ocular glims or lamps that light one’s way
AAcross 31:	Name, tending to evoke a sense of older times, for an overnighter, suitcase or other small travelling bag
AAcross 33:	A forcing-ground or garden plot whose speedy raising of plants by heat is proverbial for a place where problems incubate, troubles blossom or unrosy seeds of strife are sown
AAcross 34:	“Blast from the past” whose name is used to refer to a fellow, a joke, a lark, an oddly dressed figure or ridicule
AAcross 36:	Scenic spots; or, mental plots
AAcross 37:	Word that has evolved from the roughness of unwrought stone to the roughness of unmannered people
AAcross 38:	Term, linked to the Latin for “joy, jest” via a word for a precious stone or ornament, for a bijoutier, gemmologist, goldsmith or lapidary
AAcross 41:	A hill, horse, setting or other thing raised like a massif or Munro
AAcross 42:	Word for bold, hardy, healthy, strong in constitution, sturdy or vigorous, like the enduring strength of an ancient oak, thus its etymological root
AAcross 44:	French daube or stew of confit de canard, haricots blancs and saucisse de Toulouse that is a hearty signature dish of the Languedoc region
AAcross 46:	Dialect word for a confused tussle, disagreeable muddle, dishevelled ruffle or untidy rumple
AAcross 48:	Word describing lumbering boots or inelegant shoes, a heavy-footed clumsy walker, cloggy mascara or a tufty, tussocky or thickety plant or thing
AAcross 51:	Onomatopoeia echoing the watery sound of a diver or a stone hitting the water’s surface and recalled in a phrase meaning “make waves”
AAcross 52:	Word meaning inclined to flee or run away, thus ephemeral, like blossom
AAcross 54:	Powerful Latin interjection found in a Gospels phrase translating as “behold the man”, thus behold Jesus Christ crowned with thorns, in art
AAcross 55:	Native wild flower in the mint family that is neither cannabis nor urtica, yet resembles a cross between both	HEMP-NETTLE
AAcross 56:	Short word for any one of the downloadable digital helpers or utensils that transform smartphones or tablets into veritable multi-tools
AAcross 57:	Word whose meaning transmuted from dry desiccative powder for wounds to liquid tincture or potion of life
DDown 1:	Cricketing terminology for an unlawfully delivered cherry	NO-BALL
DDown 2:	Term for a restyle or a fresh façade, as in a building or one’s face
DDown 2:	Term for a restyle or a fresh façade, as in a building or one’s face
DDown 3:	From the Greek for “impenetrable, not enter”, name given to an inner sanctuary, hidden shrine or sacred chamber in an ancient temple, thus a church chancel; or, any haven
DDown 4:	Geometric figures, such as those reflected in tangram puzzles or Winalot biscuits for dogs
DDown 5:	Educator, co-deviser of coronation chicken and influential society bouquetière whose unique approach to floristry was inspired by 17th-century Dutch floral art
DDown 6:	A kind of buttery coconutty golden-syrupy oaty biscuit that is a sweet reminder of the courage of the Australian and New Zealand Gallipoli-fighting soldiers or diggers
DDown 7:	Word, from “abandoned place, lay waste”, for an act of forsaking; a barren arid land; or, a flock of lapwings
DDown 8:	French for “according to the menu” that, in contrast to table d’hôte, caters for diners’ individual tastes	A LA CARTE
DDown 9:	Word for one who makes a blustering noise by clashing their own, or their opponent's, shield with their sword; thus, any daring hero or swaggering braggadocio
DDown 10:	Word, capturing the essence of the upper reaches of forests, for the canopy-forming crowns of aspens, birches, chestnuts, Douglas firs, elms and all other arboreal woody plants
DDown 19:	Word that whirled from “foolish, stupid” to “giddy, vertiginous, woozy”
DDown 21:	Word meaning falsify, feign, forge or fudge, whether by inventing hoax news, French trickery “trucage” or talking through one’s hat
DDown 23:	A double-bell-like culinary word that relates to the concept of marinating, whether in its native Philippines or in Spain
DDown 24:	From “desire”, name of the Roman god of love to whose bow the curve of the upper lip is likened
DDown 25:	Kitchen garden essentially grown to provide herbs/vegetables for the pan and the thick soup cooked in it
DDown 26:	Fundamental substance such as “one-one-two-ium” ununbium, aka Copernicium, atomic number 112
DDown 28:	Term for ink-imprinting devices, thus automatic approvals or mechanical actions, like repeated marks	RUBBER STAMPS
DDown 31:	Helmet’s mask/shade reflecting its etymological origin “face, see, sight”
DDown 32:	The faces of a cube; or, the facets of a cut gem or of one’s personality
DDown 35:	Word, imitative of the “umph” of a hard footslog, heavy footfall or soldier’s struggle, for a military march to the limit; or, any strenuous hike
DDown 36:	French for “wanted, wished”, used to convey the idea of something being calculated, contrived, deliberate, feigned or lacking in spontaneity
DDown 39:	Word for archetypes, epitomes, illustrations, instances to deter/warn, models to follow, paradigms, patterns, precedents or other things “taken out” to show or represent points
DDown 40:	The cachinnatory gelastic sound of amusement commonly called cackling, chortling, chuckling, fou rire, guffawing, hooting, hysterics, mirth or snirtling
DDown 43:	French word that captures the essence of a moody pouty sulky displeasure, often with a hint of playfulness or petulance
DDown 45:	French for “in festive mode”, either in spirit or clothing/dress	EN FETE
DDown 47:	A fanciful or deliberately twee spelling of an emporium or business with spurious ye olde- fashioned quaintness or charm
DDown 48:	From “cot-dweller, cottager”, word for a hand-reared lamb or pet poddy, thus a spoiled or pampered child
DDown 49:	Word, roughly translating as “peck or nibble at a meal” or “a trifle to eat”, for an alfresco meal, a packed lunch or a shared feast in the country
DDown 50:	Word for a shoelace tip that acts like a miniature bodkin to aid its threading; an ornamental tag or pendant; or, anything dangling
DDown 53:	A bivalve such as a jingle shell to which a ringing bell-, buzz- or tinkle-making retro flip phone is likened; or, a person who silently keeps secrets hidden within their figurative shell

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