CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Glue to fix a step (5) 5 Drove off to town (5) 9 Juicer contains cold things (3) 10 A vine turned green (5) 11 Quiet at the back of passage (5) 12 Healthy colour in Istanbul (3) 13 Content to hold quantity (3) 14 Consume in one attempt (3) 16 Thanks to German label (3) 18 Vehicle not going back into case (6) 21 Look for shelter on the right (4) 23 Hearsay about organs (4) 26 Sensitive offer (6) 29 Is more than one? (3) 31 For each opera has it (3) 32 Tin from Tuscany (3) 34 About to have nothing but eggs (3) 36 Stupid pub has a point (5) 37 Second husband gets pixie storage space (5) 38 Won over for the present (3) 39 Looks for joins, say (5) 40 Sent out with European youngsters (5)

DOWN

1 Plot is involving gun (6) 2 Each new pain (4) 3 Can see improvement at meeting (6) 4 Come in from barren terrain (5) 5 The same two marks (5) 6 Removal includes eggs (3) 7 Air of invention (4) 8 Call for some jewellery (4) 15 Compensate by sending a note (5) 17 Fairy’s tune (3) 19 Partner’s painting (3) 20 Originally called in one engineer (3) 22 Wander out of terror (3) 24 A crane poorly hidden (6) 25 Small wines become sources of strength (6) 27 Weapons get record points (5) 28 Deviate from initially deep division (5) 29 Want someone to contain insects (4) 30 Language in another sentence (4) 33 Soon to get a French veto (4) 35 Doctor coming up with hospital gets some resistance (3)