Giant Crossword
Across
9 A clothier? Wrong. A garage mechanic (9) 10 Flushes when one exacts revenge (4,4) 12 Quantity of liquid a fish needs to stay alive (4) 13 Right through, struggle against the fear (6) 14 Become aware you can make it come true (7) 15 There’s no doubt about it, you’re off key there! (5,4) 17 Thought a lot of, is certain to have a walkabout (9) 18 Chose about fifty to have preserved (7) 20 From the fish, back to the bird (6) 21 Astound by contriving, without ado, to knock out (4) 24 A great pass, turning, catch (8) 26 Interrupted by an objection, I tend to go wrong (6,2) 28 Announced I would be kept under observation (4) 29 Having become cooler, going out, clad myself in (6) 31 Smash that’s somehow returned (7) 34 Yes, it’s a mere forgery the spy got hold of (9) 36 ‘Spring having sprung’, omits (6,3) 38 A lean-to the Frenchman built (7) 39 Join forces with again? How could you! (6) 40 Are turning right back (4) 41 Heavens, is that why you were never smacked as a child? (8) 42 Easily avoiding teacher’s attention (5,4)
Down
1 Yearns to do better than, as a fielder (4,4) 2 She’ll let you know when to turn round (6) 3 Frightened to open, went ahead (8) 4 For the clever, propitious (6) 5 Does he shake people to rouse them? (8) 6 Made to leave the fast way (7,3) 7 Why answer? (7) 8 Checked up to find it’s a unit of weight (6) 11 Be very eager to get hold of the last item of jewellery (7) 16 Small, you grant, and pasty-faced (6) 19 A quiet road near you (5) 20 Standing a round for a crony (3) 22 Sprain, when you turn round (5) 23 To soldiers, one source of danger (6) 25 Sickness cured when the patient is put in a cast (5,5) 26 It’s awful when the ace turns up (3) 27 Are not caught? I don’t believe you! (3,4) 30 Does sleeping on it tangle the hair? (8) 31 Smart, concealing everything and playing for time (8) 32 Withdrawing again before it turns round (8) 33 Taking moments to get you another helping (7) 35 So terribly near to catching and that’s why (6) 36 See ‘hate’ is misspelled, yes, ‘hate’ (6) 37 Again go on about some state in America (6)