CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Palms off a song (5) 5 Enthuse to new bird (5) 9 Wooden record (3) 10 Picture one game being played (5) 11 Panic that wakes you up (5) 12 Animal gives party energy (3) 13 Baby’s drink (3) 14 Are back for a long time (3) 16 Traitor within fraternity (3) 18 Last to finish by river (6) 21 Thus repeatedly average (2-2) 23 The French politician finds illumination (4) 26 Article relative to dissertation (6) 29 Bemused with creature (3) 31 Crawler, when quiet (3) 32 Favourite dog, say (3) 34 He’s on the staff (3) 36 Lively beer with soldier (5) 37 A shade naive (5) 38 Rushed out of France (3) 39 Terse about oaks, say (5) 40 Exhausted and broke (5)

DOWN

1 Staple shape for dishes (6) 2 Thus behold a lead break (4) 3 A stage constructed of stones (6) 4 Acted silently to curtail dimmer switch (5) 5 Navigation aid that looks both ways (5) 6 A turn previously (3) 7 Ever-changing swerve (4) 8 Went off eft (4) 15 Nurse translating letters (5) 17 I’m a moving target (3) 19 Hardly sending ton back (3) 20 Delighted with name (3) 22 Old husband got married with some resistance (3) 24 Yearn for a steeple (6) 25 Mighty river shelter (6) 27 Terrible place in the shade, possibly (5) 28 Crosses to get small pots (5) 29 Point a set out (4) 30 Surgeon’s desire (4) 33 Melanie has style and vigour (4) 35 Raw material from forest (3)