theclues

ACROSS 9 Prehistoric creature (8) 10 Primate (3) 11 Supernatural (6) 12 List of business (6) 13 Crazed (7) 14 Single entity (4) 15 Decorative (10) 17 North African (8) 18 Outstanding bravery (7) 19 Ballpoint pen (4) 21 Froth (6) 24 Show disapproval (5,4,8) 27 Slice of bacon (6) 29 Cooker part (4) 30 Base (7) 33 Nocturnal animal (8) 35 Owner (10) 36 Paradise (4) 37 Strange (7) 38 Badge (6) 40 Comment (6) 41 Employ (3) 42 Quarrel (8) DOWN 1 Soft drink (6,4) 2 Urban area (4) 3 Toffees (8) 4 Uprightness (7) 5 Agree (3,3,2,3) 6 Horse racing's governing body (6,4) 7 Find not guilty (6) 8 Final (8) 10 Month (5) 16 Do away with (7) 20 Edition (5) 22 Couple (7) 23 Out of place (11) 25 Natural disaster (10) 26 Food poisoning bacteria (10) 28 Scottish city (8) 31 Beautiful (8) 32 Inane (7) 34 Kindly (6) 35 Dried plum (5) 39 Infant (4)

Last week’s solutions

ACROSS: 8, Tearful 9, Conceited 13, Axiom

14, Snare 15, Uncouth

16, Harpoon 17, Lager

18, Cadge 20, Waste

22, Hockey 23, Caddie

25, Condemn 27, Thither 30, Autumn 31, Nephew 32, Paste 35, Turin 36, Mouse 37, Foliage 39, Tractor

41, Drama 42, Obese

43, Prevalent 44, Adverse

DOWN: 1, Senior 2, Trombone 3, Nursing home 4, Foreigner 5, Acquire 6, Witchcraft 7, Peru

10, Cashew 11, Fallacy

12, Cheese 19, Dodgems 21, Scooter 24, Show of hands 26, Diminutive

28, Redundant 29, Cheetah 30, Astute 32, Pullover

33, Eyelet 34, Emerald

38, Averse 40, Acre