Easy Crossword

ACROSS

3. Range (5) 9. Headstrong or obstinate (6) 10. Bursts out (6) 11. Tooth type (5) 12. Style and vigour (4) 15. Rank or sour (6) 17. Holds on to (7) 19. Night before (3) 20. Glossy fabric (5) 22. Distressed (5) 24. Egypt’s capital (5) 25. Person giving blood (5) 27. Cook in oil (3) 29. Tyros (7) 32. Handsome youth (6) 34. Stratagem (4) 35. Prickly plants (5) 37. Light shoe (6) 38. Birds of prey (6) 39. Gain knowledge (5)

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1. Legal possessor (5) 2. Fold in clothing (5) 3. Total (3) 4. Circus entertainers (6) 5. Fruit (4) 6. Irregular (7) 7. Room (5) 8. Stage whisper (5) 13. Panther (7) 14. Without clothes (5) 16. Piano keys, informally (7) 18. Hairdresser’s shop (5) 21. Lowest point (5) 23. Of current affairs (7) 26. Rota (6) 27. Untruthful or lying (5) 28. Not old (5) 30. Ringlets (5) 31. Be vaguely aware of (5) 33. Auction (4) 36. Boy’s name (3)