Giant Crossword

Across

8 Does a golfer never reach it by foul means? (7) 9 Wants to help, as the twitching divining rod does (5,4) 13 The reporters urge one to (5) 14 Give to understand that the top comes off easily (5) 15 As he arranged the cover up (7) 16 Pouring as one’s tying up (7) 17 Again put out in the way (5) 18 Laugh a little at the attire (5) 20 Name given to a girl as a joke (5) 22 Nibble at some vegetarian food as you read (6) 23 Bear, you say, with her (6) 25 In short, anyhow, once caught is put inside (7) 27 Driving out in it, is teaching (7) 30 Goes off nursing a cold and one searches everywhere for (6) 31 Something you’re trying hard to make (6) 32 Ask humbly and gently to have something to write with (5) 35 With her around, he’s more jovial (5) 36 A legal right to the championship (5) 37 Sing in French first and delight one (7) 39 It attacks the horse (7) 41 He’s back from going round N Ireland (5) 42 How to walk with it, from the butcher’s? (5) 43 Letter from an oddball (9) 44 Way in which to defend a decision not to slim? (7)

Down

1 They try to attract one’s attention and one hesitates (6) 2 How the unwelcoming Jack spoke? (8) 3 Giving a party is trying (6,1,4) 4 Come and stay with me and do what you like! (2,2,5) 5 Flavouring, I notice, the inside and the outside (7) 6 Love the various theatres that we appear in (10) 7 Home, having a blow-out (4) 10 Runs over and falls (6) 11 A bird fight - the racket! (7) 12 Land you make your home in (6) 19 Every single outhouse has one (3,4) 21 Seek to be careful (4,3) 24 Only leaves what you deserve to get (4,7) 26 Miss going out to work (6,4) 28 Like the coat you bought that’s not hanging up (3,3,3) 29 So get me a single: I don’t care which of you! (7) 30 The attitude is different in ascent (6) 32 Don’t leave me lying here on the pharmacy shelf! (4-2-2) 33 Shilly-shally over their runaway daughter (6) 34 Draw a vehicle overturning in a race (7) 38 The pound enters into the foreign coin’s history (6) 40 Swallowing a hot one will hurt (4)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Across: 9, Ill humour 10, Watch out 12, Hand 13, (bi)G-Lance 14, Ch-erish 15, P-Earl Grey 17, Point-less 18, T-all-ied 20, Charge 21, Edge 24, St-ripped 26, A-pp-ended 28, O-W-N-S 29, B-idd-en 31, Char-lie 34, Dism-is-s-al 36, Runnersup 38, C-ons-ent 39, G-ashed 40, Menu 41, Re-strict 42, Got around.

Down: 1, High spot 2, Glen-DA 3, Col-lare-d 4, Tr-end-y 5, S-wee-tpea 6, Sticking-up 7, Th-RE-at’s 8, Fut-I-le 11, C-hasten 16, Laid in 19, L-atin 20, Co-(Mai)d 22, Dwell 23, In case 25, Poin-set-tia 26, Ann 27, Conduct 30, De-L-ights 31, Contents 32, Ex-pounds 33, Pi-me-nto 35, Sun-dew 36, Re-s-ign 37, Step up.