Giant Crossword
Across
9 Going to put half of them in the hot oven to cook (2,3,4) 10 Has it little chance of winning the photographic competition? (4,4) 12 Row with the better half and I intervene (4) 13 Start off with a number of layers (6) 14 Now that is a ridiculous piece of furniture! (7) 15 It means I’m inviting you to do as you like (2,2,5) 17 Easy? Not terribly, for the dimwitted (9) 18 Put into words or show without speaking (7) 20 By holding water, is shown to be intelligent (6) 21 Generous with, when it’s not costing you anything (4) 24 So will be in various trades of all kinds (8) 26 Utter beast, turning the occupant, Lou, out (8) 28 Pop back, once having got to the top (4) 29 Quick! It’s liable to break! (6) 31 He had a funny card outside saying ‘Cheese’ (7) 34 Try just a little lower (9) 36 A little hurt when one withdrew one’s name (9) 38 Formed another merger, having said one wouldn’t (7) 39 In ‘title’, amended the L, making it small (6) 40 One metal, uranium, is withdrawn (4) 41 Dead sluggish! (8) 42 Is it no problem for a carpenter to make? (4,5)
Down
1 The drinkable rain is trapped and you can take it with you (8) 2 Tears are shed and very many flow (6) 3 It’s no good without a luggage compartment (8) 4 Leave with pater, travelling the day before (6) 5 Perplexed to find none on shore? (3,2,3) 6 Thought by both to be vacillating (2,3,5) 7 Attack with a jack, by all accounts (7) 8 Blimey, time is up! Let’s have an ice cream! (6) 11 Amazed to see by the home, bats, upsidedown (7) 16 Continues, as it happens (4,2) 19 Alphabetically, as far as F for ‘fake’? (5) 20 Rotten fish, sent back (3) 22 Embarrassed at being brought in and scolded (5) 23 He’s on the qui vive putting the key in (6) 25 One of the participants in the fight in the nursery (3,7) 26 Yes, there is an M in ‘name’ (3) 27 Within a month the rest fall and there’s complete domination (7) 30 Punish with prison when a lie’s found out (8) 31 Don’t mind so much, being slapdash (8) 32 The bird is angry, to begin with (8) 33 Discipline for having taken a gun to church (7) 35 Not cricket in the dark! (6) 36 Firmer with the dog (6) 37 Said he’s depending on getting a shed (6)