Quick crossword

ACROSS

3. Muscular contraction (5)

9. Small boat (6)

10. Spud (6)

11. Distinctive character (5)

12. Biblical murder victim (4)

15. House of God (6)

17. Book of words (7)

19. Affirmative (3)

20. Sublime (5)

22. Soldier’s jacket (5)

24. Mr Presley, singer (5)

25. Thin candle (5)

27. Pen fluid (3)

29. Fabric or cloth (7)

32. Hire charge (6)

34. Paradise (4)

35. Healed (5)

37. Certainly not (2,4)

38. Misshape (6)

39. Number (5)

DOWN

1. Perfect (5)

2. Alphabetical list (5)

3. Female person (3)

4. Snake (6)

5. Pimple (4)

6. German white wine (7)

7. Not sad (5)

8. Manages (5)

13. Type of dance (7)

14. Restrict (5)

16. Readable (7)

18. Group of nine (5)

21. Exhilarate (5)

23. Capital of Venezuela (7)

26. Ebb (6)

27. Golf clubs (5)

28. Cutlery item (5)

30. A fool (5)

31. Foe (5)

33. Decoy (4)

36. Lair (3)