CRYPTIC CROSSWORD PETER CHAMBERLAIN
ACROSS
1 Film award without love
leaves mark (4)
10 Dairy product that cannot be
seen? (10,4)
11 Incompletely tanned
forehead (4)
12 Inventor having only knocker,
say, on door (5)
14 Praise from European Union
record at end of day (6) 15 After first half of July, I just
arranged defence (2-5) 16 Drunk featured was unwilling
to communicate (5-6)
18 Short sleep not on? On the
contrary (4,3)
20 Ten included by our playful sort in situation of great comfort (3,2,6)
25 A wet variety of grain first right as a sweetened drink (6,5)
29 Old-fashioned assistant I
questioned inside (7) 31 Attitude at promontory where
much can be seen (5,2,4) 33 Moan I am making about gas
(7)
35 A rum sort in army suffering
distressing experience (6) 36 Neat look from great titmouse
(2-3)
38 To have gold at front of car (4) 39 Two Scottish men have
melody for plainsong (9,5) 40 Current part of modified
dynamo (4)
DOWN
2 Great abundance from hornshaped container (10)
3 Put pen to paper again (7) 4 Union notice one may object
to (5)
5 Company doctor’s search (4) 6 Hobo worried about
colleague making a fuss (8) 7 Mountain beaver, squirming
eels fit in (8)
8 Second shopping centre, cross river first where there’s contagious disease (8) 9 Penny left with shivering fit or something more contagious (6) 13 Discharge released on river
unhesitantly (7)
17 Period when daisy is out (3) 19 Going in to check line on floor
(4)
21 Some butter that is just right
(3)
22 Absent-minded a great
distance from here (7)
23 One union leader can turn up
(4)
24 Refused to accept that Ida
erupted violently (10) 25 Bishop with Penny accepted a
roll (3)
26 Polish one’s speech? (8) 27 Freeholders’ money Ray
exchanged (8)
28 Real oval development of
tooth socket (8)
30 Is nothing after the usual time
put into quarantine? (7) 32 Heavenly model going like
clockwork (6)
34 Edmund taken in by Malcolm
having badge of honour (5) 37 How artists make an
impression (4)