Everyone’s crossword

ACROSS

1 No answer! (8, 5) 11 Talk on television (3, 6) 12 Piece of chicken on a temple in Greece (9) 13 Stolen goods left also to be returned (4) 14 Beheading guard on the way in (5) 15 Tor Buddhist I halt in an accident (8) 18 Had Ali removed the bloomer? (6) 19 Unevenly? (5) 20 Tangled reeds alongside a stretch of water (3, 3) 23 Generous people having had some gin perhaps (6-8) 25 Animal heard by priest in Tibet (4) 27 Clotho at heart was not willing (4) 28 Financial stake in underwear business? (6, 8) 30 Reportedly a ballet skirt that’s exquisite (3-3) 31 Some scenery, southern headland (5) 33 Stick by a Scottish island (6) 37 Puritan cavalryman clubs fish (8) 38 Climber accepts gold as being the key (5) 39 Rang back to growl (4) 42 Greets, say, two marines in violent weather (9) 43 Evidence of some tiny new model first (9) 44 Anything goes when all the cargo spaces are open (2, 5, 6)

DOWN

1 Showed the way forward home first, having made oneself comfortable (7) 2 Go right down and investigate the matter thoroughly (3, 2, 3, 6, 2, 2) 3 The sort to make an impression (4) 4 Violet and Anne came up to the city (6) 5 Released? (7) 6 It conveys oil for a smoker (4) 7 Told stories although not initially ready going round about (6) 8 Wrinkly way to contract! (7) 9 In as little as a gap of 60 minutes (2, 3, 5, 2, 2, 4) 10 Offensive about a French rustic, about 50 (10) 16 Some claim I’m icing copy! (5) 17 United wasted time, did not start (6) 21 Some push erratically past the doorkeeper (5) 22 The French busybody had an inclination (5) 23 Steersman’s indicator? (5, 5) 24 It can’t move all in one piece (6) 26 Hopes to include an Italian sauce (5) 29 Own force on board (7) 32 Forming a revolutionary centre (7) 34 Dressed in a dreary sort of way (7) 35 To be in contact with Joan, I’d transferred (6) 36 Credit is doubled for a difficult situation (6) 40 Nurse in Rotterdam, a Hollander (4) 41 Passport endorsement covers two thirds of the face (4)