JUMBO CROSSWORD

the clues ACROSS

9 Unhurried (9) 10 Radical change (8) 12 Ready money (4) 13 Revenue (6) 14 Ecstasy (7) 15 Sparkling wine (9) 17 Emergency vehicle (9) 18 Bodice-like top (7) 20 Season (6) 21 Elevator (4) 24 Passageway (8) 26 Excessively precise (8) 28 Second-hand (4) 29 Arachnid (6) 31 Abandon (7) 34 Sport (9) 36 Able (9) 38 Substantial (7) 39 Gloomy (6) 40 Article (4) 41 Painting (8) 42 Immovable (9)

DOWN

1 London taxi (5,3) 2 Afternoon nap (6) 3 Adolescent (8)

4 Past (6)

5 Tepid (8)

6 Type of biscuit (10) 7 Frog larva (7) 8 Planet (6) 11 Keepsake (7) 16 Large church (6) 19 Cooker (5) 20 Knight's title (3) 22 Spanish island (5) 23 Dinner course (6) 25 Senior teacher (6,4) 26 Standard (3) 27 Refuse (7) 30 Explosive (8)

31 Very hungry (8) 32 Guess (8) 33 Stateliness (7) 35 Mythical monster (6) 36 Stroke (6) 37 Crowd-scene actors (6)

Last week’s solutions

ACROSS: 9, Beekeeper 10, Abominate 12, Rook 13, Eczema 14, Careful 15, Audacious 17, Garibaldi 18, Thieves 19, Precis

20, King 23, Old Bailey 25, Perimeter 26, Tier

27, Iguana 29, Quarrel 32, Miscreant 34, Blackhead 35, Stratum 36, Dreary 37, Limb 38, Interpret

39, Conqueror

DOWN: 1, Aberrant 2, Second fiddle 3, Spacious 4, Briefs 5, Harangue 6, Hod carrier 7, Disrobe

8, Bellringer 11, Awful

16, Caveat 19, Pay

21, Intermediary 22, Embark 23, Optimistic

24, Legwarmers 25, Pea 28, Antidote 29, Quadrant 30, Ladybird 31, Oratory 33, Strut 34, Bleach