JUMBO CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS: 9 On the subject of an increase once more (4,5) 10 Within a day made a wise move and it peters out (4,4) 12 Leave out of the article (4) 13 Rubbish! Get a stretcher! (6) 14 Becoming a medium, you say, takes time (7) 15 Showing everybody it's lasting (7,2) 17 It may have sustained many a romance (4,5) 18 Go off to take the vehicle back a motor vehicle (7) 20 As a master, my, he created havoc! (6) 21 An accelerator operated from the back seat (4) 24 Made certain it had been securely fastened (8) 26 Say the name on cue, for a change (8) 28 The mount backed before (4) 29 Get their mitts on the nest eggs! (6) 31 Brought nothing back to fill the gaps broken in the fences (7) 34 Gleaning, from their being huddled in a group (9) 36 Tender acknowledgement that you have winning ways (4,5) 38 Not having got set, is off the mark (7) 39 Haggle for a year to get the agreement (6) 40 The story of the comeback is a riot! (4) 41 Going round the fields is pure delight (8) 42 Don't worry haven't been known to take amiss (5,4) DOWN: 1 So question about me, to an extent (8) 2 No back in the lead, running on the outside (6) 3 With "Am up", use delaying tactics. Say "Don't feel well" (8) 4 Again start to remove what's blocking it? (6) 5 "Charmingly and efficiently", the girl put in (8) 6 Hurry up and get that cartoon animated! (3,1,4,2) 7 Saves, somehow, an entrapped girl (7) 8 Deal with, direct (6) 11 Carry out, when through the questionnaire (7) 16 Absorbed, aim (6) 19 Assign a piece of land, say, to (5) 20 Getting cross is really foolish (3) 22 The nut that got caught, a prison holds captive (5) 23 Gets upset, too, when you rebuke (4,2) 25 Giving a hand to those being evacuated? (7,3) 26 A hundred is subtracted from the money, as a deposit (3) 27 The gaunt old crone you pull up beside (7) 30 Got back there to assemble with the others (8) 31 Sure it's a yes? (8) 32 They wait in groups, standing outside the hospital room (8) 33 Well, this is an examination you won't fail! (7) 35 Get all matted, but you have a brush (6) 36 Freelances and works as a char (6) 37 Type "I caught onto the curly tail" (6)