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CROSSWORD CHALLENGE 2867

CRYPTIC	EASY
ACROSS	ACROSS
9 Informed it's contemporary (2-2-4) 10 Be sick of the sound of drink (3) 11 Love intermingling with, in the East (6) 12 Shut up? The nerve! (6) 13 Catch the man about to return from somewhere abroad (7) 14 Goes round wearing a tracksuit? (4) 15 How one looks, for one's attendance at? (10) 17 Opening up, tear in pieces again (8) 18 Guessed the plant did provide cover for (7) 19 Grey is uninteresting (4) 21 Understanding the English get dreadfully ratty about (6) 24 Got hold of the cell keys instead of tunnelling to escape? (4,3,4,3,3) 27 Shoot, but not from under cover (6) 29 Rush back to get the animals (4) 30 Say crossly "Awful rise in offensive weapons" (7) 33 Reveal the record will get beaten (8) 35 Being unprejudiced to begin with, cared (4-6) 36 Wants to know when I'd dropped off the kids (4) 37 Grace is a sweetheart (7) 38 Thought it had gone back in time (6) 40 Until back again at the helm (6) 41 Get me to sound the note (3) 42 Concluded, when one got angry about (8)	9 Champagne, informally (8) 10 The self (3) 11 First batsman (6) 12 Small cave (6) 13 Branch of maths (7) 14 Poke (4) 15 Shorten (10) 17 Sanctions (8) 18 Afters (7) 19 Married German woman (4) 21 Card suit (6) 24 A minor offence (10, 7) 27 Failed to hit (6) 29 Very lightly cooked (4) 30 Middle (7) 33 Mishap (8) 35 A duplicate (6,4) 36 Verge (4) 37 Meeting for boat races (7) 38 Wringer (6) 40 Lent out (2,4) 41 And not (3) 42 Deadly sin (8)

DOWN	DOWN
1 As far as the peak? Not altogether (2,2,1,5) 2 Measure the base (4) 3 A nonchalant "Like to cut loose?" (8) 4 Handling with compassion (7) 5 Can't they see they're going nowhere? (8,6) 6 Patient, is digging a hole in for the plant (10) 7 Double back to let you know, in lodgings (6) 8 Encourage, though unable to do so physically? (8) 10 Be in no hurry to start barbecue: cooking meal outside (5) 16 A piece of soap? (7) 20 Custom you finish by getting wise to (5) 22 Feeling comes back first to me (7) 23 An award for Mr X (6,5) 25 To be a waiter you must be submissive (4,6) 26 Upset when it was delivered to (6,4) 28 In the confusion, the pail's poured into the can (8) 31 People caught in a rain storm: foreigners (8) 32 Can't they choose to have food in pubs? (7) 34 Move a pupil into the class (6) 35 A lady love, set up home with (5) 39 Run, kid-run inside (4)	1 Rich crumbly biscuit (10) 2 Discharge (4) 3 Pistol type (8) 4 Up to (2,3,2) 5 Incomprehensible talk (6,5) 6 Occasionally (3,3,4) 7 Frame of mind (6) 8 Clear land of trees (8) 10 Bird of prey (5) 16 Withstands (7) 20 Measuring stick (5) 22 Of water (7) 23 A spy (6,5) 25 Misleading clue (3,7) 26 Stretched canvas for gymnastics (10) 28 Event, happening (8) 31 Gigantic (8) 32 To fix up (7) 34 Fridge compartment (6) 35 Provide food (5) 39 Short letter (4)