JUMBO CROSSWORD
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS: 9 Bird (9) 10 Sluggish (9) 12 Bungle (4) 13 Harsh (6) 14 Intense (7) 15 Carry (9) 17 Fortitude (9) 18 Get (7) 19 Mute (6) 20 Insect (4) 23 Ignore (9) 25 Conjecture (9) 26 Niche (4) 27 Shout (6) 29 Spear (7) 32 Followed (9) 34 Adult (4-5) 35 Snip (7) 36 Perches (6) 37 Departed (4) 38 Sly (9) 39 Adequate (9)
DOWN: 1 Oriental sword (8) 2 US city (3,9)3 Animal (8) 4 Menace (6) 5 Flower (8) 6 Number present (10) 7 Design (7) 8 Speed up (10) 11 Colour (5) 16 Slice (6) 19 Unhappy (3) 21 Make clear (5,2,5) 22 Excursion (6) 23 Cheese (6,4) 24 Unintentional (10) 25 Total (3) 28 Fabled city (2,6) 29 Sneak (8) 30 Offered (8) 31 Mends (7) 33 Better (5) 34 Icy (6)
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
9 Is it suitable for high tea? (5,4) 10 Miles away from the place? Anything but! (3,4,2) 12 She never bought much abroad (4) 13 A rubber spanner! (6) 14 So put out again, from the carriage (7) 15 Taking the trip south or declining (5,4) 17 If Fred were let off at ten, about, to get changed (9) 18 Is it a draw at the marine exhibition? (7) 19 At the time, fears they’re wrong (6) 20 The girl from number 50A (4) 23 Late and one’s yawning? (4,5) 25 Feel, to a minor degree, silly (9) 26 Turn round and smile slyly back (4) 27 Taken in charge by a group of police, is sour (6) 29 The job of a door-to-door salesman? (7) 32 Where you’re near the ring for the subsequent fight (6,3) 34 Is an author, you say, and behaves well (4,5) 35 Punish and no mistake! (7) 36 There’s a hole on the A5 coming into the city (6) 37 On that account, see alone (4) 38 “A false premise,” I’d put in, “when it comes to skin” (9) 39 Called on, or didn’t leave home (7,2)
DOWN
1 A good hand and honest (8) 2 Speed at which the smack sails? (8,4) 3 Execute the order to remove bodily? (5,3) 4 Come first in French, which is hard to pick up (6) 5 He’s done the wrong thing in accepting the last tender (8) 6 With which the strong man gets hold of the golf club? (4,2,4) 7 Rang the bell when urged to (7) 8 Plans to take you around the city (6,4) 11 Think there’s nothing inside but there is an animal (5) 16 Is exultant about the many animals trapped(6) 19 Conclude it’s a tip (3) 21 First things the key man says? (7,5) 22 The clerk will notify you (6) 23 Mystery no light has ever been shedon? (4,6) 24 The longest sentence ever pronounced at the fastest ever speed? (6,4) 25 So is not well spoken (3) 28 Dejected at being low on the list of actors (8) 29 Are mixed with tonic for a concoction of one’s own (8) 30 Find the time to, when you coax (3,5) 31 Peeved now about the green being in poor condition (7) 33 Caught Igor going off with the dog (5) 34 On day four set out, or take off (6)