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CROSSWORD CHALLENGE 2874

CRYPTIC	EASY
ACROSS	ACROSS
9 Hate to be a disturbance, man. I just wandered in (9) 10 Was very angry inside: terribly anti actor(9) 12 A bowl: white (4) 13 Station in which I have something to eat (6) 14 Told to bring the bird in and stuff (7) 15 Had fallen from grace and left? Not so (4,5) 17 Correspondence giving the OK to (9) 18 The last to get through with, having had the lion�s share (7) 19 Puts up with, when one goes on and on about (6) 20 Attack, flipping crazy! (4) 23 Cried when we�d put him through it inside (9) 25 It�s true the bait wriggles when the lever�s moved round (9) 26 Enters the wood (4) 27 The dope, I figure, trapped in it is not very bright (6) 29 Gas and water laid on in France for the home there (7) 32 Not in character for a star (3,6) 34 Thwarted by the maths problem, had called on (9) 35 Large among a batch of puppies that are smaller (7) 36 While going the rounds, one by one (2,4) 37 She returns article after article (4) 38 Able to understand the next (9) 39 Promise to get a conviction (9)	Soft toy (5,4) 10 Two-wheeled vehicle (9) 12 Saracen (4) 13 Ten-pound note, informally (6) 14 Illegal drug (7) 15 Enter uninvited (4-5) 17 One on a train (9) 18 Rues (7) 19 Allow (6) 20 Give or send forth (4) 23 Crescent-shaped roll (9) 25 Composed (9) 26 Too (4) 27 Glass opening in a wall (6) 29 Hidden gunmen (7) 32 Discolours (9) 34 Napkin (9) 35 Day-to-day (7) 36 Neat piles (6) 37 Leg joint (4) 38 Or else (9) 39 Large hairy spider (9

DOWN	DOWN
1 Ran into a huge snag: the speech (8) 2 A definite refusal, though completely at a loose end (7,5) 3 Is no longer among the ranks of those friendly with? (5,3) 4 Cutting, when I go off key (6) 5 Guidance given on cheap travel (8) 6 Was there a flap when he gained entry? (3,7) 7 In plain English, �Action taken to protect fish� (7) 8 Best of all, a drum that can�t produce noise? (10) 11 Smart girl brought up to be silly (5) 16 Oh, gosh! Which of you�s taking work in? (6) 19 It�s no good at backing up, either (3) 21 For spiritualists, getting back at non-believers? (5-7) 22 Telling you direct it leaves little room for manoeuvre (6) 23 Career in which one makes slow progress right through? (4,2,4) 24 He�s just starting to get private tuition (3,7) 25 Don't allow to cut the bottom off, to examine (3) 28 Sling carelessly around and they get passengers down (8) 29 Condense and it�s included in the manual on first aid (8) 30 Having a dull finish (8) 31 It�s fishy and the cops herded everybody inside (7) 33 Shortening almost all, which is disastrous (5) 34 He gets paid for knocking off work (3,3)	1 Unfamiliar person (8) 2 Beneficial (12) 3 Old soldiers (8) 4 Late morning meal (6) 5 Lacking property (8) 6 Motionless (5-5) 7 Summer sport (7) 8 Famous (10) 11 Cake or biscuit coating (5) 16 Edam, say (6) 19 Favourite (3) 21 One�s native language (6,6) 22 Zodiac sign (6) 23 Talkative person (10) 24 Branch of mathematics (10) 25 Farm animal (3) 28 Calamity (8) 29 Attacking footballers (8) 30 Extremely thin or emaciated (8) 31 Imitation (7) 33 Opposite of smooth (5) 34 Ramshackle hut (6)