ACROSS
1. Stupidly
5. Cartons
9. Rich gents
12. Envision
16. Thickest hand digit
17. Pottery fragment
18. Publish (book)
20. Leave in the lurch
22. Fashion direction
23. Likewise
24. Tolerates
26. Actor, … Quaid
27. Blackball
28. Persecution
31. Sidestep
32. Bag-snatcher
34. Depletes (4,2)
36. Comrade
37. Explains by pictures
40. Laptop key
42. Writer, Jules …
43. Strict