CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
8 With the exception of the
local clique (7)
9 How the repairman settled
the quarrel? (7,2)
13 Ray, at the end of the evening, has a meal out (5) 14 Thin and weak-looking, unlike Rose (5)
15 Try to appropriate all the
biggest (7)
16 On return, is not revising
one’s ideas (7)
17 Danger through, I left (5) 18 Snap audibly “It’s a bay!” (5) 20 The man in the suit (5) 22 Complaining right away of
being sick (6)
23 Criticised when I missed out
details (6)
25 Strike in a clothes factory
(7)
27 On the one hand, denies
spilling the oil (7)
30 Make young in spirit (6)
31 A green that’s suitable for
the pub decor (6)
32 Be prepared to surround (5) 35 The place in which we accommodated her (5)
36 The voice is carrying one
right back (5)
37 What the birds do when he
teases them? (7)
39 Put a new wrapper on when
you get back (7)
41 Not absent! Didn’t I tell you
so! (5)
42 Question about the metal
barriers (5)
43 First class fish and pork (9) 44 Greets the silly ass carrying
the instrument (7)
DOWN
1 Proprietary - that’s very clear (6)
2 As is proper, stood up for the lady (8)
3 How you put pepper and salt on very quickly? (2,3,6)
4 A new addition to the menage - a super piano (4,5) 5 Dash! There’s coal in it! (7) 6 Good gracious, is that the damned alarm? (5,5)
7 Get mixed up and overload the circuit (4)
10 While covering for the fellow spies (6)
11 As a joke, giving a little session on the rack to? (3-4) 12 Said, by the way, the date had been altered (6) 19 Understands it’s a gun - a woman’s (7)
21 Free when the reel is broken by the rough sea (7) 24 Increase the rent when you
get safely away from (5,3,3) 26 It’s rotten waiting for a ball that just goes into the net (3,7)
28 A gem that shines only at
night? (9)
29 Got into a rage when
charged (7)
30 We stand exposed, clutching
the warning (6)
32 Reveal there’s been a fight
outside the ring (5,3)
33 How the waitress said “Only
pie for dessert”? (6)
34 Lest, perhaps, the hand coming through should frighten you (7)
38 Followed the girl back the
time before (6)
40A club, perhaps, with character (4)