CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

9 Quarrel (8)

10 Drawn match (3)

11 Idler (6)

12 Man’s money holder (6)

13 Three-pronged spear (7)

14 Conceal (4)

15 Get very angry (3,3,4)

17 Vegetable or salad item (8)

18 Joins up (7)

19 Just, impartial (4)

21 American state (6)

24 Dog type (8,9)

27 Choose (6)

29 Cloudy (4)

30 Bomb thrown by hand (7)

33 Slaughter (8)

35 Wasted (10)

36 Birds beak (4)

37 Biggest (7)

38 Aristocracy (6)

40 Allow (6)

41 Consume food (3)

42 Sought after (8)

DOWN

1 Illogical(10)

2 Knitting stitch (4)

3 Strap worn in a car (4,4)

4 Cowboy hat (7)

5 Resound, re-echo (11)

6 Fashionable celebrities (10)

7 Male parent (6)

8 Stalemate (8)

10 One who steals (5)

16 Sewing aid (7)

20 Months (5)

22 Move forward (7)

23 Unkind (11)

25 Fluent in words (10)

26 Misleading clue (3,7)

28 Inspects carefully (8)

31 Traitor (8)

32 Withstand (7)

34 Highly-spiced sausage (6)

35 Precipitation (5)

39 Unfeeling (4).