Giant Crossword

Across

9 Be peeved when the eels are put in the

van (4,4)

10 Would you be sorry to find it in your

garden? (3)

11 The cockney was sick and the weather was

wintry (6)

12 Marks it “Collectors’ items” (6)

13 What started the fire at sea? (7)

14 Puts the phonetic pronunciation of “idle” (4) 15 Be patient and share my burden (4,4,2)

17 All, I bet, very worried (5,3)

18 Toyed with or succumbed to the temptation

to swindle (7)

19 On the roads does it cut in, half the time? (4) 21 Moves in with the chest, taking a little time

off (6)

24 Came up to scratch as a roundsman? (9,3,5) 27 Drink after drink (6)

29 Someone drawing rank (4)

30 Came blithely in like a breath of fresh air? (7) 33 Unhappily, there’s little in do-it-yourself (8) 35 To start with, regard as a duty (5,5)

36 Drink and get fired (4)

37 Having putted round again, reached greater

heights (7)

38 Yell desperately on being locked inside,

desolate (6)

40 Show always to back a certain number (6) 41 In practice, Rod came round and wakened

one up (3)

42 To put it briefly, not for the stupid (8)

Down

1 A break for the others, full stop (4,6)

2 The best tree in the orchard (4)

3 Plan to be used with the person I have

broken with (8)

4 Why so terribly late coming in? That’s

rich! (7)

5 Suddenly believe – you will get out of the

tunnel? (3,3,5)

6 Cutting it down to the one word “fat” (10) 7 Put in the wrong place and lose? (6) 8 Gossamer thin? Excellent (4,4)

10 Scamp is unlike the others of his breed (5) 16 Annoys one day after day going through the

questions (7)

20 Go off and leave you thoroughly confused (5) 22 From the new char poor Leo

caught the disease (7)

23 Rotten in the role of the good

looking baddie? (6,5)

25 How much is known about the

mysterious miniature? (4,6) 26 Surprised by there not being an

address? (10)

28 Increase the number the bird is

carrying (8)

31 How good, but rather frightening,

the story was? (8)

32 Make for, having miscued (7) 34 An affair that does have

importance (6)

35 One of the services might (5) 39 Want to return home, having the

key to get in (4)