YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 8. No-table 9. Ball-point 13. Aitch 14. I-tem-’s 15. Creeper 16. Ca-rto-ns 17. Lu-c-re 18. On-set 20. Scrap 22. Un-even 23. Un-bend 25. Cow-slip 27. Leg-work 30. Not-I-on 31. Roa-re-d 32. H-AD-e’s 35. Th-re-e 36. Press 37. Without 39. Re-lie-ve 41. Ho-I-st 42. Erase 43. Prov-I’d-ing 44. D-i/c-tion.

DOWN: 1. Poster 2. Bath soap 3. Plain stupid 4. Ran-sacked 5. S-lack-en 6. Come to know 7. Snip (rev) 10. Lances 11. Rep-lied 12. G-rated 19. Stee-re-d 21. Ro-O-ster 24. Get down to it 26. Shore leave 28. So-me-thing 29. D-rastic 30. Natur-E 32. Hit-herto 33. Sitter 34. Ap-pen-ds 38. Ora-to-r 40. Lark.