The Free Press Journal

Crossword # 1194

Across

1 Gist or essence 5 Actress ___ Peeples 8 ___ ___ speak : familiarly meaning that...? (2,2)

12 Halls, theatres 13 Measure of length or twelfth letter of alphabet? 14 Disturbanc­e

15 On the ___ : improving

in health or condition? 16 Great merriment 18 "Gangnam Style"

rapper

19 Nice surprise 20 Courtney ___ : Friends

star

21 You too in Latin (2,2) 23 Resin

25 Marks; blemishes 27 Able to be dissolved 31 Indian wrestling great

___ Singh

32 Two-year old sheep 33 Author Hubbard (1,3) 34 Perspicaci­ty 36 Corpulent, porter 37 Pedal digit

38 Secular; a layman 39 Psychedeli­c drug 42 Fundamenta­l

44 Young bear 47 Pre-dinner drink

49 Skin hole

50 ___ La Douce : famous comedy movie filmed in Paris cafes etc. 51 Undergo

decomposit­ion

52 Bone of human forearm 53 Colouring agents 54 Abstract being - "sen"

anagram?

55 Itemize or catalogue

Down

1 Splendour; splendid display 2 Ancient Roman days 3 Decade (3,5)

4 Did possess

5 First prime minister of India 6 ____ Natase : Rumanian tennis star of days gone by?

7 Very eager or expectant (3,4) 8 Russian abbreviati­on, once

9 Of the ear

10 Partisan commander of erstwhile Yugoslavia

11 African antelope

17 Ex-Delhi speedster Wassan 19 Time To Stn.

22 Personal characteri­stic 24 Many (prefix)

25 Star Wars, initially

26 Is able

27 To put in place 28 Vegetable with green flower heads

29 Bud's movie partner 30 Tolkien's tree like creature 32 Playhouse

35 Mongolian desert 36 Pouchlike structure

38 Raises or elevates

39 ___ a bet : deposited as a wager?

40 Agile; lively

41 Greek commune

43 The city of Jerusalem

45 Big vases

46 ___ the opponent : be victorious?

48 ___ and Garba : folk dances from Gujarat?

49 Monetary unit of Afghanista­n