Giant Crossword

Across

8 With the exception of the local clique (7)

9 How the repairman settled the quarrel? (7,2)

13 Ray, at the end of the evening, has a meal

out (5)

14 Thin and weak-looking, unlike Rose (5)

15 Try to appropriate all the biggest (7)

16 On return, is not revising one’s ideas (7)

17 Danger through, I left (5)

18 Snap audibly “It’s a bay!” (5)

20 The man in the suit (5)

22 Complaining right away of being sick (6)

23 Criticised when I missed out details (6)

25 Strike in a clothes factory (7)

27 On the one hand, denies spilling the oil (7)

30 Make young in spirit (6)

31 A green that’s suitable for the pub decor (6)

32 Be prepared to surround (5)

35 The place in which we accommodated

her (5)

36 The voice is carrying one right back (5)

37 What the birds do when he teases them? (7)

39 Put a new wrapper on when you get back (7)

41 Not absent! Didn’t I tell you so! (5)

42 Question about the metal barriers (5)

43 First class fish and pork (9)

44 Greets the silly ass carrying the

instrument (7)

Down

1 Proprietary – that’s very clear (6)

2 As is proper, stood up for the lady (8)

3 How you put pepper and salt on very

quickly? (2,3,6)

4 A new addition to the menage – a super

piano (4,5)

5 Dash! There’s coal in it! (7)

6 Good gracious, is that the damned

alarm? (5,5)

7 Get mixed up and overload the circuit (4)

10 While covering for the fellow spies (6)

11 As a joke, giving a little session on the rack

to? (3-4)

12 Said, by the way, the date had been

altered (6)

19 Understands it’s a gun – a woman’s (7)

21 Free when the reel is broken by the rough

sea (7)

24 Increase the rent when you get safely away

from (5,3,3) 26 It’s rotten waiting for a ball that

just goes into the net (3,7)

28 A gem that shines only at

night? (9)

29 Got into a rage when charged (7)

30 We stand exposed, clutching the

warning (6)

32 Reveal there’s been a fight

outside the ring (5,3)

33 Sharply like a pie (6)

34 Lest, perhaps, the hand coming

through should frighten you (7)

38 Followed the girl back the time

before (6)

40 A club, perhaps, with

character (4)