Giant Crossword

Across

9 Past its prime, as the old trumpet is? (9) 10 Suddenly it’s not in dribs and drabs (3,2,4) 12 It’s blind, dear (4) 13 Drifts right in, becomes a permanency (6) 14 Advertisement for ‘The Laggard’ (7) 15 Air hole a tile was moved to create (9) 17 It’s clear one’s got the hints (9) 18 Are revamping the issue, one deduces (7) 19 Soft, one went on to say, being cushioned (6) 20 The port is a local one (4) 23 All certain it’s healthy (9) 25 Rather old friends (7,2) 26 Say the hail will be followed by rain (4) 27 The best runner (6) 29 So excited one couldn’t keep still? (7) 32 Overshoot the green badly, though not with the driver (9) 34 When back, the shipper disposed of the gems (9) 35 Are put into a home - the one easiest to travel to (7) 36 Not the little woman! (6) 37 Up to the B in ‘beverage’ (4) 38 Issue more than the others - the maximum (9) 39 Is a better paint remover than? (9)

Down

1 Astound the keen violinist? (4,4) 2 Not pestering - the hermit, to change his way of life? (7,5) 3 Depicts as sinister radiations (8) 4 Catching the sun is silly - downright crazy (6) 5 In answer to the challenge, the twit raised the weapon (8) 6 Regards as champions, without exception (3,3,4) 7 Opens up and one gets in with difficulty (7) 8 A hollow ‘Hard times for everybody’ (10) 11 Point out only that it’s man-made (5) 16 Pressed on and I got angry about (6) 19 The dessert sounds good (3) 21 The softest of all does, perhaps (6,6) 22 Will delve about in, you conclude (6) 23 Keeping quiet while one’s clinching the deal (8,2) 24 A requirement, due to indebtedness (10) 25 Gather you must release the fish (3) 28 Guarantees, when the battle rages (8) 29 Well-versed in games, one maintains (8) 30 Find you don’t need to make the distribution (8) 31 Got her back to read anew and gave another audition (7) 33 Be surprised by the opening (5) 34 It could be spring water, child (6)