Complete Clue List
Across
1. Inflammation of the respiratory tract (7)
6. Helps (7)
10. AHEAD weirdly sounded satisfied (anag., 5)
11. ORLANDO transformed a piece of fatty bacon or pork fat used to flavour savory foods (anag., var., 7)
12. Severe critic (7)
13. Gloomy (poet., 5)
14. Exaggerate unreasonably (4-3)
15. School (7)
16. HUMPS turned into sounds of skepticism (anag., 5)
17. Enters gradually (5,2)
21. Day of rest (7)
25. Envelope abbr. (3)
27. Took all one's clothes off (8,2,3,4)
28. Stain (3)
29. Term used as a substitute for something closely associated: e.g. "the crown" for a monarch (7)
33. NEEDS AN adjustment for groups of nine (anag., 7)
37. Jittery RAF IN red opening? (anag., 5)
38. Mosque official who calls the faithful to prayer (var., 7)
39. Convey back again (arch., 7)
40. Figure of speech (5)
41. In geology, rock that's not acidic (7)
42. South African spear (var., 7)
43. Islamic ruler (var., 5)
44. Consumer (3,4)
45. Currency units in Malawi and Zambia (pl., 7)
Down
1. Insensitive (7)
2. Earthly (7)
3. Cheering section (7)
4. Pistol (7)
5. Senior noncommissioned naval rank (5,5,7)
6. Deal with (7)
7. Consent reluctantly (7)
8. Strangely PRAISE A meadowsweet (anag., 7)
9. Shrill cry (7)
18. Little Henrietta (5)
19. First-rate (5)
20. Suggest (5)
22. Pale with fright (5)
23. Get the juices flowing? (5)
24. Somehow I EDIT a tropical New World lizard (anag., 5)
25. Append (3)
26. Water tester (3)
29. Having breasts (7)
30. Journeyed (7)
31. Business ends of hoses (7)
32. Subcompact (7)
33. Designate (7)
34. Mediterranean capital (7)
35. Elongated interjection: cry of frustration (var., 7)
36. Islamic titles (var., 7)