Chalked Up by Nudd

Puzzle explanation

The letters omitted from wordplay formed the groups “the”, “White Horse”, “of Uffington” and “Hill”, The four curves drawn through them gave an approximate representation of the Uffington White Horse, a chalk carving on White Horse Hill in the Berkshire Downs.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer (unclued letters) Explanation
Across
1 HANG-UPS HAN + GUP + S
8 ECHID(N)A ACHE * around ID
14 CLEARING CLING around EAR
15 TALA T + À LA
17 S(IG)N SN
18 DOWNY DOWRY with N for R
19 LOOT GALOOT − GA
20 SLA(NT) S + LA
21 IO(U) IO
22 SAWN-O(FF) SO around AWN
23 TELC(O) CELT *
26 TUB(E) TUB
27 (TI)DE DE
30 IGLO(O) (sem)IGLO(bular)
31 MASORA(H) MAS + ORA
34 (TH)Y Y
35 NADI(R) (Ca)NADI(an)
37 (L)IMN I’ + MN
38 MINIM MI + NIM
39 TIE(S) TWINKIE − WINK
40 S(I)LO SLO(b)
41 LET ALON(E) LE + TALON
42 (O)GR(E)IS(H) GRIS
43 RENE(W)AL RENAL around E
Down
2 ALOO(F) ALOO
3 GANG (m)GANG(a)
4 PILAU LA in PIÙ
5 SNOWBA(L)L (BAN SLOW) *
6 AGON(E) AGON
7 OTTO GIOTTO − GI
9 CLY (S)C(a)L(l)Y
10 HASTE H + SEAT *
11 ISLET (SITE + L) *
12 D(I)ALS S after DAL
13 AN(TO)NYM N in MYNA <
16 AF(FI)RMER FARMER with A moved up
18 DIP INT(O) DIP + INT
24 ELDER EIDER with L for I
25 (H)OI(SE) IO <
26 T(OR)SI SIT *
27 (T)OILE (s)OILE(d)
28 DANTE ANDANTE − AN
29 C(H)INA INCA *
32 S(L)OW SOW
33 FILE FIL + E
36 N(I)S N, S
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