THE BIG CROSSWORD

ACROSS

9 Money that’s not in bonds? (5,4) 10 Discourses on the zero quotas (8) 12 Is following back now, from the platform (4) 13 Scorches the cover of the time tables (6) 14 Hide out, later, the man hides in (7) 15 Like the wig that proved not to be fireproof? (3,6) 17 They’re fighting about the still to be resolved subscriptions (9) 18 Tries hard, so the foolish investors will suffer no loss (7) 20 Stress the melody (6) 21 Unlock the duck coop (4) 24 Not very bad – you can overlook it (8) 26 Only the cod I ordered in it was second-rate (8) 28 Evaluate the speed (4) 29 A warning shout before the plane crashes to the ground? (6) 31 A refuge when there’s a recession (7) 34 Figure this one’s crooked, not straight (9) 36 How the final score came, therefore (2,1,6) 38 Official in the museum where the dog upset the table (7) 39 Suppose you’ll work it out mathematically (6) 40 The shade is down (4) 41 The oil spilled round it is super-slippery and dangerous (8) 42 Wonder if you should take a risk with your money (9)

DOWN

1 Finery the happy tramp is wearing? (4,4) 2 An un-English suavity (6) 3 Lots of floggings? (8) 4 Fill up and put it on your account (6) 5 Regard as deliberate (8) 6 With winter here, lag (4,6) 7 At last about to nail, flailing about, the fly (7) 8 Parts of the foot (6) 11 There now! (7) 16 Shower, then pour heavily, round about six (6) 19 Pan for cook (5) 20 A female or a small male (3) 22 Prize the pickpocket hopes to get? (5) 23 Suppress it? The nerve! (6) 25 What the janitor wouldn’t go into with the cannibal? (6,4) 26 Ruin three quarters of the planet (3) 27 The vegetables, etc., stick in a red container (7) 30 Sustain the objection to the lock (8) 31 When one got angry about, tried to talk sense into (8) 32 Tied, to deter escaping, the captive (8) 33 The one inside cannot possibly hold it (7) 35 Played the fast shot and it was good enough (6) 36 Confront with the bill the price has been added to (6) 37 Make free of charge (6)