Everyone’s Crossword

ACROSS

3 Part of road that’s the coach route (11)

9 Access to the course (6)

10 Cut some of the tablet cheaply (4)

12 Direction-finder’s range (7) 13 April agape suffering this when unable to move part of body (10)

14 Sycophant detailed amphibian (4)

15 Made a subscription (11)

16 As a result the byre collapsed (7)

17 Do well with old German currency (4, 4, 4)

21 Nobleman almost in good time (4)

23 An accountant I made reform scholarly world (8)

25 Meal baker prepared for the interval (3, 5)

26 Last character included metal (4)

27 24 down sleigh, nimble design (12)

32 Paper diary (7)

33 Red fruit? (5, 6)

35 Short passage taken out of context (4)

37 Fifth grade unusually scared (10)

38 Interminably greeting riotous number (7)

39 We do not know the name of this prolific author (4) 40 In headgear, fully expected reprimand (6)

41 Old timer? (11)

DOWN

1 No sample removed from morbid new growth (8)

2 Space with set of rules for dialling prefix (4, 4)

3 Room for salt (6)

4 Difficult trying time that is stormy in the main (5, 7) 5 Exceptional American private (2, 6)

6 My Georgia first is sensational (4)

7 Halt manoeuvres in river – rolling in it! (7)

8 The past in general about 12 months ago (10)

11 Premier court official (11)

18 Not the place to get into hot water (6, 5)

19 Not feeling well (4)

20 Heftiest folk involved in difficult situation (6, 2, 4) 22 Question these days one Muslim official (4)

24 Do catering arrangements whilst wallpapering (10)

28 I bar Gaul from the country (8)

29 Moorland east of railway having flecks of various colours (8)

30 Girl, Dee, struggling before end of day in a voracious manner (8)

31 Girl at end of queue had article of cotton fabric (7) 34 Goldsmith musical (6)

36 Old from the year 500! (4)