JUMBO CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS: 9 Candid (9) 10 Vindictive (8) 12 Retain possession of (4) 13 Turkish capital (6) 14 Examine critically (7) 15 Honesty (9) 17 Pleasing (9) 18 Sheltered port (7) 20 Electronic apparatus (6) 21 Dull pain (4)

24 Gives a hint of (8)

26 Possessing discretion (8)

28 Flat (4)

29 Concealed rifleman (6)

31 Root vegetable (7)

34 Unembarrassed (9)

36 Of greater duration (9)

38 Bird’s call (7)

39 Introduce (6)

40 South American Indian (4)

41 Broad straits (8)

42 Practical (9)

DOWN: 1 Marine creature (8)

2 Witness (6) 3 Thinner (8)

4 Furtive (6) 5 Wild adventure (8) 6 Desolate tract (10) 7 Contagious disease (7) 8 Excellent (6) 11 Guided (7) 16 Dazed (6)

19 Regular journey (5)

20 Large vehicle (3)

22 Container for milk (5)

23 Kept hidden (6)

25 Small crustacean (4,6)

26 High hill (3)

27 Mediterranean boat (7)

30 Chubbiest (8)

31 Glandular organ (8)

32 Manner of speaking (8)

33 Piece of jewellery (7)

35 Land (6)

36 Gloss (6)

37 Inborn (6)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS: 9 Would no bait on earth tempt them? (5,4)

10 Fly the old in or postpone it until later (4,4)

12 It tells you you’re wrong or right to think dinner’s ready! (4) 13 Something absorbing to read about in the cookery book (6) 14 Bought at the grocer’s, is the horse mad about them? (7) 15 Does it put a severe strain on soldiers to form one? (4,5) 17 Accepted later that one was like (4,5)

18 Discover it’s how a dog likes to travel in a car (4,3)

20 Open tin that sufficed (6)

21 Old American man (4)

24 Going both ways don’t, for a change (2,3,3)

26 When there’s work to be got through, “30” know them (3,5) 28 Rumoured to have lost heart and been repentant (4)

29 Blast the news! (6)

31 Is it the work of a month for the fisherman to catch it? (7) 34 Finally find time to play a game of golf (3,6)

36 At just the right moment, I lead it out myself (5,4)

38 The explosive has more writhing in agony (7)

39 After a time, go on a new course - assault (6)

40 Wolf you flee from (4)

41 The Sing Sing singer? (4,4)

42 Deliberate – honestly! (2,7)

DOWN: 1 Understood to have become popular (6,2)

2 When the man comes in to see the representatives (6)

3 Take off the hard stuff and make unhappy? (8)

4 For coppers, perhaps, it’s something new (6)

5 Tear unceremoniously in then and try to frighten (8)

6 For a means of cutting it, you can take your pick (5,2,3)

7 Because of the animal, don’t (7)

8 The others turn left to enter, as a consequence (6)

11 How to ride when the horse runs apace? (7)

16 Confesses to the priest, who looks disapproving (6)

19 With which the thief broke the jeweller’s window to get it? (5) 20 Gosh, is that a bird call? (3)

22 In which you may make money and clean up (5)

23 Left over and under a gate (6)

25 Think you’re able to search above for the thing, with your fingers (4,2,2,2)

26 Shot back, too (3)

27 Stupidly fire a gun inside the vessel (7)

30 And in the holds, working, are the experienced people (3,5) 31 Arrive from above and vanquish? (8)

32 In case it’s the wrong shade for the exterior (8)

33 Also involved a red revolutionary in the trials (7)

35 That’s right; a brown cover in a checked material (6)

36 Bent on getting inside the marquee (6)

37 Is “The Globe Inn” beside that line on the map? (6)