CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

9 At an awful price, about to get Indian food ( 5,4)

10 Don’t include - among the cars to be garaged? ( 5,3) 12 Nonovice; a girl ( 4) 13 Meaning to bring it in froman outside source ( 6) 14 Unimportant test the four are taking part in ( 7)

15 I drop Charlieoffand cometo shore ( 5,4)

17 Not altogether friendlywhen Arthur and I go in ( 9)

18 Pip, the dog, is inside tied up ( 7)

20 Smelling unpleasant, having got caught in the drain, somehow( 6)

21 Begin by taking round to the fold ( 4)

24 Apest on the golf course? ( 8) 26 “An old roue” is mere banter ( 8)

28 Leftagain ( 4) 29 Seemannoyedwhen speaking of the wife ( 6)

31 Gives information about plants ( 7) 34 Reminded oneself ofwhat the word“mother” means ( 4,5) 36 Danger averted by a yell from right beside you? ( 5,4) 38 Atin of split peas served as guest food? ( 7) 39 Supports and foots the bills for ( 6)

40 Looks at the said agreements ( 4)

41 See to it that you convince beyond doubt ( 4,4) 42 Move across and sit by ( 9)

DOWN

1 Knowledgeable about heraldry, is peeved ( 2,2,4) 2 The street name is a girl’s name ( 6)

3 For the company employee, decisive management ( 4,4) 4 Having lost the lead for a short time ( 6)

5 Great excitement on the home turn ( 4,4) 6 Having the boss mentality, he does all the planning ( 10) 7 Come back to see the parson and I sit beside him ( 7) 8 Having knocked back the drink, she concocts a lie ( 6) 11 Shelling out about a pound for using the tennis court? ( 7)

16 Having injured an arm, he had protected it ( 6)

19 The figure you have in mind to sculpt ( 5)

20 Catch in the light ( 3) 22 Calls for the sheets ( 5)

23 Putting a silly point in is mad ( 6)

25 The magazine proprietor’s eldest child? ( 5,5)

26 May be humming the note you hear ( 3)

27 Stick back the animals with the other animals ( 7) 30 Stopped first to go through the various deeds ( 8)

31 A lot ofwood fromwhich to make church pews? ( 4,4) 32 With a bunch of pals, she had been playing in thewater ( 8) 33 What’s biting when the fisherman gets a bite? ( 7) 35 A refusal to give a home to one boy ( 6)

36 Plans to get child star performing ( 6)

37 Why on a seesaw, nonetheless? ( 6)