Giant Crossword

Across

8 Interrupt a burglary (5-2)

9 So then going to pieces when one is about to win (2,3,4)

13 ‘Plenty of booze,’ the policeman put in (5) 14 Avail yourself of the plane coming back, too... (5)

15 ...and for the flight back, indulge yourself again (7)

16 Irritate from the beginning (7) 17 Supports when one isn’t working (5) 18 Transport direct (5)

20 Showing a dirty film (5)

22 ‘The Globe’ is turned, first, into a restaurant (6)

23 Fill up the ward (6)

25 How the hungry slimmer’s resolve not to eat it may? (7)

27 Growing, as I shamble into the arena (7) 30 Brave little Penny - and fortunate, too (6) 31 There’s said to be a market for the thing (6) 32 The super with the gun is outside again (5) 35 After a time, enquires about jobs (5) 36 Belts will be found in the men s-wear department (5)

37 Pleasant, but would I be up to it? (7) 39 Because of the wild animal, don t (7) 41 Seeks for beauty (5)

42 It makes a delightful starter, blended and frozen (5)

43 Is a traveller and earns in the region of (4,5) 44 Have I any worry about now? Not at all (2,2,3)

Down

1 ‘Appropriate for a salesman,’ take back (6) 2 It looks ornamental but the fasteners are irritating (8)

3 Are just what’s needed for a bird feeding its young (4,3,4)

4 Pen something to send with the letter (9) 5 Love, child, is her undoing (7) 6 Laughing at isn’t funny, it’s irritating (2,8) 7 I’ll say it’s not accessible by car (4) 10 Having approved of, handed over to (6) 11 The tail end of daybreak on the mountain (7) 12 The attitude and the way the cane is twirled (6)

19 Plan to get a c-cooker (7)

21 Comes out and talks right through (7)

24 Getting the hackles up, which is frightening? (4-7)

26 Forces one to feel it isn’t silly (5,5)

28 Not in the pink - blue (3-6) 29 The chap with the child I accommodated in a splendid home (7)

30 Disgusted, refuse to carry any further (3,3) 32 Continuation of the shenanigans (6-2)

33 In the end, do your best to contain (6)

34 Put it down to being a writer (7) 38 Song about everything being rotten (6)

40 Pipe up ‘They’re herbivores’ (4)