THE BIG ONE

Across

1 Animal fat 5 Articulate 8 Parroted 11 Glassware accident 12 Sailor’s skill 13 Unmelodiously 14 Falter 15 Be dependent 16 Blurted out 19 Sad passings 22 Run rings around 24 Nazi enforcers 27 Gladly 28 Mobile app taxi 29 Record spinners 30 Connections 31 Forced (open) 33 Of the Atlantic 34 Gulf War nation 36 Expands (horizons) 39 Idling at the lights 41 Sugars 42 Hang round too long 43 Despot 44 Avoided, — away from 45 Servile aides (3,3)

Down

2 Redirect (traffic) 3 Oscars (7,6) 4 Worsened (situation) 5 Observations 6 Comfortable (job) 7 Held in check 8 Slipped by 9 Has not (4’1) 10 Proclamation 17 Plant growth on water 18 Coach-trip fee (3,4) 20 Emancipationists 21 Cupid’s target 23 Shade of brown 25 Pyromaniac’s crime 26 Impartially 32 Most intense 33 Kilpatrick shellfish 35 Extent of land 37 Disorderly 38 Amphitheatre centre 39 Japanese snack 40 In a spoken voice