Everyone’s Crossword

ACROSS

1 Aunt Sal devouring fruit (7) 9 Frenchman is strangely enamoured by minor offence (12) 11 A Greek character, first lady to perform successfully (7) 12 Turn over uppermost part of desk (4-3) 13 Rival struggling accepting nothing, I concluded, for pasta (7) 14 In the havoc a downtrodden fruit (7) 15 Esther, a remarkable lady (7) 18 Main departure (3) 20 Notice, during endless extent, disgrace (7) 22 Fine white linen from crib Mac removed (7) 23 Young pilchard, one of a number packed closely together (7) 24 Unvarying it might be worn (7) 25 Project — armed robbery (5-2) 26 Old boy’s remedy unexplained (7) 27 Live together — it’s a partnership custom (7) 30 Note from long way off, say (3) 32 Brave man in luxury tourer (7) 36 Cases I dealt with after January 1st for the lady (7) 37 Exert pressure in close embrace (7) 38 Dandy helmsman had toothed instrument (7) 39 Roman poet cut out of tube! (7) 40 Her activities take her to court (6, 6) 41 Burst open from inside his cell (7)

DOWN

1 Fog, main worry (3, 4) 2 The French have king in port (2, 5) 3 Flower or animal under the sea (7) 4 Yachting trophy, it belongs to the US (8, 3) 5 Cut off one so tardy (7) 6 Brother getting into proper turbulence (7) 7 Spotted animal in the wild (7) 8 Glenn, do manoeuvres continuously (7) 10 From horn, odd drone producing bloomer (12) 16 Frank’s matching suits (5-2-5) 17 Lady be about first with hundreds then one more (7) 19 Leaves complaint first about former medicinal drink (4, 3) 21 Basic car lad and I vandalised (7) 23 Drags brooms round buffet (11) 28 Outlaw group concealing gear (7) 29 Casey to remove cover (3, 4) 30 Pliant blockhead leaves – still pliant (7) 31 So to speak, say, how such a word may be described (7) 33 Boorish student not in his organisation (7) 34 Ways a heavenly body goes round Earth initially (7) 35 Support for the board (7)