Everyone’s Crossword
ACROSS 1 Lightweight, one used in the game (9) 5 Hazel be taking it round for another lady (9) 11 Locate Norman losing article coming from resort in Monaco (5, 5) 12 One who takes a chance fiddles gas meter (8) 13 But rubbish is not put in this daft place! (5, 3) 14 Joint Argentine XI (10) 15 Annoyed having query to problem that’s much discussed (5, 8) 23 Sounds like this timber producer comes from a flat area (5, 3) 24 European Monetary Union contained heart of gold intended, say, for pay! (9) 25 Some slowcoaches are depressed (3) 26 Want a little drop (9) 27 Choir take round vegetable (9) 28 Saw the role had suitable appearance (6, 3, 4) 36 Lifts roof right off second storey (5, 5) 38 List of items she clued differently (8) 39 Inside celebrated having an exceedingly bad reputation (8) 40 Promotion of plastics he arranged (5, 5) 41 Way first for Nonconformist (9) 42 Thus left coming from cellar with something for converting sunlight into electrical power (5, 4)
DOWN 1 Confused mixture of things at this sale (6) 2 Can’t be written out in full (6) 3 Friar had Christmas present that contained food (4-3) 4 Stage wear? (5) 6 The French girl, some say, is legitimate (5) 7 Last character adjusting beam, last character with one on African river (7) 8 Involve having some women tailors (6) 9 Set a short way inside layer (6) 10 Python shunned part of island (6) 15 Fin opening on the right before nearly everybody (7) 16 Spike, trace distinguishing characteristic (7) 17 Part of sequel Leda suppressed (7) 18 Nonsense, it’s cleaning liquid for our pupils (7) 19 Pas de deux (3-4) 20 Sexually attractive young lady went at ten mph with youth leader crashing (7) 21 A letter from Corinth (5) 22 Ken’s a terrible creeper (5) 29 Vehicle not found on the way (3-4) 30 Beat trio for most part with mum (6) 31 Herbert initially is held up in temperance organisation having an inability to express his thoughts (7) 32 State half worthless people came up before noon (6) 33 Gain for fashion leader with sex appeal (6) 34 Enterprising person stopped short of hurried activity (6) 35 Permit Harry who is deadly (6) 37 Desert island (5) 38 Most of ointment, nothing else, used for discharge