Giant Crossword

Across

9 Left or was removed forcibly (6,3)

10 Not drinking from the little cup at all (8) 12 Asleep when she got back in (4)

13 Attack with something picked up in the

shipyard, say (6)

14 Key man who introduced antiseptics for a

burn (7)

15 Didn’t stop the girl and boy getting

together (7,2)

17 Some hot concoction to start with that’s

tasty (9)

18 To get a plant – it’s for the kitchen (7) 20 ‘Cheapjack’ has a strange cast all round (6) 21 Satisfied with the flat I am occupying (4) 24 From the first appearance, utterly delight

one (8)

26 The better the summer, the faster it’s dealt

with (8)

28 Having recovered from, once again (4)

29 Tries to make one admit they’re setbacks (6) 31 Fiddles with some things in the workbox (7) 34 Keep batting, mind befuddled, in the game (9) 36 They didn’t win the ‘Fastest Climbers

Competition’ (7-2)

38 When spring comes, in dire trouble, lose

heart (7)

39 Follows us back and gets seen prowling

round (6)

40 So back ‘Bogeyman’ (4)

41 Bananas are popular at children’s parties (8) 42 Hurried up as he’d arranged to take a friend

out (4,5)

Down

1 Part of the shoe’s damaged? Blow! (8) 2 Heavier cold the person who was beaten

had (6)

3 Think ‘Heavens! Denis has broken in!’ (8) 4 Filter, at most, half the water (6) 5 Something dangerous I allowed the tots to

play about with (8)

6 Forceful and mettlesome, unlike the

royals? (3-7)

7 Near through, you add, before daylight (7) 8 Marks on the skin from a beating (6) 11 After a day, concludes they’re allies (7) 16 One by one, as part of the act (2,4)

19 Is she asinine when drunk? (5)

20 The woman in the library (3)

22 It’s only a pound single (5) 23 The first wrong note creates a

discord (6)

25 It won’t run and it won’t

jump! (3-7)

26 Twit of a girl who lost her head (3) 27 Didn’t allow to go off in the van (7) 30 A bundle of nerves after the

business talk (8)

31 Claims one is a fighter (8)

32 Would have drink laid on, one

imagined (8)

33 When trained, can bring in

excellent money (7)

35 Might be a fool, you say, to

leave (6)

36 Continue to think, going back

through again (6)

37 Underline ‘anxiety’ (6)