On board —— Games
Quick clues Across
01. Space exploration vessels (6) 05. Poisonous tropical reptile (5) 08. Famous canal (6) 11. Weakened (8) 12. Posh (5,5) 13. Board game (10) 14. Australia’s seat of government (8) 15. Meagre (4) 16. Nonstop train (7) 19. Aspen (6) 22. Mogul (6) 24. Preserved in vinegar (7) 27. Wicked (4) 28. Iconic 1960s skirt (4) 29. Overshadow (7) 30. Navy flag (6) 31. Brook (6) 33. Lends a hand (7) 34. Napoleon’s exile isle (4) 36. Small scarf (8) 39. Again and again (10) 41. Harlem Globetrotters’ activity (10) 42. India’s neighbour (8) 43. Geothermal spring (6) 44. School year divisions (5) 45. Defy (6)
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02. Wild spree (7) 03. Monochrome (photograph) (5-3-5) 04. Acrobatic skating figure (6,5) 05. Brothel keeper (5) 06. Lament (5) 07. Wool-producing llama relatives (7) 08. Cream-coloured member of carrot family (7) 09. Neural sensor (5) 10. Scrooge (5) 17. Aperture of the eye (5) 18. Skedaddles (7) 20. Announcements circulated to journalists (5,8) 21. Mimicking (5) 23. Numbskull (5) 25. Ogles (5) 26. Cap with earflaps (11) 32. Mythical beast (7) 33. Unyielding (7) 35. Narrative songs (7) 37. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (5) 38. Peers outranking earls (5) 39. King or Queen (5) 40. Cylinders (5)
Cryptic clues
Across
01. Examines soft dresses (6) 05. Mother to master snake (5) 08. Criticise, to a degree, a type of hat (6) 11. Flawed rascal hung out to dry (8) 12. Superior bread for the aristocratic (5,5) 13. Game is hind meat (10) 14. Chinese leader placed rare ban on city (8) 15. Incline to be thin (4) 16. Speak once out of the closet (7) 19. You fall out of well-liked tree (6) 22. Large toupee for important person (6) 24. Drunk chose to swallow leading lager (7) 27. The Spanish capture six appearing depraved (4) 28. I’m in crash in small car (4) 29. In Quebec, lips easily outshine (7) 30. Standard autograph from pen with no tip (6) 31. Pour sheets of paper on street (6) 33. Helps bass players with no opening (7) 34. Able to return to Italian island (4) 36. Girl next to orchestra displaying neckerchief (8) 39. Frequently delay Peter somehow (10) 41. Kebab stall set up for sport (10) 42. Pa kissed Stan, we hear, somewhere in Asia (8) 43. Fogey servicing part of hot water producer (6) 44. Names conditions (5) 45. Sister about to fight back (6)
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02. On the page sheep run wild (7) 03. Clear like an old television’s picture? (5,3,5) 04. With limbs outstretched to grease pedal, perhaps (6-5) 05. Precocious little girl whichever way you look at her! (5) 06. Grieve a moment before container holding ashes (5) 07. A Chartered Accountant in Alps with animals (7) 08. Standard cut of vegetable (7) 09. Point to ever-changing courage (5) 10. Removes shirt from Mister Cheapskate (5) 17. I’ll endlessly follow little dog and schoolboy (5) 18. Runs off with cloaks, following directions (7) 20. Media statements harass on the subject of rental agreements (5,8) 21. Copying a ping-pong game in part (5) 23. Even mild riposte gets to simpleton (5) 25. The French Queen’s looks (5) 26. Hat for one who speaks to animals? (11) 32. Ogre to rest around from Monday (7) 33. Inflexible like first male worker (7) 35. Terribly sad after dance to heartfelt tunes (7) 37. Observant at a funeral do (5) 38. Noblemen put up in a fight! (5) 39. A measured leader? (5) 40. Instrument makes pies soft in the middle (5)