CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

9 Percussion instrument (9) 10 Fire engine (9) 12 Attic (4) 13 Run naked (6) 14 Run genteel (7) 15 Impudence (9) 17 Cinema assistant (9) 18 Hidden gunman (7) 19 Study of plants (6) 20 Wine, informally (4) 23 Fruit (9) 25 Chastise (9) 26 Lather (4) 27 Loves intensely (6) 29 Ghost (7) 32 Morning snack (9) 34 Facial hair (9) 35 Mass of ice (7) 36 Bewail (6) 37 Close nosily (4) 38 Surplus to requirement (9) 39 Orchestra leader (9)

DOWN

1 Makes clear (8) 2 Outdated (12) 3 That which is inside (8) 4 Peaceful, tranquil (6) 5 Insolvent (8) 6 Arrest, seizes (10) 7 Filches (7) 8 Intrusive (10) 11 Group of nine (5) 16 Room of manoeuvre (6) 19 Insect (3) 21 Incoherent (8,4) 22 Cut into two (6) 23 People on buses (10) 24 A walker (10) 25 Lettuce (3) 28 Steadfast (8) 29 Outstandingly beautiful (8) 30 All time to come (8) 31 Not strict (7) 33 Antelope (5) 34 Imitates (6).