JUMBO CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Obtained from your doctor illicitly? ACROSS:9 10 (3-6) A bit of the page the piece appeared on (8) Smelling bad though pickled (4) 12 13 Keep still while you anaesthetise (6) The current drink (7) 14 15 No end worried about them recovering (2,3,4) The plant will shoot, given water (9) 17 18 Secures a quick three points (7) 20 Rubbish! He’d gone through training and was very keen (3-3) 21 So turned again and shot (4) 24 Of late, bank the money in it (8) 26 Determined to, then, contrived to ring the cracked bell (4-4) 28 Got even with fast (4) 29 Taking small steps, leaves a distance between each one (6) 31 What you don’t have, if you can’t stand sailing (3,4) 34 For something that really appeals, you’ll pay it happily (9) 36 Resolved to alter the dates quickly (9) 38 Taking out a picture of (7) 39 About a quarter will get better - truly (6) 40 Cutting, give to surreptitiously (4) 41 Not just any old medicine? (8) 42 A bed warmer? (9)

DOWN: 1 Completely detached from the very beginning (5,3) 2 A little sun-beam (6) 3 They haven’t scratched from the race for novices (8) 4 Unquestionably, it’s the smart thing to do (6) 5 Calmed down and when the food came in followed suit (8) 6 Rubbery bread? (6,4) 7 And teases about the streamers (7) 8 A glue has spilled on the top end, which is a nuisance (6) 11 It’s lean, child, covered with cheese (7) 16 Side with one another (6) 19 The foreigner in the plot (5) 20 Fish from the lighthouse (3) 22 Land register (5) 23 On what notices are often on (6) 25 Informing about the unloading (7,3) 26 Partakes of, when one is forced to (3) 27 Locks and leaves (7) 30 Undertake to do it and you’ll catch it! (8) 31 Reading out the charming letters? (8) 32 Out East, a bit isolated (3,5) 33 Set free, having a strange hunch about it (7) 35 Having little money, they manage to keep afloat! (6) 36 In extra small, few and far between (6) 37 Concedes the tailless swallow looks very odd (6)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS: 9 Formal party (9) 10 Taciturn (8) 12 Ship’s company (4) 13 Bounded (6) 14 Eccentric, informally (7) 15 Meddle (9) 17 Hasty (9) 18 Heating component (7) 20 Tattered (6) 21 Strong wind (4) 24 Produce (8) 26 Embarrassed (8) 28 Stringed instrument (4) 29 Frightened (6) 31 Fragile (7) 34 Spider (9) 36 Shone (9) 38 Fascinate (7) 39 Unmoored (6) 40 Amaze (4) 41 Slanting (8) 42 Lack of knowledge (9)

DOWN: 1 Rehearse (8) 2 Take (6) 3 Hardworking (8) 4 Within (6) 5 Refinement (8) 6 Air (10) 7 Sharpness (7) 8 Hire (6) 11 Praise insincerely (7) 16 Stank (6) 19 Choose (5) 20 Grain (3) 22 Thing of value (5) 23 Run (6) 25 Bookkeeper (10) 26 Miserable (3) 27 Mess (7) 30 Legible (8) 31 Informative meeting (8) 32 Imperil (8) 33 Expand (7) 35 Draw back (6) 36 Pungent edible bulb (6) 37 Observing (6)