Across 1 A decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others (5) 6 Pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets (7) 13 Fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores (5) 14 Large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers (8) 15 A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption. A radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface. _ _ _ _ s (plural) (5) 16 Sail faster or better than (9) 17 A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter (4) 18 Rhymes with boobied (6) 19 A rapid bustling commotion (3) 20 Any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings; larvae are leaf or live in fruits and galls. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s (plural) (10) 22 Rhymes with linear (4) 23 The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (6) 24 Place one's stake (5) 25 Half asleep. Rhymes with rosier (6) 26 Raise in a relief (6) 27 Rhymes with nippons (6) 28 Liveliness of mind or spirit (6) 29 Rhymes with doving (6) 30 A triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean (6) 31 Of or pertaining to or of the nature of or characteristic of a sheep or sheep (5) 32 The first light of day. An atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force (6) 33 A strip of land projecting into a body of water (4) 34 A sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) (10) 38 Rhymes with bee (3) 39 Rhymes with turins (6) 40 A fastener for a door or lid; a hinged metal strap fits over a staple and is locked with a pin or padlock (4) 41 un _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (A rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily) (9) 43 Rhymes with lists (5)

44 Be about (8) 45 Administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing (5) 46 Rhymes with bessel (7) 47 Look at with amorous intentions. _ _ _ _ s (plural) (5) Down 1 A shoe carved from a single block of wood (5) 2 An expression of greeting (5) 3 Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain (5) 4 Having an affinity for lipids. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s (plural) (11) 5 Rhymes with bass (3) 6 Mature ovum after penetration by sperm but before the formation of a zygote. _ _ _ _ _ s (plural) (6) 7 The medieval Russian state established by Scandanavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in Novgorod and then in Kiev (5) 8 (archaic) exclamation expressing exultation or surprise (4) 9 Rhymes with tee (3) 10 (Chem.) A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; - formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid. (9) 11 Poor enough to need help from others (8) 12 The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one (7) 14 Having any of numerous bright or strong colours reminiscent of the colour of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies (6) 16 Expression of pain. _ _ _ _ e s (plural) (6) 18 A movement upward (6) 21 Change the classification for a circumscribed geographical region characterized by some distinctive features (6) 22 The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation (11) 24 The basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (6) 25 Capable of being or liable to be divided or separated (9) 26 To impede or bar by estoppel. _ _ _ _ _ s (plural) (6) 27 The head of a state government (8) 28 A rope used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff. Something attached to ear (6) 29 Get or ask advice from (7) 30 Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion (6) 32 An electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals (6) 34 An act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements (5) 35 An upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas) (5) 36 Rhymes with whistle (5) 37 A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar (5) 39 Something that remunerates. _ _ _ s (plural) (4) 42 Rhymes with bells (3) 43 Vietnamese monetary unit (rhymes with bow) (3)