THE BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
8 Having everybody go round for something to eat (7) 9 Nagging about continuing to wear? (7,2) 13 The twit having morning tea
comes from there (5) 14 A distinctive feature of the said salver (5) 15 Will that teach you not to go barefoot? (7) 16 The usual cut on vegetarian food
(7) 17 Man, that weapon is old! (5) 18 I.e., take the wreck back to the
garage (2,3) 20 Show the key in the door moving
(5) 22 Do anything but help look after
the little terror (6) 23 Stop to get varnish (6) 25 Understanding it’s close enough to see (7) 27 Is the fellow sure it is carrying too much? (7) 30 All worried about the bizarre killing (6) 31 Straight home after a hard round
(6) 32 Rout about fifty in the skirmish (5) 35 Helped one in, dead beat (5) 36 Luggage holders that pull out (5) 37 For starters, only the virtuous
have them! (7) 39 Having once been in show
business, got out of (7) 41 Tendency to split the rent there’s
a string attached to (5) 42 Compass the mountaineer may
be familiar with (5) 43 Are all you can think of before
you move into (9) 44 Cheated and the weight’s back
on – diet’s been broken (7)
DOWN
1 It’s just drink after drink! (6) 2 The bird hopping round (8) 3 Eat quickly standing – and not slouching (4,7) 4 Nibbling at the scrap put out, is taking flight (7,2) 5 Saw the tot staggering and ran to grab it (7) 6 The pickpocket who’s an informer? (5,5) 7 On paper, is lower in price (4) 10 The meat, stuff back in the basket
(6) 11 Was holding up the poll boxes (7) 12 The poor devil threw off the cold
caught (6) 19 From the buffet, getting through a
portion of chicken and fish (7) 21 Gave the wrong date to the fellow
(7) 24 Reducing the felling (7,4) 26 During the summing up, as well
(2,8) 28 Write in Braille? (5-4) 29 The female in front is not allowed
to run freely (7) 30 Goes off lettuce? (6) 32 Hot fish, always stuffed (8) 33 Given the chuck, had a restless
night? (6) 34 Jab with a strange-looking cue
you take out (7) 38 What the examiner did when one
cheated (6) 40 A nonchalant “Plenty of windows”
(4)
SOLUTIONS FROM LAST WEEK
ACROSS: 9, About-turn 10, Wood-chat (Would chat) 12, Stem 13, Action 14, Holster 15, Ga-theri-ng 17, Land of Nod 18, S-us-tain 20, Ro-den-t 21, T-Hee 24, Intended 26, Hawt-horn 28, Rose 29, Rather 31, Springs 34, Unsettled 36, Stale-mate 38, Cur-ran-t 39, Op-I-ate 40, Cast 41, Bind-weed 42, Therefore. DOWN: 1, Pass-ages 2, Moment 3, Function 4, (am)Ending 5, S-wind-led 6, Nothing new 7, Sc-all-op 8, F-a-sten 11, Brid-get 16, Erased 19, Sinks 20, Rid(E) 22, Her-on 23, Charge 25, Dead letter 26, (w)Her(e) 27, Trounce 30, Had words 31, Start-led 32, She-athed 33, Strands 35, Strain 36, Sh-ift-y 37, Amazon.