Crossword

Quick clues

Across

10. Go by (of time) (6)

11. Small rodent (5)

12. Impassive (6)

13. Schedule (8)

14. Scouting novice (10)

15. Headlong rush (6)

16. Dignitary (1,1,1)

18. Helpless (8)

19. Musicians (8)

21. Oratorical (10)

24. Ratty and Toad’s friend in The Wind In The Willows (4)

25. Unflinching (9)

2 7. Ship’s rotating

driver (4)

28. Mission (10)

31. Included in envelope (8)

33. Talked idly (8)

36. Conclusion (3)

37. Food store (6)

39. Dispassionate (10)

41. Subtle implication (8)

42. Guided weapon, ... missile (6)

43. Exalt (5)

4 4. Coiled (6) Down

1. Laundry whitener (6)

2. Outward show (10)

3. Thoughtless (8)

4. Makeshift (10)

5. Become bankrupt, go ... (4) 6. Intervening period (8) 7. Slumbering (6) 8. Tiny pieces of coloured paper (8) 9. Deny ownership of (6) 17. Ballet twirl (9)

20. Clothes pressers (5)

22. Elderly (3)

23. Worship (5)

25. Hot-water dispenser (3)

26. Gym equipment (10)

2 7. Property holder (10)

29. John Paul Young hit, Love Is ... (2,3,3)

30. Put at risk (8)

32. Commissioned officers (8)

34. Comment (6)

35. Itemised (6)

38. Swirls (6)

40. Medieval instrument (4)

Cryptic clues

Across

10. Out, please! Slip away! (6)

11. Computer component that might squeak? (5)

12. Fifty-one involved in Dot’s return remain solemn and unemotional (6)

13. Lend a car out according to annual plan (8) 14. Inexperienced person suffering gout? (10)

15. Impose a fee to restore power (6)

16. Six softly introduced celebrity (1,1,1)

18. I’m in front of the Post Office tent feeling powerless (8)

19. Key players? (8)

21. The sort of question that goes unanswered (10)

24. Secret informer’s beauty spot (4)

25. Looked inside, found Aunt Edwina feeling no fear (9) 2 7. Part of aircraft used on stage? (4) 28. A sign meant to announce project (10)

31. Col needs somehow to be confined (8)

33. Quietly rattled on and chattered about nothing (8)

36. Last bit of den destroyed (3) 37. Queen hides behind fat in pantry (6) 39. Cold-hearted diversion of mail around individual (10) 41. Suggestion that nine undo tangle (8)

42. Crews reportedly on voyage (6) 43. Sing the praises of former tax we hear (5)

44. Curly kind of poodle (6) Down

1. Peroxide was the first bottle to leak (6)

2. What you look like for attendance in court (10)

3. Paying little attention to the chaos of Lee’s shed (8)

4. Is in, better than before and performed without rehearsal (10)

5. Police raid sculptor’s work (4) 6. Greenwich measurement used in the interim (4,4)

7. Taking a nap while 10 across is rewritten (6)

8. What newlyweds can expect to have thrown at them (8) 9. Refuse to acknowledge ruckus about pig (6)

17. Private eye loses fifty in roulette spin (9)

20. Clubs and shackles (5)

22. Over the hill? In the doldrums? Give the drums a miss! (3)

23. Really love new road heading east (5)

25. Cut tip off turnip, what’s left is for the pot (3)

26. Running machines that will get you nowhere (10) 2 7. What he owns is no-one else’s business (10)

29. On everyone’s mind mid-flight? (2,3,3)

30. Threaten to put a stop to rage (8)

32. “Nuts!” said military men (8)

34. Make observation about one of the apostles (6)

35. Leaned over and wrote out inventory (6)

38. Model did see whirlpools (6)

40. Spoils acoustics of old guitar (4)