Last month’s solutions
Across: 1 Rubber tyre, 6 Jeu d'esprit, 13 Granger States, 14 Hyponym, 15 Robbie Williams, 16 Cod war, 18 Lurchers, 19 Eton wall game, 21 Cosmography, 23 Tiers état, 24 Trades Union Congress, 29 Admiralty, 31 En attendant, 33 Solomon’s seal, 35 Highland, 38 Oenone, 39 Concerto grosso, 41 Elstree, 42 Sons and Lovers, 43 Andrew Marr, 44 Barratries.
Down: 1 Roger Black, 2 Bradburys, 3 English bond, 4 Thrower, 5 Rattle, 7 Eastman, 8 Dahl, 9 Sophocles, 10 Ringwraiths, 11 Timor-Leste, 12 Strictly Come Dancing, 17 Max Ernst, 20 Spongy, 22 Roseland, 23 Tictac, 25 Rambling Syd, 26 Rintherout, 27 Cassiopeia, 28 Stud horses, 30 Romany Rye, 32 Adar Sheni, 34 Sconser, 36 In order, 37 Arcana, 40 Herm.
Enigma, Tall order: 1 Frazzle Hogwash, nurse; 2 Antwit Gripe, miner; 3 Crumble Jabber, roofer; 4 Babble Krust, plumber; 5 Dibdib Inkpot, optician; 6 Earwig Loon, zookeeper.
Each completed grid will contain solutions beginning with all 26 letters of the alphabet. Solvers should assign each solution to its correct position in each grid. The clues are presented in exact alphabetical order of their solutions.