FRIDAY’S CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS

CRYPTIC Across: 9, Like-wise 10, C-a-r 11, Tip-pet 12, T-rip up 13, Press-up 14, Evil (rev) 15, Bad manners 17, Step down 18, Fifteen 19, Post 21, O-Rd-ers 24, Giving oneself airs 27, B-asset 29, Draw (rev) 30, Amnesia 33, Dog tired 35, Grass snake 36, S-top 37, St-rains 38, Accept 40, Mode-R-n 41, See [C] 42, Called on. Down: 1, Lip-reading 2, Keep (rev) 3, Sixpence 4, Tem-p-les 5, Irish setter 6, Stopped off 7, Spread 8, Re-viewer 10, Chess 16, Mo-ti-ves 20, O-mega 22, Drive on 23, Good address 25, Not present 26, Stick up for 28, AD-option 31, Miss-Able 32, Ran-sack 34, Tapped 35, Guise (guys) 39, C-hew.

EASY Across: 9, Frontier 10, Tin 11, Revive

12, Twinge 13, Sunburn 14, Norm 15, Persistent 17, Souvenir 18, Concede 19, Sent 21, Coming 24, Furnished evidence 27, Sandal 29, More 30, Scrappy 33, Passed on 35, Disclosure 36, Gone 37, Iterate 38, Indeed 40, Adhere 41, Eye 42, Surplice.

Down: 1, Browned off 2, Anon 3, Diseased 4, Brushed 5, Inquisitive 6, Pronounced 7, Avenue 8, Aversion 10, Tenet 16, Secured 20, Elder 22, Menials 23, Chemin de fer 25, Ill-advised 26, Experience 28, Anaconda 31, Colliery 32, Asperse 34, Sweden 35, Drape 39, Dolt.

QUICK Across: 1, Coping 5, Spot 8, Aorta 9, Ace 10, Asti 11, Rind 12, Enter 13, Gasped 16, Dill 18, Crew 20, Ant 22, See 23, Hat 24, Huge 25, Pest 28, Siting 30, Arena 32, Peri 33, Sick 34, Too 35, Ended 36, Drag 37, Trudge.

Down: 1, Charge 2, Pressing 3, Neared 4, Pointless 5, Stretch 6, Pair 7, Tidy 8, Ate 14, Dispensed 15, Met 17, Lee 19, Radiated 20, Auk 21, Tearing 26, Tinker 27, Ignore 29, Sped 30, Area 31, Aid.