JUMBO CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES ACROSS:

9 Mostly (2,3,4)

10 Musician (9)

12 Persia (4)

13 Shout (6)

14 Ahead (7)

15 Conceited (3-6)

17 Sluggish (9)

18 Registered (7)

19 Blush (6)

20 Boat (4)

23 Utter (9)

25 Answered (9)

26 Places (4)

27 Heavy (6)

29 Moved (7)

32 Occurrence (9)

34 Zoo (9)

35 Requiring (7)

36 Joins up (6)

37 Stalk (4)

38 Clumsy (9)

39 Dependants (7,2)

DOWN:

1 Pathetic (8)

2 Immediately (8,4)

3 Tumbled (8)

4 Mean (6)

5 Tripped (8)

6 Clothiers (10)

7 Austere (7)

8 Obliterated (10)

11 Sound (5)

16 Mistakes (6)

19 Nonsense (3)

21 Unwillingly (5,7)

22 Uninteresting (6)

23 Flower (10)

24 Alighting (7,3)

25 Beam (3)

28 Persistently (8)

29 Picking out (8)

30 Fantasising (8)

31 Loss (7)

33 Iron (5)

34 Boggy (6)

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

9 Regarding what you say, he understands (3-6)

10 Vulgar answer you profit little from (3,6)

12 A female horse was the first faller (4)

13 That’s the point: 1 Down could be French (6)

14 In short, I carved the cold bird (7)

15 Mill about in the shop to an even greater extent (5,4)

17 They don’t get rid of the servants (9)

18 Birds and an animal with a funny nose (7)

19 They reckon they’ll hide in the long grass (6)

20 Father started packing at half past (4)

23 Pleased Lou is working in the plant (9)

25 Nuances one’s got to have a clear head to see (9)

26 Promise to pass the hat round first (4)

27 A pinhead embedded in an old piece of wire (6)

29 Ran out through the flap into the storm (7)

32 How the golfer said “Not both in need of darning”? (4,2,3)

34 The one that money does grow on? (5,4)

35 The fruit in Capri is packed to bring back (7)

36 When one’s knocked about, it does give one experience (6)

37 Cooler – perhaps it’s going to rain (4)

38 A non-professional analysis of dreams Brown is about to give (9)

39 Very surprised by the small deer that roamed wild (9) DOWN 1 Makes a lot of money when one works as a char (6,2)

2 The role of the orator? (8,4)

3 They recommend, now, having face protectors (8)

4 A rubber nose will have one (6)

5 Came out and scowled at the fellow (8)

6 Not many are prepared to row there (3,2,5)

7 Not all are convinced (7)

8 He isn’t bothered by the sailor’s “It’s your destiny” (2,3,5)

11 Join you the night after, say (5)

16 Call on and you’ll get a chance to participate (4-2)

19 Fool of a girl who lost her head (3)

21 Made by the income tax inspector to his favourite holiday resort? (6,6)

22 Looked right though, instead, wrong (6)

23 Cheers! That means I don’t have to go to the doctor! (4,6)

24 There’s no rush. That will mean prison for years (4,2,4)

25 Somebody you start to count on (3)

28 Recruiting when recruitment is urgent? (8)

29 Carry back in, terribly late though sober (8)

30 Set aside the decision about the trip (8)

31 Want very much to know about the source of the food (7)

33 Ronald is not going all out to see her (5)

34 Cook gives animal imitations, we’re told (6)