CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

9 Got back there to re-group, at the same time (8)

10 Pass coming back from the local (3)

11 Remonstrate with, showing sense (6)

12 Do the many fashions about make a comeback? Hardly ever (6)

13 Supported right through, when one left the straight and narrow (7)

14 The very best, you see, in retrospect (4)

15 Have for sale to this day; it’s just not moving (5-5)

17 Did come round at that point, having been indecisive (8)

18 Such an error as showing one’s anger proved to be? (7)

19 Go to pieces when you bark at (4)

21 Put railings all round, which is not allowed (6)

24 Having left the seat one was rebutted for occupying (8,9)

27 Having had a lot to drink, returned with a gun (6)

29 The news is the thing that got me rattled

(4)

30 Plus wandering into one myself, on a caprice (7)

33 Able to accommodate the girl? That’s lovely! (8)

35 Continuing and taking the lead (5,5)

36 Return some you catch (4)

37 Again one is going back east by train (7)

38 The first two letters, by the way, are from overseas (6)

40 Emphasise that the accountant returned the money (6)

41 There’s nothing about providing accommodation for the animal (3)

42 After the intense commotion, left on guard (8)

DOWN

1 What happens when one bank communicates with another? (5,5)

2 Said you and I would help with the gardening (4)

3 In ringing tones, joins the conversation? (6,2)

4 The alloy is on top: that is the wood (7)

5 Was instrumental in, when one joined the cast (6,1,4)

6 Praiseworthy, you believe, and competent (10)

7 Worry you so much you shake? (6)

8 The whole fifty enter, to pit themselves against (8)

10 A name that’s music to your ears? (5)

16 In short, managed to get a little something to eat (7)

20 A position that really suits you in a pleasant hotel (5)

22 Turn a bad shot into a good shot? (7)

23 The facts from someone imprisoned? (6,5) 25 Meant to think (10)

26 Belittles the Degas work “Paris Plays,” exhibited in it (10)

28 The roundabout jerked the tin and the cider in it spilled (8)

31 Motorway rage in a new form that’s a real headache (8)

32 Revised, it’s become quite different (7)

34 Spoke crossly to, when one knocked (6)

35 Getting information about, of a kind (5)

39 With precipitation, I shot round (4)