Giant Crossword

Across

8 Everything in the exhibition is superficial (7) 9 See staggering in late and get blazing (3,6) 13 Not gloomy when drunk (3,2) 14 I lost the entire rolls, or record (5) 15 Succeeded in deciphering, or just pretended to (4,3) 16 Understanding, blame the wine (7) 17 Having blanched when he got the final point (5) 18 Material that’s unfashionable making a comeback (5) 20 In return, fits the fellow in, though it’s hard (5) 22 Old car the butcher sold you (6) 23 The courage to suppress it (6) 25 Refrained from, because one carried on (7) 27 Someone you know can’t fit into a little bed (7) 30 Mean with mum and the new baby (6) 31 Hard to see the minister retiring through it (6) 32 Burdened, the man returned home (5) 35 Egg on to flatten (5) 36 Say yes age, again, does enter into it (5) 37 Indicated it is sharp (7) 39 Easier to carry from the boat (7) 41 Step inside, sir, thank you (5) 42 Force to show initiative (5) 43 Is a patient requiring traction put on it? (9) 44 We’d run through the back door to see the tree (7)

Down

1 To silence, incarcerate (4,2) 2 Leaves when the stripper’s down to panties and bra? (5,3) 3 What you must have if you’re buying incense? (5,2,4) 4 The money you were looking for? (6,3) 5 Unusually, grant asylum for me and provide attire (7) 6 Learning, on coming upon in bloom (7,3) 7 It’s footwear, you say? Get away! (4) 10 Is clearly annoyed about the lags roaming about free (6) 11 Does one’s utmost to make proficient in a craft (7) 12 Pose as, to start with, a con woman (6) 19 Could be colder, one observed (7) 21 I have got so behindhand. Just leave me alone (7) 24 Motorist who pulled in to see what was going on? (5,6) 26 Part-time occupation for the very young model? (4-6) 28 The cupboard is, indeed, low (9) 29 Divers are always covered in a lot of salt (7) 30 Give, in a flexible sort of way (6) 32 Specified it should be kept in a cellar (4,4) 33 Went through the motions of agreeing (6) 34 Did one of his parents dupe him? (7) 38 A three-case stand (6) 40 Understands it annoys one (4)