YESTERDAY SOLUTIONS

ACROSS

3. Rupture (5)

9. Slender supporting column (6)

10. Martial art (6)

11. --- Hastings, rugby great (5)

12. Stout stick (4)

15. Garments (6)

17. Repulsive (7)

19. Consume food (3)

20. Begin (5)

22. Ague (5)

24. Wharfs, piers (5)

25. Petty quarrels (5)

27. Knock (3)

29. Uses one's hands clumsily (7)

32. Nearly (3,3)

34. Mediocre (2-2)

35. Ancient language (5)

37. Song of allegiance (6)

38. Naturist (6)

39. Belief (5)

DOWN

1. Era (5)

2. Nimbus, for example (5)

3. Piece of luggage (3)

4. Planet (6)

5. Snow runners (4)

6. Drinking vessel (7)

7. Mother-of-pearl (5)

8. Raising agent (5)

13. Word for word (7)

14. Brimless cap (5)

16. Challenges another footballer (7)

18. Personnel (5)

21. Sepulchres (5)

23. Small stream (7)

26. Lying face upwards (6)

27. Aircraft detection system (5)

28. Shallow round dish (5)

30. Reasoned thought (5)

31. Compass point (5)

33. Domesticate (4)

36. Pistachio, for example (3)