QUICK CLUES

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Walked at speed on

the day (5)

5 Land is a small

nuisance (5)

9 Fired with fury (3)

10 Get ready to tear

directions (5)

11 Feeling that karate

teacher is legless (5)

12 Amazement in

drawer (3)

13 Rubbish in

statistics (3)

14 School nowadays is

gloomy (3)

16 Ashen in

Swansea (3)

18 More impetuous

breakfast? (6)

21 Look for shelter on

the right (4)

23 Darts player’s place

in Rochester (4)

26 Pallet on the right

shows damage (6)

29 Fellow takes turn to

get some colour (3)

31 Model has verse (3)

32 Consume in one

attempt (3)

34 Unprepared for war,

possibly (3)

36 Conscious of Austrian goods, endlessly (5)

37 Pears used as a

weapon (5)

38 Hitting with

container (3)

39 In haste, Eric has to

drive (5)

40 We sat around –

hard work (5)

DOWN

1 Plot is involving firearm (6)

2 Plot article on singer Chris (4)

3 Recent change of heart (6)

4 Doctor gets points for costume (5)

5 Betting on keys and shovel (5)

6 Hope woman has somewhere to sit (3)

7 A novel once more (4) 8 Lighting that none

used (4)

15 A chief is

leading (5) 1 Strode (5)

17 Has turned into a 5 European tree (3) country (5)

9 Anger (3)

19 Marched round the

bend (3) 10 Develop (5)

20 About to have 11 Intuit (5) nothing but 12 Wonder (3) eggs (3) 13 Shabby articles (3) 22 Remunerate, giving 14 Miserable (3)

bird (3) 16 Pale (3)

24 Make box to contain 18 Slice of bacon (6)

energy (6) 21 Ogle (4)

25 Scope of former 23 Darts payer’s line (4)

shelter (6) 26 Bomb-hole (6)

27 Argumentative 29 Shade (3)

sportsman? (5) 31 Poem (3)

28 Shreds rates into 32 Devour (3)

pieces (5) 34 Uncooked (3)

29 Sound of contempt 36 Alert (5)

greets ship (4) 37 Javelin (5)

30 Language of lovers 38 Type of metal (3)

evolves (4) 39 Navigate (5)

33 A number from 40 Perspiration (5)

Marianne (4)

35 Primate in

tapestry (3)

ACROSS DOWN

1 Handgun (6)

2 Region (4)

3 Middle (6)

4 Attire (5)

5 Garden implement (5)

6 Church seat (3)

7 Again (4)

8 Type of gas (4)

15 In front (5)

17 Charred remains (3)

19 Curve (3)

20 Type of deer (3)

22 Flightless bird (3)

24 Invent (6)

25 Range (6)

27 Oarsman (5)

28 Rips (5)

29 Snake’s noise (4)

30 Gaelic (4)

33 Operatic song (4)

35 Mimic (3)