QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Tear up (5) 5 Large rooms (5) 9 Pastry item (3) 10 Correspond (5) 11 Angry (5) 12 Fresh (3) 13 Colour (3) 14 Allow (3) 16 Period of time (3) 18 Enrol (6) 21 Tradition (4) 23 Middle of the month (4) 26 From there (6) 29 Type of element (3) 31 Plural of is (3) 32 Undergarment (3) 34 Brick-carrier (3) 36 Popular on the Internet (5) 37 Overweight (5) 38 Frozen water (3) 39 Long strides (5)

40 Ascends (5)

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1 Helix (6) 2 Lease (4) 3 Lecturer (6) 4 Reside (5) 5 Suggestions (5) 6 Devoured (3) 7 Lascivious (4) 8 Move backwards and forwards (4) 15 Type of duck (5) 17 Playing card (3) 19 Mesh (3) 20 Spasm (3) 22 Gametes (3) 24 Waste (6) 25 Weighing device (6) 27 Hell (5) 28 At no time (5) 29 Target (4) 30 Emporium (4) 33 Contest (4) 35 Award (1,1,1)