The BIG crossword
ACROSS
9 Very quickly train to skate on ice (2,1,5)
10 Understand, you say, in the main (3)
11 Is it for cutting deadwood? (6)
12 Name the vessel – an Oriental vessel (6)
13 There's sun and it's nice out again – honest (7)
14 Wind that makes you lose your footing (4)
15 The hardness is a source of worry (10)
17 Reckoning it's not part of the original building (8)
18 Carried away again, emotionally touched by (7)
19 It would be advisable to have water (4)
21 Said the old location does arouse strong feelings (6)
24 Took some exercise that made one taller? (9,4,4)
27 Manage to pronounce the composer's name (6)
29 Cries – and with reason, you say (4)
30 Show the lady is playing the piano in (7)
33 Look the flies out that contain the pattern (4,4)
35 Dressing in for skating? (8,2)
36 The plant is in perfect condition (4)
37 Say you'll keep it (7)
38 Cry “Go away!” when the key is inserted (6)
40 “What makes one room two rooms?” is the riddle (6)
41 The animals, we're told, take advantage of it (3)
42 Be inclined to rely on foolishly and lovingly (8)
DOWN
1 Anxiety felt about '15' (10)
2 Walk from the stage (4)
3 The top pub in the place has been renovated (8)
4 Will be awfully salty and horrible (7)
5 Being rude to, at the christening? (4-7)
6 With only strangers about, is the day interminable? (10)
7 State of mind brought about by drink? (6)
8 Pretends one just scrapes along (5,3)
10 “Cheerful” is fair (5)
16 Trapped again by the water, not knowing what to do (7)
20 Give the prearranged nod and we hold up (5)
22 Mark down each damaged ballpoint (7)
23 When the egg has hatched, gets frightened (8,3)
25 Deals with the topic only indirectly, yet convinces one (5,5)
26 Could be improved taste-wise, but it's right for the weather (10)
28 Figure a hat-pin might hold it in an emergency (2,1,5)
31 Laying it on and being dignified (8)
32 Manages, when one provides the guidance (7)
34 Awful nonsense – catch up! (6)
35 What the draper christened his boy? (5)
39 Herbivores raised on grass (4)