Jamaica Gleaner

Standard two-in-one Cryptic Puzzle

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ACROSS 9 Mind, or keep an eye on, later (4,5) 10 Clear, once one put speed on (9) 12 Having ruled the novice out, wished one hadn’t (4) 13 In case one’s ordering veal to take out (6) 14 ‘Egg-whisk’, in the lead, does lose its footing (7) 15 Withdrawin­g from the case (9) 17 Slackens off when the trade union gets into some trouble (9) 18 Slept for two days, affected worse, when admitted (7) 19 Stand, nude and shivering, before again (6) 20 Not for the tail-wagging alsatian (4) 23 Required that one rang on behalf of (6,3) 25 Game with a rotten sauce on it (9) 26 Twice she tells you she’s coming back (4) 27 I am brought in to identify the fish (6) 29 Understand­ing there’s a buffet and wine (7) 32 So far as upright people are concerned, an advantage (2,3,4) 34 Imprisonin­g the aunt I caught, it’s true (9) 35 Drinks accompanim­ents you get for very little money (7) 36 The communicat­ion granting permission? (6) 37 A shout of “Well said!” (4) 38 Feeling it will create a great to-do (9) 39 Mostly finding them an excellent inn on

the outskirts (2,3,4) DOWN 1 Like peas in a pod, in every way (3-5) 2 Present difficulti­es to the artist painting you? (4,1,7) 3 Got even again (8) 4 Making the mistake of giving the cockney fish (6) 5 Having brought back, was delivered (8) 6 Thought to have been regarded as (10) 7 Goes, when one fixes (7) 8 What makes the weather gloomy? (10) 11 Anything you say should (5) 16 When about to bite on the nut (6) 19 In the other foot there’s a corn (3) 21 Like the junk mail the postman delivers without knocking? (3,5,1,3) 22 Unfairly implies one is lacking in, or devoid of intelligen­ce (6) 23 Happen to arrive at a gap between the peaks (4,2,4) 24 Tail us back to it and do the same (6,4) 25 Said it’s a key factor in pollinatio­n (3) 28 I don’t worry about Leonard being lazy (8) 29 Having had a fight backs out of the engagement (8) 30 Getting down to the problem of food – fish (8) 31 Reading though “America (Latin)” (7) 33 Prepare oneself for, in the wake of (5) 34 Reach for a tin soldier inside it (6)

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