Unclued across lights combine with down ones to form anagrams of four works (one of four words, one of three and two of two) from the same nd. Elsewhere, ignore an accent.
Across
7 Shaman’s inexpert (3)
11 Mary Jane hugs arriving amazon? (6)
13 Withdraw from dramatist, being cause of misery (7)
15 Merrymaking in bar after revolution (5)
18 Faintly excellent Scots knight impressed (5)
20 Twice heartless Joe Friday mistreated goddess (6)
22 Notice stunted serf cooking waffles (7)
27 Lass artless and pure moves in (7)
29 Sound bouquet contains a touch of iris (5)
30 Some poor anchorite in rude hut (6)
32 Sons taken out choose fresh salmon (5)
34 One oath bishop stifled (interpreted most favourably) (6, two words)
36 Quick learner enthralled by poetry? (5)
37 O for an award! (5)
38 Maybe Hamlet boxes with shrunken old peasant (7)
39 Sting old knight for new boiler (6)
40 Regularly surpass successes (3)
41 Polish unknown wed emperor rashly (11, two words)
Down
1 Defective copy of pound geese forged (10)
2 Crazy compulsion Charlie Lake suppressed for food with bread (8)
3 Moderate tune Rex played me (9)
4 Savagely sell bananas (they weren’t free on board) (12, two words)
5 Truck ascending zigzag track (7)
6 Place seabird visits for some crab? (8)
8 Spot small insectivore (4)
9 Female set in an academy (6)
10 Child needs money to leave for Oz (5)
12 Rabble in Renfrew upset Yemeni (6)
14 Here and there landslide majority aroused no alarm (12)
19 Speculator refurbished rude tavern (10)
21 Type of infantry interested in attack (9, two words)
24 Nimble nude taking floor is this (8)
25 Insect longing to nip only child (6)
26 Abbot and priest cheer (7)
28 Scruffy butlers neglecting black overcoat (6)
33 Adelaide’s bad leg beginning to concern us (5)
A first prize of £30 for the first correct solution opened on 11 March.
Dumpynose
2101: Hewn vaguely
issue 23 February 2013
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