Giant Crossword

Across

9 Businessman who’d have you believe he works for the railway (8) 10 ‘Heavens!’ you say sweetly (3)

11 A less sensitive issue (6)

12 Are evidently loose, which does worry you (6) 13 Supposed to be only a very little (7) 14 Said goodbye to the dog (4)

15 Like the money made by the prospector who struck oil? (4-6)

17 Send Martin’s off on time (8)

18 Being good, scolds the villains (7) 19 Stood up for the girl (4)

21 A popular action to take, unquestionably (6) 24 Being sensible when told what caused it (9,2,6)

27 Ready to pop back in to get the instrument (6)

29 Said that’s very much the position (4) 30 Careers for which one is unsuited (7) 33 Doesn’t do it, being pro-animals (8) 35 Someone acting as a stopgap (10)

36 A little drink at ‘The Globe’ coming back from work (4)

37 With a silver lining, so over-the-top it’s scandalous (7)

38 Ironic about the tea brewed being so weak (6) 40 Gloomy myself, or so troubled at heart (6) 41 Regard as an outspoken character (3) 42 Within reason, prepared to accept it from a foreign girl (8)

Down

1 To the ethereal, it’s of no account (10) 2 Thunder Run! (4)

3 Set off, eager to arrange cheap accommodation (8)

4 Squeeze it into one’s composition (7)

5 A blue Do keep my memory alive (6-2-3) 6 Enterprise required to take the first step? (10) 7 Is reminiscent of, it strikes one (6) 8 ‘Don’t forget’, says the note, to rebel against (8)

10 Why we had such a dull day? (5)

16 Gets support from, when one intimidates (5,2)

20 Should be ‘Anything to declare?’ (5)

22 Going down on one’s genealogical chart (7) 23 Drop the dolly and cry for the child minder? (4,1,6)

25 As a cricketer, requiring a stronger sunscreen (5,5) 26 The bare facts? (5,5) 28 Ring up twice to belittle (4-4) 31 Article about a fight and the phoney losing of it (8) 32 As opposed to a commercial jingle (7)

34 Grant that webs are woven to get trapped in (6) 35 Common practice to get ourselves overtime (5) 39 Unable to decide if it’s damaged (4)