The Generalist by Didymus

Across

1 Changing rooms at lidos (8)

5 A grilled cheese and ham sandwich with

a sunny-side-up egg to top it all off (6,6)

12 Spoke badly of (8)

13 Raw minced beef, mixed with onions,

seasoning and raw egg (5,7)

15 Of a fever, characterised by periods

of varying severity (9)

16 The collection of statements of allegiance

from Scottish nobility to Edward I of England (6,5) 17 “Nobody puts Baby in a corner” according to

this 1987 film (5,7)

18 To divorce or separate, in German (8)

20 Group of porpoises (6)

21 A novel by Hermann Hesse or the Canadian-US rock band whose song “Born to Be Wild” featured in the film Easy Rider (11)

26 US singer, songwriter and pianist whose early hits were “Calendar Girl”, “Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen” and “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” (4,6) 27 Take no chances at all (4,2,4)

29 The gaur (6,5)

30 A pear-shaped pot used for collecting

condensates (6)

34 An alternative name for the bulrush (4,4)

36 Greylags or Canadas in flight (5,2,5)

38 A loosely woven fabric originally used in dairies (11) 39 An arbitrary and unsupported assertion (4,5) 40 Festive hit by David Essex from 1982 (1,7,4)

41 The daughter of Oedipus, the subject of a tragedy by

Sophocles (8)

42 North Staffordshire conurbation called the

Five Towns by Arnold Bennett (5-2-5) 43 Booby-trapped pits (8)

Down

1 Latin term used especially to indicate that a manuscript is incomplete (6,6)

2 Author of Le Mariage de Figaro and Le Barbier de

Séville (12)

3 An unsophisticated rural fellow, often regarded as

an object of amusement (7,6)

4 Official name for an atoll in the Marshall Islands—

a US testing ground for atomic weapons (8)

6 The second-highest peak in the Schober group of the Austrian Alps (5,5)

7 Recently extinct South African member of the horse family (6)

8 Access aisles or passages (12)

9 North Lanarkshire burgh since 1821 which formerly boasted important iron and coal industries (7)

10 US film actor, often paired with Veronica Lake in films such as This Gun for Hire and The Blue Dahlia (4,4)

11 Anglican church service which focuses on psalms, frequently the Magnificat, and other biblical canticles (8)

14 Examination, counting and valuation of a shop’s

goods currently in hand (11)

19 Ruthless, opportunistic approach to statesmanship,

particularly exemplified by Bismarck (11)

22 The fourth and final poem of Four Quartets by TS

Eliot (6,7)

23 US rock and roll musician whose songs in the late 1950s and early 1960s captured teenage frustration and desire (5,7)

24 Low-heeled casual shoe with a plain toe and

decorative panel stitched across the instep (6,6) 25 Ericaceous shrubs with pink or purple flowers (4,8) 28 ASLEF’s secretary general (4,6)

31 In Scotland, straw collars for draught horses (8) 32 Brown or grey rock consisting of condensed and cemented volcanic ash found outside Rome in the Albano Hills (8)

33 US agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation; its best-known product is the herbicide Roundup (8)

35 Bagpipe with a bellows popular in 17th- and

18th-century France (7)

37 A dark sweet ale brewed from black malt (6)