| 1 | | A land mammal other than a human
being (6) |
| 5 | | Earnest or urgent request (6) |
| 10 | | The gradual, often unconscious,
absorption of knowledge or ideas
through continual exposure rather
than deliberate learning (7) |
| 11 | | The first letter of the name of a
person, place, or organization (7) |
| 12 | | Property that is leased or rented
out (6) |
| 15 | | A title sometimes prefixed to a
boy's surname in formal circumstances (6) |
| 16 | | A pass to a receiver upfield from
the passer (7) |
| 17 | | A pause during which things are
calm or activities are diminished (4) |
| 18 | | Using speech rather than writing (4) |
| 19 | | Competition to find best (7) |
| 20 | | A young horse (4) |
| 22 | | Large furry animal (4) |
| 25 | | Stout-bodied insect with large
membranous wings (7) |
| 27 | | One who is the object of choice;
who is given preference (6) |
| 28 | | Migratory grasshoppers (6) |
| 31 | | A person trained to compete in
sports (7) |
| 32 | | Mathematics using letters as
symbols (7) |
| 33 | | (of circumstances; especially
weather) causing suffering (6) |
| 34 | | Presently existing in fact and not
merely potential or possible (6) |