8 Shorten to a brusque "Are sick" (7)
9 Found out, when you listen in, it's unprecedented (9)
13 Since going to prison, is very shaky (5)
14 Rubs out the phonetic spelling of "vehicles" (5)
15 "Less obese" would be fairer (7)
16 One of those drugs that reveal man's in a mess (7)
17 Prompts one to and one goes ahead (5)
18 To a lesser degree? Wrong! (5)
20 Cursing the day one had contacted about (5)
22 Think about turning on the water (6)
23 Jam for the little rascal (6)
25 Acollieflower? (7)
27 Strange clue: "Barney's missing the bay and lake" (7)
30 Faux pas by which the neophytes are taken aback (4-2)
31 Agree it's a good thing to have cover point (6)
32 Yawned when one looked at (5)
35 Notice people going in to change (5)
36 Tired, let go of the purse strings? (5)
37 Not having a sit-down meal: that's obvious (7)
39 Mean to bale out, in the story (7)
41 Not a wrong note in the music (5)
42 Got in a row for having given backing to (5)
43 Again turning up with torn Levis on -disgusting (9)
44 A proclivity for banking (7)
8 Regulate (7)
9 Roll of tobacco (9)
13 Vagrant (5)
14 Male relative (5)
15 Not artificial (7)
16 Short pithy saying (7)
17 Leaves out (5)
18 Complete, total (5)
20 Gives out cards (5)
22 Roof covering (6)
23 A sage (6)
25 Ruin (7)
27 Having made a valid will (7)
30 Mischievous jokes (6)
31 Writer (6)
32 Heals (5)
35 Representative (5)
36 Different (5)
37 Spanish drink (7)
39 Riding horses (7)
41 A nick (5)
42 Crowd actor (5)
43 Derv (6,3)
44 Panther (7)
DOWN
DOWN
1 Standing drink after drink, there's a fight (6)
2 And smart to guard one's reputation (8)
3 Don't manage to send word you wish you hadn't resigned? (4,3,4)
4 About a phony nude carving, is brazen (9)
5 Are wrong to concoct lies, you know (7)
6 Sea water tang I find seeping through the ship (10)
7 Dash! It's thunder! (4)
10 Ring a lady will fight to get hold of (6)
11 Phoning a linen, is ringing (7)
12 A hollow ring is evident in the word "copse" (6)
19 Having gone in for, is absorbed in (5,2)
21 When I mete out, is accepted by, love (7)
24 Making understood, with the ball safely in the hole (7,4)
26 Nearly ringing (5,5)
28 Bossy as ever. It's upsetting (9)
29 Cut to the gun hidden in the bed (4,3)
30 For the rascal, lunchtime food (6)
32 A nail caught in the egg-beater? Come off it! (8)
33 Fears for the parents round about (6)
34 Speak ill of to a bewildered passer-by: Eastern (7)
38 Swotting up on part of the cookery course? (6)
40 Plant that upsets herbivores (4)
1 Spud (6)
2 Plugs, bungs (8)
3 Large urban sprawl (11)
4 A clock, for example (9)
5 Discolour (7)
6 Place to dine (10)
7 Celebrity (4)
10 Daft (6)
11 Trapeze artist (7)
12 A small flower (6)
19 Farm vehicle (7)
21 Medium (7)
24 Fair ground ride (6,5)
26 Criticise, reprove (4,2,4)
28 Genuine (9)
29 Needing liquid (7)
30 Fluid part of blood (6)
32 Scorn (8)
33 Mariner (6)
34 Venetian boat (7)
38 Go back (6)
40 Single entity (4)
