DOUBLE CROSSWORD

EASY ACROSS

9 Card dealer (8)

10 Sturdy antelope (3) 11 Spoke pompously (6)

12 Take into body (6) 13 U-shaped support (7) 14 Traditional wisdom (4) 15 In excited manner (10) 17 Improved in quality (8)

18 Muslim ascetic (7) 19 Recedes (4)

21 Indian pasty (6) 24 Russian composer (6,11) 27 Afternoon nap (6) 29 Flat-bottomed boat (4)

30 Diameter of shell (7) 33 Puts into order (8) 35 Flower necklace (5,5) 36 Printing instruction (4) 37 Disappoint (3,4) 38 Section of foot (6) 40 Mental strain (6) 41 Nocturnal bird (3) 42 Cunningly (8)

DOWN

1 Overstep (10)

2 Beast of burden (4)

3 Commands authoritatively (8) 4 Holy war (7)

5 Inclined to disagree (11) 6 Likeness (10) 7 Pungent bulb (6) 8 Very brave (8)

10 Filthy (5)

16 Pubs (7)

20 Rashers of pork (5) 22 Masculine (7)

23 Topic for consideration (11) 25 Occasional preacher (10)

26 Fine pasta (10) 28 Annoy (8)

31 Not characteristic (8) 32 Outdoor meals (7) 34 Song of loyalty (6) 35 Gloat (5)

39 Satisfy fully (4)

CRYPTIC ACROSS

9 Until then, against me first and last (8) 10 Mean to trim the end off (3)

11 On getting a full complement of meals daily (6)

12 Rod will do a swap with you (6) 13 By spring in dire trouble, lose hope (7) 14 Some turn to gin (4)

15 Be employed as a billposter by? That’s champion! (5,2,3)

17 Made for strength in the end (8)

18 Pat goes off to get the police (7) 19 A mistake in the paper (4)

21 Over a kiss (6)

24 Accepting the rebuke, but not taking it sitting down? (8,9)

27 Girl meets boy getting petrol (6)

29 Don’t let go in the storage compartment (4)

30 Not passing because of a defect (7) 33 Earlier, the child boarded the ship (8) 35 They’re smoked before your very eyes! (10)

36 Because it hinges on the wine (4)

37 Tell us about the census (7)

38 They swim back to have the odd rest (6)

40 Piloted in over a city in Spain (6)

41 Stop and aim (3)

42 Finds one is disparaging about (4,4)

DOWN

1 Person with whom the prosecution opens? (3,7)

2 Before Ed joined one (4)

3 Trouble the escapee is in for, having leaped over the wall? (4,4)

4 Make go to the party (7)

5 What the majority of bit players would like? (7,4)

6 Pretty and light-complexioned (4,2,4)

7 “Seem unsteady on their feet”, he adds (6) 8 They’re smashing – if you’re a good swimmer! (8)

10 The putter is the problem (5)

16 It may mean you’ve been sickened by the ham (7)

20 All wrong about the business recession in this area (5)

22 Puts out toys for the infants (7)

23 Just what you’d expect of an actor when he’s working (2,9)

25 Din in to the groom that it’s a mess (6,4)

26 Are they fools to throng together? (5,5) 28 Someone you share a line with (8)

31 Versatile as the bands are, without exception (3-5)

32 Is not out and about ahead of you (2,5)

34 Show it’s duck meat (6)

35 Are not quiet when healthy (5)

39 Turned round, having a spot of bother (2-2)