SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S EASY CROSSWORD:

ACROSS: 3 Ad hoc; 9 Coarse; 10 Banish; 11 Stool; 12 Iris; 15 Elicit; 17 Disturb; 19 Ole; 20 Slant; 22 Shoot; 24 Get by; 25 Punch; 27 Pro; 29 Kindles; 32 Adages; 34 Side; 35 Forte; 37 Detour; 38 Urchin; 39 Lease. DOWN: 1 Acrid; 2 Paris; 3 Ass; 4 Deters; 5 Oboe; 6 Calling; 7 Disco; 8 White; 13 Richard; 14 Stoop; 16 Ill-bred; 18 Block; 21 Tends; 23 Tuneful; 26 Hiatus; 27 Panda; 28 Oasts; 30 Light; 31 Senna; 33 Sore; 36 Ere.