Standard two-in-one Cryptic Puzzle
ACROSS
9 Understanding what the nod of the head means (9)
10 Kind person who’s something of an
oddity (9)
12 Nonsense! A hard drinker knocks it
back (4)
13 Are in charge and get silver hair all
round! (6)
14 Entertainment with refreshments?
And how! (3,4)
15 Hurried after, cold and humbled (9) 17 With figures about heart trouble
tries to frighten (9)
18 Gave heart, in the end, to the performers who felt unappreciated? (7)
19 Rule that it’s gold and I prove to be
wrong (6)
20 Stash away – with the exception of
(4)
23 Given a power one felt affronted
by (9)
25 Either fire or unload it (9)
26 Are out to get the point they
deserve (4)
27 Considered taking action – myself
included (6)
29 Did it contribute to the snarling of
the old-time traffic? (7)
32 Legal proof that you’re the
champion? (5,4)
34 Seems irritated when one
withdraws from the match (9) 35 Gave the impression, as one left
on the trip (4,3)
36 Once it’s planted, does it shoot
up? (6) 37 Grasp the branch (4)
38 Stop a man with a packet coming
from the supermarket (9)
39 Put a curb on the police, perhaps,
or give them more power (9)
DOWN
1 A bit soft, object to (8)
2 How obvious it is the fortuneteller’s a fake? (7,5)
3 Stayed to meander about. I went inside (8)
4 Desert sand (6)
5 Took to be the done thing (8)
6 As a hen would do when its henhouse had been demolished? (3,2,5)
7 Get a different route and means of access (7)
8 A lot of people got shot in it (5,5) 11 Laugh when he goes into the stand (2-3)
16 Artist who was a convert? (6) 19 Not even rum! (3)
21 Spring water (5,7)
22 The route to the interior (6)
23 No shortage of work for the con
man? (6,2,2)
24 The far tree, felled subsequently
(10)
25 Served up, too (3)
28 Reduce speed, after a fashion (8) 29 From where the flowers are,
getting one a flower (8)
30 No longer caring, decided not to
keep the appointment (8) 31 Writing about Rome, I digress in
the autobiography (7)
33 The fish will be rising right away (5)
34 It’s safe to tie up (6)