Easy Crossword

ACROSS 3. Permit (5) 9. Spanish dish (6) 10. Stoat-like mammal (6) 11. Verges (5) 12. Article (4) 15. Tension (6) 17. Hand over (7) 19. Pinch (3) 20. Brings up (5) 22. Evidence (5) 24. Whinny (5) 25. Ancestry, family origins (5) 27. Frozen water (3) 29. Break into pieces (7) 32. Be viciously scornful of (6) 34. Curse (4) 35. Of the eye (5) 37. Safe (6) 38. Capital city (6) 39. Recently (5)

DOWN 1. Greenfly (5) 2. Cant (5) 3. Alcoholic drink (3) 4. Stocking run (6) 5. Is indebted to (4) 6. Horse opera (7) 7. Tree (5) 8. Hold in a firm grasp (5) 13. Street of houses (7) 14. Lesser (5) 16. Sleeveless vest (7) 18. Puts one’s feet up (5) 21. Begin working (3,2) 23. Forsaken (7) 26. Piercing, sharp in tone (6) 27. Hibernian (5) 28. Expel or turn out (5) 30. Slow in developing (5) 31. Large thick-skinned mammal (5) 33. Fencing sword (4) 36. Shy (3)