ACROSS
1. Stray animal lacking an owner's brand (8) 5. The duck-billed________is a semiaquatic egg-laying creature endemic to Australia (8) 11. Give a running commentary on (7) 12. Property of immobility or constant motion unless otherwise acted on (7) 13. Long-legged bird that feeds on 14. Spirit distilled from grape wine (6) 15. Desert shrub whose seeds yield a waxy oil used in cosmetics (6) 16. Frozen dew (5) 19. Deeds (4) 23. Grains or pulses ground into powder (4) 24. One of many stinging insects that move together in vast numbers (4,3) 25. Small bird of the partridge family, genus (5) 26. Distinctive character or disposition (5) 28. Foxlike (7) 30. Wrack or large brown seaweed sometimes used for fodder (4) 32. Solid part of the earth's surface (4) 35. Edible part of a plant that contains the seed (5) 38. Rotated (6) 39. Unproductive; infertile (6) 40. Piece of red-hot coal or wood (5) 42. Breathed in (7) 43. Japanese art of flower arranging (7) 44. Made more solid (8) 45. Give respite to (8)
