JUMBO CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS: 8 Recreation (7) 9 Killing (9) 13 Fire-raising (5) 14 Scope (5)

15 Refuge (7) 16 Bag (7) 17 Weird (5)

18 Fruit (5)

20 Swift (5)

22 Mad (6)

23 Cab (6)

25 Chatter (7)

27 Excellent (3,4)

30 Red (6)

31 Composition (6)

32 Game (5)

35 Confuse (5)

36 Material (5)

37 Light (7)

39 Boat (7)

41 Freight (5)

42 Edge (5)

43 Dog (9)

44 Merit (7)

DOWN: 1 Decoration (6) 2 Flag (8)

3 Ireland (7,4) 4 Plan (9) 5 Fraction (7) 6 Picture (10) 7 Present (4)

10 Relation (6)

11 Great (7)

12 Brook (6)

19 Pardon (7)

21 Augur (7)

24 Openly (3,3,2,3)

26 Sixty (10)

28 Joined (9)

29 Social conduct (7)

30 Opportunity (6)

32 Container (8)

33 Vocalist (6)

34 Changed (7)

38 Vegetable (6)

40 Plant (4)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS: 8 Nails and studs may be required for them (7)

9 Don’t have to leave the building (2,7)

13 Urge in the papers (5)

14 To sleep in it would be inappropriate (5)

15 Slowly writing the name of an Italian poet (7)

16 Going round and sounding the alarm (7)

17 One animal of some wandering round in it (5)

18 Frown, even more depressed (5)

20 A campaign to get people to use the roads (5)

22 Feeling the effects of fast (6)

23 With one again in the old environment (6)

25 Use up the money once feeding about (7)

27 Hold and look closely at a tin, shaking it (7)

30 By trapping the water, showing to be intelligent (6)

31 Pester to rescind the dismissal (4,2)

32 Quote aloud a lot (5)

35 Given a start, also increase in size (5)

36 When it’s good and hot outside, leave (3,2)

37 Needing help, having gone to earth (2,1,4)

39 To the extent that one’s battling still (2,2,3)

41 Colour of the flower (5)

42 Make a hole in and stuff (5)

43 How long it took for your fears to be dissipated (4,5)

DOWN: 1 Appears to be a lure, or enticement (4-2)

2 One about to spill, clumsily, something in the cupboard (8)

3 Pity it is that onions are such a nuisance to peel (6,5)

4 Relax. Just tell the dog not to damage your slippers (4,5)

5 Talks of having one infiltrate the thieves (7)

6 Give some information on the outhouse living (4,1,5)

7 Getting a shock when you go round (4)

10 Didn’t destroy the water-colour (6)

11 Red that has cream mixed in with it (7)

12 Are embarrassed about having being raised by (6)

19 This Willow may be sad (7)

21 One only, at the inside, you leave severely alone (7)

24 A noise you hear in your head though not mad (5,2,4)

26 One way to describe what a bachelor eats (6,4)

28 Be on point duty (4,5)

29 Saw the son shot (7)

30 Move or be going to move (6)

32 Adheres to what one said and is available when needed (6,2)

33 He sings three times (6)

34 Delighted when the child has a bad dream (7)

38 Show over, having left one inside (6)

40 A crack in the picture (4)