JUMBO CROSSWORD
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS:
8 Gold bars (7)
9 Disease of blood (9)
13 Moist (5)
14 Main part of body (5)
15 Betrayal (7)
16 Native (7)
17 Trap (5)
18 Young bird of prey (5)
20 Uniform fabric (5)
22 Criticise (6)
23 Make over (6)
25 Silvery-white mineral (7)
27 Coarse (7)
30 Again (6)
31 Hunting expedition (6)
32 Beau (5)
35 South American rodent (5)
36 Delivery (5)
37 Self-propelled weapon (7)
39 Went back (7)
41 Additional thing (5)
42 Greek letter (5)
43 Luxurious car (9)
44 Compensates (7)
DOWN:
1 Aromatic spice (6)
2 Sword lilies (8)
3 Tending to argue (11)
4 Documentary style (9)
5 Superficial (7)
6 Kindly (10)
7 Prejudice (4)
10 Shrill cry (6)
11 Maxim (7)
12 Informer (6)
19 Communication between groups (7)
21 General lawlessness (7)
24 Difficult problem (5-6)
26 Surly person (10)
28 Having shrewd judgement (3-6)
29 Newspaper (7)
30 Protective vehicle (6)
32 Time something lasts (8)
33 Signals officer (6)
34 Jewish language (7)
38 Excuse (6)
40 Fastening device (4)
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS:
8 Something you could sing but don’t (7)
9 Not wishing to become a shooting target! (6-3)
13 Pretend the pound note is coming back (3,2)
14 Employed by the hotel I had left (5)
15 Offers the caretakers (7)
16 Is attracted by, yet attacks verbally (4,3)
17 Run to time, you find (5)
18 Cat that will jump on the piano (5)
20 The animal, making a row, started growling inside (5)
22 “They’re worth money,” the twit put in (6)
23 Powders in jars (6)
25 It will bring the rain one day shortly (7)
27 One or two, having had the meal, run off (7)
30 They produce straight lines of monarchs (6)
31 Approaching the Chinese firm first (6)
32 The expensive car registers (5)
35 Seem proud to be responsible for the hold-up (5)
36 Need roughly about a day to get it completed (5)
37 A little phone call from the hairdresser’s? (7)
39 The drunk’s dog? (7)
41 She set it in the heart of Granada (5)
42 Did he do some gardening on the day he was knighted? (5)
43 An article by a make-up man would be in order (5,4)
44 Glared at the boat that was in front (7)
DOWN:
1 Pay for when you fix (6)
2 Move across to the referee standing by (8)
3 Treachery at the top? (4,7)
4 Do the king and queen attend? (4,5)
5 Are told to accommodate the girl (7)
6 Sea water or where it usually comes from (4,6)
7 That’s the English for you! (4)
10 Slender and small, not weighing much (6)
11 Beef will go off; that’s the nuisance about it (7)
12 Write “The animal is hiding in the trees” (6)
19 Serve badly in the game (7)
21 Cab – or its driver who got a bad tip (7)
24 A fast walk (6,5)
26 Delete from the incorrect chart the scout is holding (7,3)
28 An eligible bachelor? No miss, indeed (4,5)
29 Dad is wrong in showing scorn (7)
30 A little more sultry, as a consequence (6)
32 Reads swiftly through the column and criticises it (4,4)
33 Is he fixing the hair of the dog? (6)
34 The new version is a brightly coloured float (7)
38 Goes off to get the sheets (6)
40 The girl from Redstone (4)