JUMBO CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS: 9 Dish (5,4) 10 Fake (9)

12 Forced (4) 13 Flag (6) 14 Outline (7) 15 Boundless (9) 17 Augmented (9) 18 Avoidance (7)

19 Islander (6)

20 Dreary (4)

23 Domestic (9)

25 Sanction (9)

26 Outhouse (4)

27 Thickset (6)

29 Dissolvable (7)

32 Skilled worker (9)

34 Subdue (9)

35 Ties (7)

36 Fix (6)

37 Spoken (4) 38 Alternatively (9)

39 Establish (9)

DOWN: 1 Bird (8) 2 Enjoy (4,8) 3 Restrict (8) 4 Coiled (6) 5 Headache (8)

6 Sorcery (10)

7 Stroll (7)

8 Unbelievable (10)

11 Presses (5)

16 Girl (6)

19 Bounder (3)

21 Fish (7,5)

22 Arrive (4,2)

23 Pause (10)

24 Hopeful (10)

25 Whichever (3)

28 Container (8)

29 Without pips (8) 30 Registered (8)

31 Shooting stars (7)

33 Letter (5)

34 Kit (6)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 9 Though disposed to, I don’t move home after the quake is through (2,3,4) 10 Where one boxer punches another to win! (2,3,4)

12 By the lake, one will tie up (4)

13 Depended on again, deceived one (6)

14 Beginning the climb to the point (7)

15 Emit at an inappropriate moment (5,4)

17 Will he not have a drink while tattooing the sailor? (9)

18 Say you don’t intend to run! (7)

19 Agree about the new bat being passable (3,3)

20 Said a starter will do - or a pudding (4)

23 Why the police station is inundated by delinquents? (5,4)

25 Becomes awful when one takes aim (4,2,3)

26 Besides, Hal’s out in the hut (4)

27 A lost dog? Wrong! (6)

29 Held everybody up which is unprofessional, indeed (7)

32 Was it just too much for the overworked hat maker? (4,5)

34 Show the Queen’s occupied it from that day on (4,5)

35 Is the fellow inside sure it will be too much? (7)

36 Remember to give a new name to? (6)

37 A second addition to the writings on reptiles? (4)

38 Having a best-selling record myself (6,3)

39 To shoot an old hen is not something to be proud of (9) DOWN 1 Made waves on finding the account unpaid (8)

2 What you gamble on ordering at a restaurant? (5,2,5)

3 One fine day, will get a spell in jail! (8)

4 Counsel for the foolish Dave who’s held in charge (6)

5 Quite a lot – or some – of the curate’s egg? (4,4)

6 Unworried, makes up for it with no difficulty (2,4,4)

7 The foreigner got back again into Spain, somehow (7)

8 Nicer person who’d got a more efficient job done on the post (6,4) 11 Perhaps once held a lot of water (5)

16 Was too bright and is lowered (6)

19 For once, said no (3)

21 Get down to it and write in for the job personally (5,7)

22 Puts a silencer on for the shots (6)

23 A number of children (6,4)

24 One’s complete attention devoted to sucking up (10)

25 Yes, by midnight is merry (3)

28 Paid a charge to get a grass border (8)

29 Had a raffle that attracted a great many (4,4)

30 They invest in furniture (8)

31 Shown in by the old woman inside (7)

33 It is, by the way, an odd play (5)

34 Get away to the sun in peace, for a change (6)