FRIDAY’S CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS

CRYPTIC Across: 9, Eye-opener 10, Tr-avest-y 12, I-van 13, Scream 14, Decline 15, Van-dalise 17, S-event-een 18, Slips on 20, Thrash 21, Ra-I-n 24, Makes for 26, But-tress 28, Meet 29, C-L-aret 31, Chipper 34, Addressed 36, B-ought-out 38, Scratch 39, O-racle 40, Peke (peak) 41, Ref-erred 42, Lashed out.

Down: 1, Be-liev-es 2, Regain 3, In ac-tion 4, Breeze 5, Ato-miser 6, Paid a visit 7, Be-a-co-ns. 8, Strike 11, Me-aniN-g 16, Answer 19, Imag(in)e 20, To-R 22, A-esop (rev) 23, Wra-I-th 25, Fall’s short 26, Bit 27, I-m-pass-e 30, Redwoods 31, Clueless 32, Re-treats 33, Settled 35, Darned 36, B-R-awls 37, O-re-gon.

EASY Across: 9, Athletics 10, Courting 12, Inns 13, Repute 14, Galleon 15, Mezzanine 17, Chrysalis 18, Network 20, Dismay 21, Flea 24, Brunette 26, Artifice 28, Toys 29, Switch 31, Dreaded 34, Treasurer 36, Hampshire 38, Tearful 39, Intend 40, Acts 41, Clerical 42, Anchorman.

Down: 1, Talisman 2, Chintz 3, Limerick 4, Assume 5, Sciences 6, Juggernaut 7, Utilise 8, Unwell 11, Unusual 16, Amount 19, Tardy 20, Dye 22, Lucid 23, Afters 25, Tower block 26, Ash 27, Statute 30, Terrible 31, Dominica 32, Dressing 33, Ashford 35, Enable 36, Hit man 37, Income.

QUICK Across: 1, Scorch 5, Thwart 8, Commence 9, Nigh 10, Met 12, Verse 15, Sea 17, Woo 18, Nip 19, Rye 20, Table 21, Ire 22, Ale 23, Mar 24, Elk 26, Rally 29, Eat 33, Arid 34, Faithful 35, Befall 36, Gender.

Down: 2, Crone 3, Ramp 4, Hence 5, Tress 6, Want 7, Rogue 10, Merge 11, Tweak 12, Voter 13, Rebel 14, Enemy 15, Spire 16, Alert 25, Large 27, Awful 28, Lying 30, Abuse 31, Idea 32, Shun.