JUMBO CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS: 9 Lifeless (9)

10 Loathsome (9) 12 Squeak (4)

13 Animal (6) 14 Stops (5,2)

15 Tourist (9) 17 Lizard (9)

18 Erases (7)

19 Robs (6)

20 Nought (4)

23 Augmented (9)

25 Perforates (9)

26 Lays out (4)

27 Greet (6)

29 Dog (7)

32 Derides (9)

34 Fruit (9)

35 Opposed to (7)

36 Saw (6)

37 Attempt (4)

38 Implicated (9)

39 Self-employed (9)

DOWN: 1 Inclined (8) 2 Carefree (5-2-5) 3 Slipshod (8) 4 Fear (6)

5 Fragment (8) 6 Dejected (10)

7 Cooked (7)

8 Wonderful (10)

11 Follow (5)

16 Laugh (6)

19 Unhappy (3)

21 Very loud (3-9)

22 Hit (6)

23 Significance (10)

24 Disease (10)

25 Tart (3)

28 Wobbly (8)

29 Nomad (8)

30 Shook (8)

31 Studied (7)

33 Haggard (5)

34 Information (3-3)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

9 How the crowd left the tearoom? (6,3)

10 Better than the other barbers? (1,3,5)

12 Register the money (4)

13 Evades the question of how one keeps trespassers away? (6)

14 Results of crossing birds with rodents? (7)

15 Contributions from the same countries (9)

17 Certain to break on being put into its box? (9) 18 Paul, translating, says in French it means “praise” (7)

19 Give to, to be put away (6)

20 Remove again from the street or don’t remove (4)

23 Having a boyfriend who had made a speech on behalf of? (6,3)

25 Held dear, taking a positive step to protect (9) 26 Reductions in commissions (4)

27 “Know-all” had a clear, though erratic, round before (6)

29 Why people get infected by the bicycle bug? (7)

32 What the nudist with time on his hands has? (7,2)

34 Utterly depressed, don’t you agree? (9)

35 It’s played, boy, with a racket and ball (7)

36 Seen skidding round the bend; the rain will clinch it (6)

37 How many in favour of stifling the union? (4) 38 Did some boring work in the theatre (9)

39 If there’s aggravation or any trouble, one can move out (9)

DOWN

1 Having let the customers in, spoke freely (6,2) 2 Starting the rumour that the boat is changing course? (7,5)

3 Leading some back into the garrison (8)

4 Shares the supplies (6)

5 The twit pops out to get the cushions (8)

6 Detain you in conversation, as Rose might (10) 7 Having a liking for, is biased (7)

8 Renowned for having whooped it up? (10)

11 No, no. Come back around lunchtime for something to eat (5)

16 By putting in a row, I had made neater (6)

19 Save soap (3)

21 When everything changed and you became a convert? (7,5)

22 His advances should be spurned (6)

23 The time and speed are not at all good (6-4) 24 Discovered Roger had moved into the front (10)

25 The said refreshment stand (3)

28 Holds and struggles with (8)

29 Getting a house call, we enter frightened (8) 30 Gave it a whirl again when one went back (8) 31 The last one hundred in particular (7)

33 Seen performing at the West End, is nervous (5)

34 Left to last, I’m sad, worried and gloomy (6)