Giant Crossword

Across

9 As before, run after the animal (8)

10 Not working? That’s bad (3)

11 The concept that it has gone back in time (6)

12 ‘Not new, but making a comeback,’ one continued (4,2)

13 As a result, there’s an egression (7) 14 A modern word meaning ‘again’ (4) 15 Keeping, due to an attachment you’ve formed for? (8,2)

17 I’ve reformed the awful older baddie (8) 18 Even changing the cover round pepped it up (7)

19 You really want the thing, child? (4)

21 Pick up, after tips, the others (6) 24 Betraying, when making a present of the winning goal to (6,3,4,4)

27 There’s a worm, cooked, right inside the vegetable! (6)

29 Decorated and put in the refrigerator? (4) 30 Henry and I save the fish (7)

33 Say no, it doesn’t make you feel sick? (8) 35 Put off from getting a record of how old we are (10)

36 The voice on the line? (4)

37 Hug me back - it takes two! (7)

38 How cook answered the criticism about the pie? (6)

40 Lose energy - on the bottle (6)

41 Use trickery, though against it (3)

42 Also, do take Leo in to say goodbye (6-2)

Down

1 Decolonising, which is disruptive (10) 2 Just to satisfy (4)

3 Music for two instruments (8) 4 Yearns to be head; feels it’s one’s rightful place (7)

5 Not all there is on the hat rack? (3,4,4) 6 A coarse word for ‘robust’? (10) 7 Leave for the seaside (6)

8 Being desperate is rotten (8) 10 Prevail over the wrong party (5) 16 Does it stick to everything it cuts? (7) 20 Do leave off the Dome as a topic! (5) 22 ‘Noisier’ is the word I changed back again (7)

23 Retaliates by refusing to work for, in return? (7,4)

25 Word about a loner working in the southern US (3,7) 26 Fresh new victims for Dracula? (5,5)

28 It would be pleasant to free the lab mice, for a start (8)

31 The assumption is the fuss is over a lost point (8) 32 Agrees one posted the twit on guard (7)

34 Give an indication to the listeners (6)

35 It’s clearly ‘tired’, yet it could be ‘tied’ (5)

39 Part with the said list (4)