LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Across: 9, Contract 10, To-R 11, Entire 12, Snarls 13, Letters 14, A-L’s-O 15, Crackbrain 17, Meant-I-me 18, C-heated 19, Stem 21, I-nsis-t 24, Pocketing an insult 27, Mo-us-se 29, Date 30, M-Ist-ake 33, Un-settle 35, Second-rate 36, Emit (rev) 37, M-I-ran-da 38, Tights 40, Untrue 41, One (Won) 42, Coolness.

Down: 1, Corner shop 2, Star (rev) 3, Passable 4, I-ta-lian (rev) 5, Brief moment 6, Persuasion 7, Strait (Straight) 8, P-resumes 10, T-it-an 16, C-hances 20, Tight 22, Shutter 23, Mild reproof 25, Even temper 26, Take to task 28, Or-name-nt 31, Ign-It-Ion 32, Scratch 34, Ext-or t 35, S-i-N-ce 39, (ni)G(ht)-one.