Giant Crossword

Across

9 Expenses incurred whenever one leaves

home? (9)

10 They’ll get to the top fast – in seconds (7-2)

12 It shows you’re sorry about the split (4)

13 Lima – an unusual capital city (6)

14 It is, doctor, a mere aberration: he

fantasises (7)

15 To do with viewing (9)

17 Does it take a really clever jewel thief to get

one? (9)

18 Putting on the spot (7)

19 Never, never believe it! (6)

20 Yearn to have one hour in (4)

23 Get you some fruit from the tree and a bed for

the night (9)

25 Had panics about golf abilities (9)

26 Had been seen, I would say (4)

27 Situation you’re in when up a gum tree? (6)

29 Be responsible for, when you introduce to the

audience (5,2)

32 Impetuosity that made you exceed the speed

limit? (9)

34 How quickly the horse reached the end of the

racecourse? (9)

35 The former, I note, was edited by me (3-4)

36 Involve the soldiers in the back row (6)

37 Not poorly – fit (4)

38 Mary or Joseph? (9)

39 Attaches too much importance to the bowlers’

speeds? (9)

Down

1 Spent at the kennels (3-5)

2 Does it give one an honest, though unsmiling,

look? (8,4)

3 Taking on in a fight and winning (8)

4 Because the top man is seeking information

about (6)

5 The foreword to a pedestrian book? (8)

6 Also where the difference lies between good

and bad summers (2,8)

7 Shows the priest is having a jumble sale (7)

8 Lack-lustre, like an unsuccessful seance (10) 11 The man has a degree in music (5)

16 When barred, complained (6)

19 Study Italian with (3)

21 Paper that bills are written out on? (6,6)

22 Conclude, when you search about in (6)

23 Are not taken in by: that’s clear (3-7) 24 Having no bumps – honest (2,3,5) 25 Fodder is oddly heavy (3)

28 Bring a radio into class and you

can play it (8)

29 The fish I catch is intended for the

baby (8)

30 Can do with a smaller quantity: it’s

beyond requirements (8)

31 Put in charge in the end, is very

particular (7)

33 To pass the time, go shopping (5) 34 First, top up the drink (6)