Complete Clue List
Across
1. Eloquent (6-7)
9. Peat place (3)
10. Verdi creations (5)
11. Brownish-orange shade of unglazed earthenware (10 or 5,5 or 5-5)
13. On the green, not quite make the putt, with "out" (3)
15. Persian Gulf island nation; flag is red with white triangles symbolising Islam's five pillars (7)
17. BAD CORONA produced a black diamond (anag., 9)
18. Prepare the champagne (5)
19. In a verdant manner (7)
21. Observe a colourful display (3)
22. Pale off-white colour (8)
23. Like the colours of a rainbow (8)
26. Colourless mixture of gases in the atmosphere (3)
27. A winegrower's estate in France's Bordeaux region (French, 7)
28. Subject matter, as colours in this crossword (5)
29. Pink shade that's also Ohio's state flower (9)
33. Commemorate in verse, as did Thomas Gray (UK spelling, 7)
34. Australian icon which lays eggs of a deep-green colour (3)
35. FIFA World Cup caution (6,4)
37. Mythological blood (5)
39. Coloured like an edible, ripe kernel: ____-brown (3)
40. Long and often twisted hot red chilli (7,6)
Down
1. Red, Yellow or Black expanse (3)
2. Arabic for "God willing" (var., 9)
3. Dyer's large vessel (3)
4. In snooker, placed the red balls back in the triangle after an abandoned frame (8 or 2-6)
5. Red studio warning light (2-3)
6. Stratigraphy discipline important in the search for "black gold" (7)
7. Blu-ray bonus feature (5)
8. Colourful condiment that will stick to your ribs (8,5)
9. Golden, fried seafood morsel (4,6)
12. Red Cross work (3)
14. Dark, sour, cultivated fruit (7,6)
16. Black caraway and black cumin "____ sativa" seeds used as a spice and condiment (7)
20. Planet with a faint blue hue, and the Great Dark Spot (7)
21. Illumination from a fluorescent tube (10 or 5,5)
24. Firework, rotating when lit: ____ Wheel (9)
25. Outdoor signage source, often orange (4,4)
27. Principal character of the "Peanuts" comic strip: ____ Brown (7)
30. Singer Winehouse whose second and final album was 2006's "Back to Black" (3)
31. AUDRE in a whirl, dancing the salsa style "____ de Casino" (Spanish, anag., 5)
32. Early 1980s TV series "Code Red" starred Lorne Greene and was produced by ____ Allen (5)
36. Party preparation that might be guacamole green or hummus yellow (3)
38. Blackguard (3)