CRYPTIC CLUES QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Betting nothing on
ladle (5) 5 Storage space for
quiet pixie (5) 9 Knock Pat over (3) 10 Aloof tenor hiding
repeatedly (5) 11 Aware of later
development (5) 12 Also between
pandas (3) 13 Swan enclosure (3) 14 Consume in one
attempt (3) 16 Voice, for
example (3) 18 Festival involving a
steer (6) 21 Merit of learning (4) 23 Picks new tops (4) 26 Rated wrongly by right businessman (6) 29 Lowest digit? (3) 31 Roused about
employment (3) 32 Bemused with
creature (3) 34 Managed to get out
of France (3) 36 Prisoner got new
file registered (5) 37 We sat around –
hard work (5) 38 Previously used in
poetry (3) 39 Releases during
cold snap, say (5) 40 Mentioned a dire
composition (5)
DOWN
1 Principal design for plates (6) 2 Dull to leap around (4) 3 Cricketer useful in the kitchen? (6) 4 Observes memos (5) 5 Condition of part of USA (5) 6 Bird from Shenfield (3) 7 Send out results (4) 8 Loud fellow has fight (4) 15 Finally doesn’t finish book (5) 17 Perform in Clacton (3) 19 Wanting to include
tiny creature (3) 20 About to have nothing but caviar (3) 22 Fuss at a party (3) 24 Quietly allude to
favour (6) 25 Went off, like some
cream (6) 27 Nurse translated
symbols (5) 28 Dealt out in part of
river (5) 29 Stiffly have
argument (4) 30 Another language in
another sentence (4) 33 Just a lake (4) 35 Wonder in drawer (3)
ACROSS
1 Cutlery item (5) 5 Plank (5) 9 Faucet (3) 10 Frequently (5) 11 Conscious (5) 12 Common word (3) 13 Writing tool (3) 14 Devour (3) 16 Declare (3) 18 Religious festival (6) 21 Deserve (4) 23 Selects (4) 26 Dealer (6) 29 Foot part (3) 31 Utilise (3) 32 Flightless bird (3) 34 Sprinted (3) 36 Long-term inmate (5) 37 Perspire (5) 38 Before (3) 39 Liberates (5) 40 Ventilated (5)
DOWN
1 Metal fastener (6) 2 Wan (4) 3 First batsman (6) 4 Musical sounds (5) 5 Province (5) 6 Domestic fowl (3) 7 Finishes (4) 8 Battle (4) 15 Book of maps (5) 17 Behave (3) 19 Insect (3) 20 Fish eggs (3) 22 Bother (3) 24 Choose (6) 25 Embittered (6) 27 Ancient characters (5) 28 Greek letter (5) 29 Quarrel (4) 30 Gaelic (4) 33 Only (4) 35 Amazement (3)