Giant Crossword

Across

9 A fellow with the gift of the gab and rich (8) 10 The deep note sounded (3) 11 Involve having the volunteers form a line outside (6) 12 For each pastry that one consumes (6) 13 It even may conceal a lack of guile (7) 14 Number one in the pop charts! (4) 15 Amazing by giving the animal a gingersnap (10) 17 For an hour, the masters exercised the pets (8) 18 Introducing it into the Evita performance does debase it (7) 19 A hearty-sounding greeting (4) 21 Darted out and bit one? (6) 24 Is tough on, in prison? (5,3,1,4,4) 27 Either restrain or show your anger (6) 29 Having the sense to go to hospital (4) 30 The twit sits fidgeting while one makes oneself useful (7) 33 Reverses a car into the military building (8) 35 Making one talk about the extraction (7,3) 36 The column after (4) 37 A piece of paper attached to a little branch on the tree? (7) 38 Finds time for, when one arrives home (4,2) 40 Centres around time-share arrangements (6) 41 Stop a goal (3) 42 On the subject of actors, it’s not fair (8)

Down

1 The bad short game is disturbing (3-7) 2 Bawdy, which is sad (4) 3 The building, in principle, is to house soldiers (8) 4 And the fool’s upholding vice (5-2) 5 Go ahead and show the dog it’s getting a walk (4,3,4) 6 Resolved to call in, indeed (10) 7 Pose for the painting that’s to go up in the passage (6) 8 Will give you a digestive upset, though you say it won’t (8) 10 Sitting it out is smart (5) 16 Felt distressed about the girl trapped in the grating (7) 20 Accustom yourself now to a little apartment (5) 22 Levering and the top end is coming up (7) 23 How both tremolos are executed quickly (2,3,6) 25 Mum is astonished (10) 26 So I, like the men milling about, show keenness (10) 28 Look through. It’s about an English port (4,4) 31 A painful disease, of the hard ones to catch (8) 32 Root about inside the tin for the drawing (7) 34 Answer that it’s not one-way (6) 35 After the party, went ahead and made the distribution (5) 39 It means it’s OK to give credit (4)