Last week’s solution

Across: 9, I m-porter 10, Coo 11, Number 12, Rattle 13, Thought 14, Chow (ciao)

15, Well-earned 17, T-ransmit 18, Pi-rates 19, Rose 21, In-deed 24, Listening to reason 27, S-pin-et 29, Site (sight) 30, Streaks

33, For-bears 35, Understudy 36, O-pus (rev) 37, Outr-Ag-e 38, W-ate-ry 40, M-oros-e 41, Eye (I) 42, Senor-it-a.

Down: 1, Immaterial 2, Bolt 3, Ste-erage 4, Wr-it-ing 5, Forget-me-not 6, Initiative 7, Smacks 8, Memo-rise 10, Cloud

16, Leans on 20, Ought (aught) 22, Descent 23, Miss a sitter 25, Extra cover 26, Naked truth 28, Pooh-pooh (rev) 31, Th-row-ing 32, Ad-verse 34, Bes-to-w 35, Us-age 39, Torn.