GIANT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

9 Henry takes flight, which is not very bright (4,5)

10 Fly round and give to (4,4) 12 Ranks as one of the favourite flowers, you say (4)

13 Bets they belong to the gardener (6)

14 To an astronomer, does it look like Pluto? (3,4)

15 The fish will come in with the chips (9)

17 The lionesses, though disturbed, are not growling (9) 18 Agreed to have everything drawn out (7)

20 Sell again at the end (6)

21 Cold and miserable (4) 24 Struck one forcibly such food is fattening (8)

26 Deduce it's close (8)

28 Put A Hill back on the list (4) 29 Make up for the bad hairdo (6) 31 Fiddles with the tools (7) 34 Hurried up the friend as he'd gone in to dress (4,5)

36 Why question the warning? (9) 38 Sent round prepackaged to exhibit at the zoo (7) 39 Carrying the box in, got worried (6)

40 Yesterday started badly, with a sore eye (4)

41 Snarl up the net, going out to fish (8)

42 Meet on the trip over (3,6)

DOWN

1 The quick way to get a little drunk (5,3)

2 Buttonhole the fellow further down (6)

3 Shook it at the old guard (8) 4 It's his job to feed the flaming thing! (6)

5 The tree in the paddock (8) 6 Also while putting two and two together (2,8)

7 Looks surprisedly at the protective wear (7)

8 Alight on the bench (6)

11 Bet there's a risk in having beef (7)

16 Is first to go through a sex change (6) 19 Concluding the key to enter it is the smallest (5)

20 The man with the stick (3) 22 Bank on getting a home (5) 23 Spot one going in to get something to eat (6)

25 Insist on staying with the rubbish due for collection (6,2,2) 26 Reduce one's commission (3) 27 My word, that does show potential! (7)

30 A pest crawling round the little flower (5,3)

31 Many have a proclivity for working as chars (8) 32 Understand the meaning of "Be reasonable" (3,5)

33 He prepared tea, the child went outside with the cat (7) 35 Being brave, is now returning to the arena (6)

36 Means the half of bitter sent in is weak and insipid (6)

37 Had I not gone out to work from choice? (6)