Standard two-in-one Cryptic Puzzle
ACROSS
9 Going off, then, to salvage the vessel
(2,3,4) 10 With ‘poignant’, putting one’s finger on
it (8) 12 Make a trap to catch it (4) 13 Cook has got hold of the rain water (6) 14 It’s performed in a funny coat – a
knockabout act (7) 15 See the tip in perspective (9) 17 Tears the material – and tears badly (9) 18 One’s following the sun: it makes one
feel better (7) 20 Steps out from the toolshed? (6) 21 Aim to make it clear I am entering (4) 24 Having meant to look after, in the end I
bust (8) 26 Coin the myopic can’t see? (8) 28 Turning time right back is almost
unheard of (4) 29 After the editor retires, some leave (6) 31 Looks and was wobbly – it oscillates (7) 34 In The Dog and Cat, rook the rich fellow (9) 36 “Bride’s Love Nest” having won the race (5,4) 38 Declining to provide the mounting and surround (7) 39 Rules the waters, so to speak (6) 40 Someone drawing from the bank (4) 41 Without a lead? That’s stupid (8) 42 As he folds the article for putting in the case (9)
DOWN
1 Overlooks because one makes a donation to (8) 2 Give the impression, as you go out (6) 3 The end – for the peeping Tom? (8) 4 Meaning it’s what smart campers are buying (6) 5 Must somehow have been cut when one fell (8) 6 In no doubt whatsoever that there’s good visibility (5,5) 7 What the smart, or young, eat? (7) 8 Not altogether playing a role (2,4) 11 Stopping the pain – giving us one to swallow (7) 16 A container vessel (6) 19 Row to the royal ship (5) 20 Fifty these days is young (3) 22 Worried, she dropped in to see “20 Down” (5) 23 A warning about that’s put outside (6) 25 Wishing you hadn’t sunk so low? (4,6) 26 Having an attack, though well (3) 27 Intend to stay round to the opening of the season (7) 30 Tries to find out, going in to interrogate the star (8) 31 The dog that no fence can keep in? (8) 32 At the outset agree to arrange the cheapest form of travel (8) 33 I consult with, about the tree (7) 35 Countless numbers of secrets are (6) 36 Like the unconvincing advertisement for the sheer tights? (6) 37 Beginning with the ring: the ring I lost (6)