Crossword 16

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Across
  1. 1. A potion of immortality (6)
  2. 4. The sounds of barking dogs, horns and sirens added to the ________ on the streets. (9)
  3. 10. Rides, fun, clowns, shows, parades, attractions, games: That which encompasses the mentioned. (8)
  4. 11. Breathing heavily, also a clothing (5)
  5. 12. The earliest writing paper (7)
  6. 14. Undermining womankind (8)
  7. 16. Bewildered, perplexed (9)
  8. 17. Burning things with a malicious intent (5)
  9. 18. Unconquerable archenemy, also a Greek Goddess (7)
  10. 19. He and his brother have a bet about who can ______ from uttering a single profanity. (7)
  11. 20. Fool, entertainer (6)
  12. 21. Herald, indicator (9)
  13. 22. Complicated situation, dilemma, altercation (9)
  14. 25. “Stick them with the _______ end.” – A lesson taught by a brother to his sister. (6)
  15. 27. Commonly used word for consent (4)
  16. 32. The actors wore dark capes, _______ masks and scary makeup in that bizarre horror movie. (9)
  17. 34. Luck, fortune (6)
  18. 35. __seeched, __sieged, __reaved (2)
  19. 36. Tiny bits of wreckage, remains after a terrible blast (11)
  20. 38. Three blind men to see fair play. Forty mutes to yell, “Hooray!” Back to back they faced each other, Drew their swords and shot each other. Which literary device is at play here? (7)
  21. 39. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, ____ teeth, ____ eyes, ____ taste, ____ everything. Complete this excerpt from ‘The seven ages of man’ with a single word. (4)
  22. 40. A special object with mystical properties, symbolic representation, a good luck charm (8)
  23. 42. How the _______ Stole Christmas! (6)
  24. 43. To dwell anxiously or gloomily (5)
  25. 44. Having immense or fathomless extension downward, backward or inward (7)
  26. 45. A ________ of crows (collective noun) (6)
  27. 46. Catch it, and the game ends with an addition of 150 points. (6)
Down
  1. 2. A highly emotional literary work, musical composition (8)
  2. 3. Fair is foul, and foul is fair. _______ through the fog and filthy air. (5)
  3. 5. Common people, masses (9)
  4. 6. The ____ of proof lies upon the defendant. Def. Burden (4)
  5. 7. Jack just handed in his resignation. He was useless anyways. Good _______! (8)
  6. 8. Language of the common, nonsensical mumble jumble (6)
  7. 9. A wailing female spirit (7)
  8. 10. Self defence, my foot. Her head was bashed in with a mace. They will undoubtedly charge you with _______ homicide. (8)
  9. 13. Don’t you dare ____ me, kid!; Let’s visit that old-fashioned diner where getting ____ from the waitstaff is part of the experience. (4)
  10. 15. Scarlet pigment that plays a major role in Hindu culture. (9)
  11. 23. Foolish words or ideas (10)
  12. 24. A social ________ that gave rise to a new world order. (9)
  13. 25. It was a misunderstanding of epic _________. (11)
  14. 26. That which offends or disgraces pious belief (11)
  15. 28. Turquoise, teal, peacock, cerulean, ______ (5)
  16. 29. _______ cannons, used against air strikes and fighter planes (4)
  17. 30. She was asked to locate the missing treasure because of her remarkable ______ powers. (11)
  18. 31. Intangible, incorporeal (8)
  19. 33. _______nym, _______pod, _______morph (6)
  20. 37. And then an _______ struck me. “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” (8)
  21. 38. Cure all (7)
  22. 41. Stalemate, a position with no scope of compromise on either side (7)
  23. 43. The very thought of facing people after self imposed solitary confinement made him ______. (6)