QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Intone (5) 5 Rational (5) 9 Duster (3) 10 Habituate (5) 11 Terror (5) 12 Domestic animal (3) 13 Mesh (3) 14 Frozen water (3) 16 Droop (3) 18 Survive (6) 21 Average (2-2) 23 Admonish (4) 26 Author (6) 29 Type of element (3) 31 Just a single (3) 32 Weight (3) 34 Seize (3) 36 Fundamental (5) 37 Legal excuse (5) 38 Be seated (3) 39 Mature (5) 40 Eccentric (5)

DOWN

1 Peers awkwardly (6) 2 In the pink (4) 3 Gemstones (6) 4 Faint-hearted (5) 5 Wonderful (5) 6 Mineral (3) 7 Gambles (4) 8 Ladder part (4) 15 Spice (5) 17 Manner (3) 19 Immediately (3) 20 Female sheep (3) 22 Egg cells (3) 24 Painter (6) 25 Number (6) 27 Redbreast (5) 28 Lukewarm (5) 29 Cog (4) 30 Break sharply (4) 33 Neglect (4) 35 Beer (3)