YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION

EASY SOLUTIONS

ACROSS: 9, Appertain 10, Unpopular 12, Sick 13, Repair 14, Cutlass 15, Blaspheme 17, Graceless 18, Endless 19, Battle 20, Sofa 23, September 25, Dismantle 26, Rind 27, Adored 29, Hateful 32, Wandering 34, Tasteless 35, Evening 36, Tamper 37, Opal 38, Reeled off 39, Overtones.

DOWN: 1, Passable 2, Spick-and-span 3, Careless 4, Enrage 5, Outright 6, Spectacles 7, Spotted 8, Grass snake 11, Leave 16, Pieces 19, Bar 21, Out of keeping 22, Mantle 23, Strawberry 24, Bedlington 25, Dad 28, Right off 29, Hastened 30, Listless 31, Deliver 33, Niece 34, Tom-tom.

CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS

ACROSS: 9, In no do-ubt 10, O-n ac-count 12, (W)Ho-bo(arded) 13, Strips 14, Ruff-Ian 15, She-a-thing 17, Dump-lings 18, P-lovers 19, T-urn up 20, EP-E-E 23, Broke down 25, Ext-rover-t 26, Free 27, Set-tee 29, Re-late-d 32, Real thing 34, Departure 35, Tooting 36, Tra-GI-c 37, Les’s 38, Magnetise 39, On the turn.

DOWN: 1, Light-s up 2, Unable to move 3, Curtains 4, St-ring 5, C-ons-ider 6, Fair amount 7, S-cuff-le 8, At one’s best 11, Union 16, Tie-red 19, Ten(rev) 21, Pretty useful 22, Roller 23, Before ti-me 24, Opening bid 25, Eye(I) 28, T-og-ether 29, Rep-aints 30, Dressing 31, Striker 33, A-long 34, D-rag-on.