LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1 Alpha and omega, 10 Burn, 11 Workshy, 12 Ripe, 15 Rotten Row, 16 Elevation, 17 Hanger, 19 Solar, 20 Vanish, 24 By-product, 25 Off the map, 26 Touchdown, 29 Evening up, 31 Vilely, 32 Ogive, 33 Sterol, 36 Liveliest, 38 Singleton, 40 Blur, 41 Scourge, 42 Shoo, 43 Sitting pretty. DOWN: 2 Lunge, 3 Howard, 4 Arrowroot, 5 Desperado, 6 Mayhem, 7 Garda, 8 Button up, 9 Optimism, 13 Prohibitively, 14 In the pipeline, 18 Epochal, 21 Atheist, 22 Futon, 23 After, 27 Unlovely, 28 Nightgown, 29 Eavesdrop, 30 Gyration, 34 Teaset, 35 Sneeze, 37 Lurgi, 39 Liszt.