JUMBO CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES ACROSS: 8 Depict (7) 9 Carry (9) 13 Don (3,2) 14 Realised (5)

15 Instrument (7) 16 Erin (7)

17 Confuse (5) 18 Tree (5)

20 Fearful (5)

22 Opened (6)

23 Glowered (6)

25 Red (7)

27 Agreement (7)

30 Intelligent (6)

31 Animal (6)

32 Musician (5)

35 Category (5)

36 Staggers (5)

37 Gem (7)

39 Generous (7)

41 Ship (5)

42 Nationality (5)

43 Flower (9)

44 Coins (7)

DOWN: 1 Container (6) 2 Flag (8) 3 Abandoned (6,3,2) 4 Guard (9) 5 Fish (7) 6 Glasses (10)

7 Group (4) 10 Run (6)

11 Fidelity (7)

12 Wailed (6)

19 Vegetable (7)

21 Wine (7)

24 Kind (4-7)

26 Soup (10)

28 Revolt (9)

29 Gift (7)

30 Fastener (6)

32 Bird (8)

33 Plant (6)

34 Clergyman (7)

38 Got up (6)

40 Carry (4)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS: 8 Knock in a lazy kind of way, yet quickly (7)

9 “Men In Love”, I’d edited, is no great literary work (4,5)

13 To everybody going round the island (5)

14 Only lean out to catch the ball (5)

15 He’s brought in minced meat, as before (3,4)

16 Form teams, anyway (7)

17 Ring round to find a source of entertainment (5)

18 Called one in, penitent (5)

20 A giant box containing soldiers (5)

22 Work out, as one is turning to the right (6)

23 Looked for the nutcracker he had hidden (6)

25 Dad will get the pastries and flowers (7)

27 Putting more on the page: bulking out the story (7)

30 Goes off with the booty (6)

31 Set free, is really bad (6)

32 Getting the enclosure back into it is awkward (5)

35 Search through to get the gun (5)

36 Breaks out first (5)

37 The first ever male worker and stubborn? (7)

39 Well known for being listless? (7)

41 Attracted by the pale and haggard (5)

42 Avoid having the advertisement appear in the late afternoon (5) 43 Did well in having followed (9)

44 Criticise the one taking a nostrum (7)

DOWN: 1 In case, when rough, there are no boats (6)

2 Dealt with the forms when one acted as locum (6,2)

3 Like the motley bunch in the hospital ward? (3-8)

4 Care for a drink? Willingly! (4,1,4)

5 Say the chaps broke into (7)

6 As happens regularly, visits one (5,5)

7 Are up, first, against a woman (4)

10 Keep talking, pet (6)

11 Heavens, just ring and be friendly! (7)

12 Had a business get-together (6)

19 Great tennis playing by the English (7)

21 Gave the impression, as one left (4,3)

24 Plant book written by Thomas (5,6)

26 Made up lost ground when towed home (6,4)

28 The snake used in the advertisement? (4,5)

29 Be obviously upset over the last broken glass (7)

30 Water a water mattress won’t have! (6)

32 Could put years on a girl, no doubt (1,4,3)

33 Secure the half of bitter to take outside (6)

34 Asked the barman for, neat (7)

38 Made off carrying the A to Z, which surprised one (6) 40 For the audition, was the coach tense? (4)