RMTnews :: december 2005 36 RMT £50 prize bumper No. 20. Set by Elk ACROSS 12 Not light, but rapid transit nonetheless (5,4) 13 Made hay - or money - at others’ expense (11) 14 Waters close to coast (7) 15 Article of faith -- whichever way you look at it! (5) 16 Revolts (7) 17 Agents for dental cleaning (11) 18 One who launches legal suit (9) 20 Racist system defeated in South Africa in 1994 (9) 21 Relation, by marriage (6-2-3) 22 DPM, ex-RMT (8) 24 Typographical error, in short (4) 25 Leave in the lurch (7) 28 German inventor of carburettor and first motorcycle (7) 30 Rearmost extremity of animal - or to follow (4) 32 Character of several Shakespeare plays (8) 35 Withdrawn, not outgoing (11) 37 Devon town famed for its carpets (9) 39 Shrubs, and their flowers, named after botanist Alex Garden (9) 40 Tactic of harrasing and toying with quarry before final kill (3-3-5) 41 Place, or money paid, for stowing things, especially at sea (7) 42 Commercial building with rooms to let (5) 43 Cutting tool with toothed steel belt (4-3) 44 Delighted - cliche in sporting world (4,3,4) 45 Mixture of lager and cider (9) DOWN 1 Plum duff; seasonal dessert (9,7) 2 Moved by very strong feelings (10) 3 Of a proposition, assumed for the sake of argument (12) 4 Person with the same handle as another (8) 5 Empty, meaningless remark (9) 6 Blister beetle, or preparation made from them (7,3) 7 This satire is no more: it has ceased to be! (5,6) 8 Name shared by mountain ranges in California, Andalucia and Venezuala (6,6) 9 Finland’s capital (8) 10 Guided by sense of what is right (10) 11 In Rome, 15th of March, May, July or October, or 13th of other months (4)