Everyone’s crossword

ACROSS

3 Running the wrong way (11) 9 A sorry arrangement of beads (6) 10 Ready initially with order for garment (4) 12 A unit is exchanged somewhere in North Africa (7) 13 Seat actor in the frame (10) 14 A light gas (4) 15 Nimble, not heavy-handed? (5-6) 16 I quietly tried struggling round the strong current (7) 17 Mentor yelped, upset by the transfer of troops (12) 21 It was taken back to New York being minute (4) 23 Learned to repeat endlessly — 51 at the outside (8) 25 In Essex, Hal in gumboots was emitting vapour (8) 26 Sounds like the end of the story (4) 27 Lincolnshire painter (12) 32 It’s to do with the remarkable cost, £1 000 perhaps needed to replenish supplies (7) 33 Does this employee only retain stock and not issue it? (11) 35 Man to include His Excellency (4) 37 Make merry although old girl endlessly scoffed (10) 38 Bloomer produced in legal exchange (7) 39 Against chanting section (4) 40 Tempt over half of the apprentices (6) 41 From prison, actor not going straight, a plotter (11 )

DOWN

1 One who gets to grips with his opponent (8) 2 It would be revealing if this were the only beachwear worn! (8) 3 Emphatically it’s the first person (6) 4 Standardising 3D printing (12) 5 Go in front and stake yield (8) 6 Teenage trouble spots (4) 7 Dip in, is oddly tasteless (7) 8 Impressive sum forming the aggregate (5, 5) 11 Land with a very large population according to the book (11) 18 Two girls characteristic of part of the 16th century (11) 19 Spend time idly to earn one’s daily bread? (4) 20 One hopes to make a valuable discovery in it (8, 4) 22 State exclamation ten are appearing to give (4) 24 Pick Ronald to be in charge with the computer brain (10) 28 Still undecided about flying (2, 3, 3) 29 Have too high an opinion of some undercover rates (8) 30 Centaurs? (8) 31 Plainly this figure has eight sides (7) 34 Whale butcher? (6) 36 Many a round of applause (4)