Giant Crossword

Across

8 It is, you realise, a question of skill (4-3)

9 It emits a sinister glow (4,5)

13 Broach the subject again as I wander in (5)

14 Groups of people, some of them grannies? (5) 15 Will call for, you gather (7)

16 A foreigner and about to marry one’s mum (7) 17 Disconcert, but only for an instant (5)

18 A place of one’s own that’s hot, in the South

of France (5)

20 How you chuck it away when the injured arm

has mended? (5)

22 Cheekily having commandeered the spot next

the fan? (6)

23 Charm so you find yourself unable to fire? (6) 25 First make out it’s not deliberate (7)

27 Are strangely adamant about the weapon (7) 30 Had gone by boat and the son was sick (6)

31 Get yourself a new outfit, having a little

money (6)

32 Get stuck into a hefty slice (5)

35 Gather there is a marked recovery (5)

36 Do well to answer verbally. “What is XX plus

XX?”(5)

37 A turn performed by a man, as you’d

expect (7)

39 Happy at not having to toss a coin about it (7) 41 It took her a long time to accommodate the

Pole (5)

42 Keeps under cover when it’s hot outside (5) 43 To be candid, is unqualified (9)

44 Will fetch, you understand (7)

Down

1 All ten quivering with rage (6)

2 Such a victory as the road cleaner won over

dirt? (8)

3 Left one with nothing for tea, which was

going too far? (4,3,4)

4 Pores over the list to find an exhibit in the art

museum (9)

5 Label as “an adherent” (7)

6 Find yourself something to do while in

prison? (4,2,4)

7 Ann is missing it, like you! (4)

10 Gets jumpy when one searches for

weapons?(6)

11 So on the day before it’s rainy (7)

12 How the watery sunlight will come through

the window? (6)

19 Having blackened, cleaned (7) 21 Endorse a letter (7)

24 Game you always found you were

good at (4-3-4)

26 Not a great rhyming couplet! (5-5) 28 Three teas at the dansant? (3-3-3) 29 Tend to slope (7)

30 Bumped into as one went out (6) 32 Don’t hand over, not having lost

one’s grip (8)

33 To join up the various lines takes

time (6)

34 Doubtless, is particular (7)

38 A soldier and a plate you see at

the salad bar (6)

40 Negative answer to “Will you be

off at twelve?” (4)