STANDARD TWO-IN-ONE
CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS
9 A great figure, just to put the icing on the cake! (3,2,3)
10 Go the fast way, being smart (3)
11 A speaker or two, at the Centre (6)
12 You put your foot on it or grab it with your hands (6)
13 The lady with the fringe gets the whole caboodle! (7)
14 Not now, in that case (4)
15 Will include, you understand (10)
17 Came back and gave it another whirl (8)
18 Provided an alibi for the bloke who had left (7)
19 So to speak, one’s best, best friend (4)
21 Meaning to be sheltered from the elements (6)
24 He’s going to put an end to your entertainment (3,9,5)
27 A sailor identifiable by his collar? (3,3)
29 Sometime the morning after, having the test (4)
30 Soldiers, also, will be shown in the drawing (7)
33 The dog is bound to be with the Queen (8)
35 A lungful of sea air? (4,6)
36 Bunker some go back into (4)
37 Suggesting that the doctor has got in trouble (7)
38 One of two or, perhaps, three I brought in (6)
40 Had I gone travelling to the right area? (6)
41 One dab (3)
42 Though on a false trail, all round is showing sense (8)
DOWN
1 Not a Rosy prospect for the man asleep on watch (3,7)
2 Figure seen at first in a haze (4)
3 Will drapers accept the ready only for it? (8)
4 Shone the light on a man up against the outhouse (7)
5 Through staging an exhibition - honestly (2,4,5)
6 Because annoying, putting it out of one’s mind (10)
7 He gets terribly involved in the affair (6)
8 As predicted, the free ones are rounded up (8)
10 Discover the point has penetrated the heart of the brute (5)
16 Give the impression of being soft and tender, completely bogus (7)
20 From painting, standing to get more (5)
22 It’s half the battle getting the others in to give support (7)
23 The lady who’s in occupation (6,5)
25 Fight to get an appointment (10)
26 What the cloakroom attendant did, you say: accepted blame (4,3,3)
28 A businessman and his former wife having a drink (8)
31 See bitter has been spilled in the word-book (8)
32 Soap and food sent in for the poor (7)
34 Look after the naughty child and spoil (6)
35 Get up and go – for a spin (5)
39 Overtime? Blast! (4)
EASY PUZZLE ACROSS
9 Grouse (8)
10 Write (3)
11 Tell (6)
12 Char (6)
13 Madman (7)
14 Coy (4)
15 Brainwave (6,4)
17 Blow (8)
18 Quieten (7)
19 Apartment (4)
21 Pictures (6)
24 Amassing (9,8)
27 Vegetable (6)
29 Merit (4)
30 Search (7)
33 Capsize (8)
35 Nonsense (10)
36 Cut (4)
37 Emerging (7)
38 Vacillate (6)
40 Break (6)
41 Look at (3)
42 Offered (8)
DOWN
1 About (10)
2 Fight (4)
3 Pitiful (8)
4 Contain (7)
5 Order (11)
6 Punish (10)
7 Matter (6)
8 Pamphlet (8)
10 Animal (5)
16 Bigger (7)
20 Beer (5)
22 Abashed (7)
23 Game (4,3,4)
25 Zest (10)
26 Entered (10)
28 Lent (8)
31 Interminable (8)
32 Frivolous (7)
34 Tore (6)
35 Colour (5)
39 You (4)