QUICKIE

Across

1 Adorable (4) 5 Overly confident (4) 8 Leader, head (5) 10 Follow, chase (6) 12 Scattered wreckage (6) 14 Record on video (4) 15 Chair (4) 16 Darken in the sun (3) 17 Travel on snow (3) 18 Armed conflict (3) 20 Bingo’s ‘top of the shop’ (6) 22 One who counts votes (6) 24 Belgium’s continent (6) 28 Rose to a great height (6) 31 Fizzy drink (3) 32 Top playing-card (3) 33 Glass storage container (3) 35 Deep Scottish loch (4) 37 Scheme of action (4) 40 Container for strawberries (6) 41 Mark to shoot at (6) 42 Lukewarm (5) 43 Mild, submissive (4) 44 Poke with a stick (4)

Down

1 Deal effectively (with) (4) 2 Kilt’s chequered fabric (6) 3 Corny, naff (6) 4 One-room accommodation (6) 6 Deadly, fatal (6) 7 Surge of wind (4) 8 Chalice, trophy (3) 9 Lawyer’s charge (3) 11 Mentally healthy (4) 13 Yell like a baby (4) 16 Fasten securely with rope (3,2) 19 Turn for information (to) (5) 21 Piece of advice (3) 23 Self-importance (3) 25 ___ Barker, Porridge actor (6) 26 Unlock (4) 27 Chocolate-egg time (6) 28 (Of a wound) infected with bacteria (6) 29 Not quite shut (4) 30 Forest warden (6) 34 Tinned meat product (4) 36 Hardened, like cement (3) 38 Young man (3) 39 Part of a football boot (4)