JUMBO CROSSWORD
QUICK CLUES ACROSS: 8 Briefly (2,5) 9 Method (9) 13 Gather (5) 14 Silly (5)
15 Remainder (7) 16 Weapon (7)
17 Mortal (5) 18 Skinflint (5)
20 Close-fitting (5)
22 Writer (6)
23 Grab (6)
25 Cat (7)
27 Crossly (7)
30 Meal (6)
31 Base (6)
32 Breadth (5)
35 Each (5)
36 Scope (5)
37 Seat (7)
39 Refuge (7)
41 Confine (5)
42 Speed (5)
43 Innumerable (9)
44 Ointment (7)
DOWN: 1 Anxious (6) 2 Tree (8)
3 Puzzle (5-6) 4 Choice (9)
5 Laugh (7) 6 Unalike (10)
7 Supply (4) 10 Animal (6)
11 Material (7)
12 Shortage (6)
19 Fixed (7)
21 Wrestle (7)
24 Trivial (11)
26 Minute (5-5)
28 Silent (9)
29 Brooks (7)
30 Drink (6)
32 Vigilant (8)
33 Watch (6)
34 Chatter (7)
38 Pondering (6)
40 Accepted (4)
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
8 Strain to prevent oneself from (7)
9 Should have followed them out, I reckoned (9) 13 The electrical wires provide the clues (5)
14 Language spoken by the one at the back (5) 15 It’s clear one is the heart case (7)
16 It’s no good at all if you cut down on the quantity (7)
17 The carpenter’s craft! (5)
18 The one running round is creating a disturbance (5)
20 Understood it had followed the animal back (5)
22 Followed one closely while one carried out the repairs (6)
23 Secured and quickly dispatched the food (6) 25 Had some, as usual, to OK it (7)
27 Shuts up the page (7)
30 Call round at 1.50, which is annoying (6)
31 In the depression, I go into clothes (3-3)
32 The very best kind of sherry? (5)
35 As directed did leave, bound for the island (5) 36 Spoil and thoroughly confuse (5)
37 Scores the tunes (7)
39 Require that you come and get (4,3)
41 Beat up to get money (5)
42 Alternatively, the man could be shielding the woman (5)
43 Not felt to be sane? (9)
44 Flew unexpectedly down and rushed round to court (7)
DOWN
1 Household in which only the women remain perennially young? (6)
2 Chance of success when you try to strike it rich? (8)
3 Where you didn’t get your early teaching? (5,6) 4 Thought me old-fashioned about it (9)
5 Damaged when struck by a club (7)
6 Putting an end to by switching itself off (7,3)
7 It’s not the sock the hole’s in, lady! (4)
10 Display a pride that’s unconcealed in the apartment (6)
11 Someone shooting fish (7)
12 Be there and don’t let your mind wander (6) 19 When batting, nervous but great (7)
21 The boy’s a fool! (7)
24 Attributing to repression (7,4)
26 The rookie gets money to pay the bill (10)
28 Enormous fellow in swimming trunks on the roller-coaster? (3,6)
29 An attempt at concealment when the premium gets raised (5-2)
30 Or refurbished the two houses in ornate style (6)
32 Making itself felt just as you’re taking the stage (6,2)
33 Notice the absence of a large book? (6)
34 Did ma play fair with him? (7)
38 Worked for three-quarters of a year, then it’s back home (6)
40 A solitary pupil – one (4)