LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1 Potting the red 11 Queue-jump 12 Pericycle 13 Apex 14 Agnes 15 Catapult 18 Tetchy 19 Essay 20 Bedaub 23 Casual labourer 25 Visa 27 Reek 28 Mandarin orange 30 Mature 31 White 33 En bloc 37 Seconder 38 Elope 39 Fact 42 Memoranda 43 Ventilate 44 Shrove Tuesday

DOWN: 1 Piquant 2 The best is yet to come 3 Ides 4 Grudge 5 Hapless 6 Rapt 7 Dorsal 8 Scraped 9 Occupational hazard 10 Vertebrate 16 Cheat 17 Jaguar 21 Float 22 Beano 23 Chromosome 24 Buddha 26 Print 29 Granary 32 Tel Aviv 34 Cutlery 35 Tennis 36 Spinet 40 Fair 41 Hire