YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 8, Bar-ring 9, Patched up 13, (evenin)G-leam 14, Weedy 15, T-all-est 16, No-tions 17, Per-I-L 18, Bight (bite) 20, Serge 22, (r)Ailing 23, Slated 25, Clobber 27, L-inseed 30, Brand-Y 31, Bottle (green) 32, Be-set 35, W-her-e 36, T-eno-R (rev) 37, Twitter 39, Re-cover 41, There 42, Grill 43, Crack-ling 44, Sa-lute-s. DOWN: 1, Patent 2, Prim-rose 3, In two shakes 4, Baby grand 5, Scuttle 6, Hell’s bells 7, Fuse 10, A-gent-s 11, Leg-pull 12, St-ated 19, Gat-hers 21, Rele-ase 24, Widen the gap 26, Bad service 28, Moon-stone 29, Stormed 30, B-ew-are 32, B-ring out 33, Tartly 34, S-tar-tle 38, T-aileD 40, Card.