For Beginners

a cryptic puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

Puzzle
Solution grid
The finished diagram contains NO VICES. Accordingly, SLOTH, LUST, GLUTTONY, COVETOUSNESS, PRIDE, ENVY, and ANGER are banished.

Across

  • 1.
    YEAGER
  • 5.
    TARPAULIN
  • 11.
    TRENT
  • 12.
    SAILBOAT
  • 13.
    VICARIOUSLY
  • 14.
    PROVISOS
  • 15.
    ROWAN
  • 18.
    ENDOWING
  • 19.
    SHIVERED
  • 20.
    NATAL
  • 24.
    OBESE
  • 26.
    LEAFIEST
  • 29.
    LEATHERS
  • 31.
    GLOAT
  • 33.
    SELFSAME
  • 35.
    NORTHEASTER
  • 36.
    UNBELIEF
  • 37.
    TREEN
  • 38.
    OTOSCOPES
  • 39.
    NINETY

Down

  • 1.
    REBIRTH
  • 2.
    NARCOTIC
  • 3.
    HENRI
  • 4.
    ARTIST
  • 5.
    VAMOOSE
  • 6.
    EPISODIC
  • 7.
    GALLEON
  • 8.
    SLOW-WITTED
  • 9.
    TIARA
  • 10.
    ENTANGLE
  • 16.
    DEVASTATES
  • 17.
    IRENE
  • 18.
    UNDIES
  • 20.
    OASIS
  • 21.
    LIBELANT
  • 22.
    OVERSTEP
  • 23.
    EASEMENT
  • 25.
    CHEERIO
  • 27.
    TABLETS
  • 28.
    UTTERLY
  • 30.
    SAFARI
  • 32.
    YOBBO
  • 34.
    ESSEN