YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 9. Perverse 10. Spa 11. Runway 12. Middle 13. Plaudit 14. Iris 15. Convalesce 17. Momentum 18. Cobbler 19. Scan

21. Thrush 24. Spaghetti junction 27. Peseta 29. Trot 30. Valiant 33. Put-downs 35. Jumble sale 36. Span 37. Initial 38. Nudist

40. Severe 41. Ant 42. Reindeer.

1. Semicolons 2. Avid 3. True-blue 4. Tempest 5. Pandemonium 6. Arithmetic 7. Ensign 8. Fatigues 10. Space 16. Vibrate

20. Cairo 22. Raisins 23. Statistical 25. Head waiter 26. Nonplussed 28. Equipped 31. Atlantic 32. Implore 34. Danger 35. Joist

39. Dads.