LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 10 Go through the motions 11 Endearment 12 Marigold 13 Fund 14 Whitsun 16 Exodus 17 Chancy 19 Grunt 20 Worthy 21 Globe 23 Anvil 29 Zinnia 30 Stead 32 Galaxy 33 Itself 35 Theorem 37 Tusk 38 Drawback 40 Ground crew 41 Maintain one’s balance

DOWN: 1 Connaught 2 Threading 3 Borrow 4 Agreeing 5 Status quo 6 Helm 7 Bourse 8 King cobra 9 Onslaught 15 Not on 18 Yalta 20 Wing 22 Besot 24 Victorian 25 Underwent 26 Jet engine 27 Plutocrat 28 Existence 31 Dormouse 34 Fracas 36 Manual 39 Kent