Across
1) Carried on renovating plant (9)
6) Kind of light green (4)
8) Plain vehicle in poor condition near Armenian capital (7)
9) Bright red wood used in fine furniture (6)
10) Queen of hearts maybe, a mum in the USA, and a relative of 41 (8)
13) Type of cart, big in New York (5)
17) Cheesy area of France, smaller than small (4)
18) Beverage business with female in charge (6)
19) Orange squash - nothing goes so well with pasta (7)
21) Money is new there (4)
22) Found in bars, late after hours, in company with company (9)
24) M first and last letters in Greek tyrant (3)
25) Daisy's relative rang, rota has changed (8)
28) Yellow, worthless (5)
31) Something pale (3)
32) St. Rex no longer in Brasil (5)
35) Girl fitting on ceiling with another girl (8)
38) Short god in Woden (4)
39) Chinese man, slightly deformed (3)
40) Plant plastic players (7)
41) Soldier ends communication with German redhead (6)
Down
2) Nothing, then a bad actor crawls up a perilous beach (5)
3) Island laid waste in epic (5)
4) Severe lawmaker with nothing on card sharp (5)
5) Music by the Stones? (4)
6) Shelter in middle England (3)
7) Fungus man finds natural deposit near Luxembourg (5)
11) Cleaner arbiter given free rein (7)
12) Monkey mark on mountain-top (4)
13) Small area (3)
14) Brute hovering over short alley near Moulin Rouge (7)
15) Climbing pulse of excited ape (3)
16) Produce sign of acceptance in first lady (5)
17) Helpful man of clay? (5)
18) Unwelcome transient? (5)
20) Keep quiet, then ring twice and run away (4)
22) Cottage gutted, but OK for animals (4)
23) Part of toolkit as well (3)
24) Where shops find customers, millions, everyone (4)
26) Sarin washed away by monsoon (5)
27) No-one except English out at this time of the day (4)
28) Liquid fibbing, by the sound of it (3)
29) Doctor with a dead Dinornis (3)
30) New yes is no (3)
32) Dance hit (3)
33) A date with a girl (3)
34) Man of letters? (3)
35) Man in prayer (3)
36) Man and more in parliament (3)
37) Man in 35 in Australia perhaps, or near Hastings (3)
39) Man of the hour approaches Spain (2)
The words used can be found in standard references. The solution is available on request.
Chris Benn crb@ing.iac.es
2 Jun 2003