Everyone’s crossword

ACROSS

7 One man or another about fifty (6) 8 Supporting mother and not saying anything about it (7, 3) 10 One banging on the door of a critic (7) 12 Voice of one’s fiancée heard on the telephone? (7, 4) 13 Re-equip engineer with a jerky movement (5) 14 Gave all the players a hand (5) 15 Ape cannot hide this nut (5) 16 Talk gently or pant (4) 17 Cloth gently put down (5) 19 Struck with skinhead’s glove! (7) 20 The genie disturbed a number (8) 24 Cat, moth, lily, nut or snake (5) 27 Stretch — of a river? (5) 28 Keeper’s fee? (8) 29 Bloomer i.e. safer to reproduce (7) 31 State time to turn aside (5) 33 Dread, in real life, archenemy (4) 34 Not much to detect (5) 35 Alternatively leaving forever in an extreme state of excitement (5) 37 Study English author (5) 39 There’s no knowing where you'll be going on this trip (7, 4) 40 A dirty concoction I included in the dryness (7) 41 Unconcern of a group of soldiers (10) 42 Column Sally inserts a peg in (6)

DOWN

1 Flat landlord? (5, 6) 2 Surviving organ? (5) 3 Ask about in person (5) 4 Raise one’s voice to state one's opinions boldly (5, 2) 5 Come in to record (5) 6 Another time Edward gave out (7) 7 She’ll be in the doghouse at work (6-4) 9 Lowly servant (6) 11 Work to rule (5) 12 Physicist of the naughty nineties (8) 15 Noted player from Hamelin (5) 18 Fluted interior of an instrument (4) 21 Sometimes he goes to bed to work (8) 22 Not coming to a conclusion at any time (5-6) 23 Careless note? (10) 25 Concerning the first lady steward (5) 26 Just light (4) 29 Girl fared badly (5) 30 Became extremely ragged (6) 31 Salt or vinegar (7) 32 Deceive twice almost (3-4) 36 First-rate split (5) 37 It’s liquid tending to flow (5) 38 Comparatively put about by break out (5)