Giant Crossword
Across
9 It allows you to exhibit just how house-proud
you are! (5,4)
10 Emphasise the Arab cities are different all
round (9)
12 Own you are forced to (4)
13 Cheerful, which is auspicious (6)
14 Aloof, I stand beating time (7)
15 In the buff, hugging a plutocrat (9)
17 Replace the really good top player spoken
of (9)
18 In a hurry to have a drink, gets a round (7) 19 Multum in parvo is less than accurate (6)
20 The wine was revolting (4)
23 Disaster averted by your neighbour’s phoning
you? (5,4)
25 It beams down from way up, to call attention
to (9)
26 Satisfy as being suitable (4)
27 One of the farm’s adjuncts that remains always
the same? (6)
29 Does it get your foot accustomed to wearing
it? (7)
32 How drivers could see they were behind a
dogcart? (4,5)
34 Esteemed and confident, taking a walkabout (9) 35 Admiration, in particular (7)
36 Is to set off round about six – flying (6)
37 She’s a backer, too (4)
38 In a while, the weed got entwined with the
plant (9)
39 Didn’t economise – too exhausted (9)
Down
1 Rather small bird having a funny fight in it (5,3) 2 Good gracious! I’m no longer topsy-turvy! (7,5) 3 Getting on with the shutting up of the shop
front (8)
4 A derelict pub, exhort to go into (6)
5 Instead changed the first to ‘repugnance’ (8) 6 To hand the water to requires quite a gymnastic
feat (10)
7 The fathead is convinced there’s a crack (7) 8 Satisfaction is derived from the
colonisation (10)
11 That is to cover the girl in, silly! (5)
16 Stupidly lie about and stupidly get caught (6) 19 Your crony is standing a round (3)
21 Is he mincing liver for the monkey? (5-7) 22 Vindicates – the meteorologist’s forecast of
improving weather? (6) 23 Landed, carrying ‘The Wandering
Meteor’ actors (4,2,4)
24 Gloat unfairly over the three that
flopped completely (10)
25 Colour when the man’s name is
spoken (3)
28 How one regretted making the
acrimonious remark? (8)
29 Does one’s best to include the tea
packers in the agreements (8) 30 New versions of those coloured
moored platforms? (8)
31 A lady had come round about even
before that (7)
33 That’s what we’re talking about,
children (5)
34 For the journey back, the same
case (6) *