Giant Crossword
Across
9 Still being decided while one’s flying to? (2,3,3)
10 The father was exiled from Spain for wrongdoing (3)
11 Under cover when exhibited, as a precaution (2,4)
12 Can’t decide if they’re signalling to one (6)
13 Tones in which one made the cutting remark? (7)
14 In a frenzy for the start of the day, all right (4)
15 When drunk, given to being arrogant (4-6)
17 Say it’s not a record mail distribution (8)
18 Cross about a few sheep I allowed to stray (7)
19 Sign for the bonus (4)
21 Yes, there’s a way to get through the disinterest (6)
24 Not making much money as an engraver? (10,1,6)
27 About the drawback to being a guard (6)
29 Mean to name him (4)
30 Speaks at length about trapping rain for the vegetables (7)
33 The answer, if you’re fed up with retirement (8)
35 A friend with no ties moving into the home (10)
36 ‘A trick,’ you say sharply, ‘That has taken money in’ (4)
37 Won’t allow, good heavens, to go back to dress (7)
38 Extreme foolishness, but with any luck almost all will reform (6)
40 More friendly with, he concludes (6)
41 Put away the groceries? (3)
42 Denied that I sang out ‘Help!’ (8)
Down
1 Concern about how difficult it is? (10)
2 You, for an hour, stand outside (4)
3 Gulls the birds steer clear of (4-4)
4 Getting a cab, rode off with the stuff (7)
5 Revered, as the person the statue represents is (2,1,8)
6 In which the Indian said the Indian huts had collapsed? (10)
7 Write ‘September first’; after that, make slow progress (6)
8 Out, is not as hot, which does surprise you (8)
10 Was clearly startled, when one chucked it (5)
16 Flew across, he had held (7)
20 She floats back again with nothing on (5)
22 ‘What is fat nowadays?’ I put as a question to (7)
23 Swedes are not sensitive (4-7)
25 Worn out and heartbroken, took a bad turn again (10)
26 Start on, but find oneself bogged down by? (3,5,2)
28 Able to hold the road when it’s skiddy – very nice (8)
31 Say quietly it’s Carol I’m upset by (8)
32 How far the eagle flew on the motorway? (7)
34 Reveal, when you sit beside your former partner (6)
35 Designed by yours truly and one of the workers (5)
39 ‘It’s breathing and is conscious,’ you say (4)