CRYPTIC CLUES FOR CRYPTIDS CROSSWORD!
ACROSS:
1. Take out centre of trousers for country [2]
4. Spanish Eldorado has information that is retained[4]
9. Change purse for pension plan [5]
12. A pocket for phosphorous (with a cry of pain) [5]
13. To feel without note is fishy [3]
14. Parasites, less 50 are frozen [3]
15. Monthly return for vegetable [3]
17. Illegal occupation in mixed up cash for this creature [9]
18. Put King into low value piece? Don’t come the raw [5]
19. Try everything to contain grass [3]
21. Calcium and phosphorous combine to provide covering [3]
22. A bread roll with twitch: Pommy term for Aussie aristocracy [6]
24. Religious instruction on Overland Telegraph makes a blue [4]
25. Will stir soup for work [4]
26. This suits snipers [5]
27. See 40 Across
28. Take Kelly back for study [3]
29. Political party for the high ground [3]
32. Has significant vertical elevation. It sounds like a greeting [4]
35. Upset coin run to place it on Coat of Arms [7]
37. Forward Observer and Chief Instructor; it all comes together [4]
38. Broken cane gives skin disease [4]
40. and 27 Across Cause ursine downfall (Two Words: [4], [4])
41. Direction steam ship that is to find her [6]
42. Fireplace shelf with binary digit found in Middle Earth [6]
43. William lacking a direction for writing [3]
DOWN:
1. Circuit breaker without starter – for employment [3]
2. Property of Susan lacks possessive case, leads to legal action [4]
3. British Corps in intelligence assessment in Mesopotamia [4]
5. Extended play on intercom – a long story [4]
6. and 36 Down and 16 Down: Scoreless month disturbed Scottish myth (Three words, [4], [4], [7])
7. Sounds like morning moisture should be here [3]
8. Line yacht disrupted: missing from Tasmania[9]
10. Salty pup can be monotremic [8]
11. Watch out when it wakes (Wyndham) [6]
16. See 6 Down
19. Even taken aback for a knock [3]
20. Phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil [5]
21. Loch Catena contains ancient fish [10]
23. Soup on menu has preposition [4]
26. Creature into dye tie is a bit strange. They are usually naked [4]
27. Over-dimensional imperial unit for limb extremity [7]
30. Spun around word plays [4]
31. A bloke in women’s clothes, not off, makes a fearsome sight [6]
33. Leaves a bitter taste [3]
34. Hen did move cryptically to get out of sight [6]
36. See 6 Down
39. Politically corrected ad [2]
40. Beginner, with time, can give amount payable [4]