THE NATIONAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

2 Fissure

5 Prolonged pains

8 Footwear

9 Make silent

10 Church leader

11 Army chaplain

12 Insurgent

14 Parasitic plant

16 Flattered

17 Large casks

20 Come forth

22 Seesawing

25 Reluctant

27 Traditional learning

28 Trust

32 Vast sum

34 Small children

35 Very bright

36 Frozen shower

37 Large volume

38 Closes up

39 Surface slant

40 Regretted

DOWN

1 Scrap

2 Drive back

3 Sets apart

4 Motif

5 Serpents

6 Chastise

7 Doing wrong

12 Scoundrel

13 Dairy product

15 German river

18 Pressing

19 Oneís right wits

21 Belittle

23 Hermit

24 Seabird

26 Offered with a vow

29 Anaesthetic

30 Afflicted

31 Stringed instrument

33 Worshipped image