THE BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
9 Going to give them a duck that’s in the oven, cooked (2,3,4) 10 Feeling moving (8) 12 “Disease,” with the seventh letter
missing (4) 13 Notice, when you take another
look at (6) 14 Something you didn’t polish off
on your plate (7) 15 Accept a girl would be affronted
by it (4,5) 17 Wearing on the track or when
driving one’s new car (7,2) 18 The grassing is effective (7) 20 Relay from fathers to offspring
(4,2) 21 One managed to hold water (4) 24 Obeyed the instructions and
succeeded (8) 26 Having alighted from the coach
out of view of the audience (8) 28 Row the better half and I got into
(4) 29 Leant over and gave some money
to (6) 31 Make out, when you minister to
beforehand (7) 34 Equally convinced you’ll find out
(9) 36 Can’t understand, when you miss
it on TV (4,2,3) 38 Taken to against one’s will, it was
slow and boring (7) 39 The cat trapped an insect in the
shed (4-2) 40 Catch, we’re told, glimpses (4) 41 Clearly uneasy when you take
fewer breaks (8) 42 Didn’t force to alight when one
made a commotion (7,2)
DOWN
1 Don’t let that bother you – make a counterfeit bird! (6,2) 2 Hit by the second vehicle (6) 3 Have the bloke call for the wrapper (8) 4 When he leaves here, the girl gets slack (6) 5 Puts up with the drawback in working at sea (8) 6 By delaying, causing to lose one’s enjoyment of (7,3) 7 Did his cleaner mislead him? (7) 8 Concluding, on posting the second off (6) 11 Bright, is doing very well (7) 16 A few, admitted daily, troop about
eagerly (6) 19 Big Leo has broken out and is at
large (5) 20 On which to write letters home?
(3) 22 Contend a rogue has nothing to
lose (5) 23 Leave it as it is – again in the way
(6) 25 Unhelpful answer to “How long
must I queue?” (4,3,3) 26 The occasional one without a
mate (3) 27 Leaves the shores (7) 30 Write a pack of lies and they
punish one (8) 31 They train dogs (8) 32 Relish playing the nurse (8) 33 Gun fire explodes round the ship
(7) 35 The car jerked and upset the boxes (6) 36 Is the currency English in that country? (6) 37 Be careful! That’s the girl I always
take out! (6)