theclues

ACROSS

9 Surgical cut (8) 10 Alcoholic drink (3)

11 Arm joints (6) 12 Hackneyed expression (6) 13 French country house (7) 14 Poems (4)

15 Particularly (10) 17 Afflicted (8)

18 Wreck, informally (7) 19 Kinship group (4) 21 Amongst (6)

24 Haircut (5,4,3,5)

27 Small restaurant (6) 29 Sicilian volcano (4) 30 Inconsistent (7) 33 Vegetable (8)

35 Cold dessert (10) 36 Celebrity (4) 37 Eye-protectors (7) 38 Underground room (6) 40 Saunter (6)

41 Beer (3)

42 Pass (8)

DOWN

1 Hosiery items (5,5) 2 Record (4)

3 Similarly (8)

4 Finger joint (7) 5 Insolent (11)

6 French wine (10)

7 Soak up (6)

8 Plucking implement (8) 10 Prepared (5)

16 Take advantage of (7) 20 Compare (5)

22 U.S. state (7)

23 Garden utensil (8,3) 25 Utterly (10)

26 Shoes (10)

28 Annoy (8)

31 Rebound (8)

32 Musical instrument (7) 34 Box (6)

35 Contradict (5) 39 Auction items (4)