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Across
| 1 | | A three-handed card game played
with 32 cards, of which two
constitute the skat (sense 2), or
widow. The players bid for the
privilege of attempting any of
several games or tasks, in most of
which the player undertaking the
game must take tricks counting in
aggregate at least 61 (the
counting cards being ace 11, ten
10, king 4, queen 3, jack 2). The
four jacks are the best trumps,
ranking club, spade, heart,
diamond, and ten outranks king or
queen (but when the player
undertakes to lose all the tricks,
the cards rank as in whist). The
value of hands depends upon the
game played, trump suit, points
taken, and number of matadores (4) |
| 3 | | Any of various water-soluble
compounds capable of turning
litmus blue and reacting with an
acid to form a salt and water.
Lowest support of a structure (4) |
| 5 | | (sociology) the conventions that
embody the fundamental values of a
group. (5) |
| 9 | | Make normal or cause to conform to
a norm or standard (9) |
| 10 | | A number of hermitages or cells in
the same neighbourhood occupied by
anchorites who were under the same
superior (5) |
| 11 | | Clothing worn for skiing (7) |
| 12 | | Have a desire for something or
someone who is not present (7) |
| 13 | | Urge an attack or chase, esp. a
dog to attack someone (4) |
| 15 | | Someone who is dazzlingly skilled
in any field. _ _ _ _ _ s (plural) (6) |
| 16 | | A hotel providing overnight
lodging for travellers (3) |
| 19 | | Female pronoun (3) |
| 20 | | Be preoccupied with something (6) |
| 21 | | Gradually deprive (infants) of
mother's milk (4) |
| 23 | | A shape whose base is a circle and
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whose sides taper up to a point. _
_ _ _ _ _ s (plural) (7)
| 25 | | A steep part of a glacier
resembling a frozen waterfall (7) |
| 27 | | Massive powerful herbivorous odd-
toed ungulate of southeast Asia
and Africa having very thick skin
and one or two horns on the snout (5) |
| 28 | | One who, or that which, awakens. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ s (plural) (9) |
| 29 | | The basic unit of money in
Ethiopia; equal to 100 cents.
Sound of something in rapid motion (5) |
| 30 | | Turn or place at an angle. Having
an oblique or slanting direction
or position (4) |
| 31 | | A platform raised above the
surrounding level to give
prominence to the person on it (4) |
Down
| 1 | | A construction in which adherence
to some element in the sense
causes a departure from strict
syntax, as in "Philip went
down to Samaria and preached
Christ unto them." (9) |
| 2 | | ancient gold currency (5) |
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| 4 | | Each and all of a series of
entities or intervals as specified (5) |
| 5 | | Theory relating to melanin (8) |
| 6 | | To make routine (9) |
| 7 | | Cause a sharp or stinging pain or
discomfort (5) |
| 8 | | (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest
person or scoundrel (often used as
a general term of abuse) (5) |
| 14 | | Habitually clean (9) |
| 17 | | Filled with bewilderment. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ es (plural) (9) |
| 18 | | The line at which the sky and
Earth appear to meet. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ s (plural) (8) |
| 22 | | An organized series of acts and
performances (usually in one
place). _ _ _ _ s (plural) (5) |
| 23 | | Long pod containing small beans
and sweetish edible pulp; used as
animal feed and source of a
chocolate substitute (5) |
| 24 | | Basically shredded cabbage. _ _ _
_ s (plural) (5) |
| 26 | | The central area of an ancient
Roman amphitheatre where contests
and spectacles were held;
especially a sand-strewn area (5) |
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