Jamaica Gleaner

Standard two-in-one Cryptic Puzzle

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ACROSS

8 Anticipate­d the warning and was turning (7)

9 How you find yourself in the bankruptcy court? Not at all! (2,2,5) 13 Call by telephone from where you’re staying (5)

14 ‘Plants’‚ one sees in the book spelled phonetical­ly (5)

15 The old lady, you bet, will be going

to the party (7)

16 He’s left to take back six in the

vehicle (7)

17 Gather the bread goes into it (5) 18 How many, about, will be in the case (5) 20 Lay, sad and miserable (5)

22 Get the boat to float in (6)

23 Piled it on, when he did an

impression of (6)

25 Show the lady is playing the piano

inside (7)

27 Flavouring also, I understand, goes

into it (7)

30 The result of crossing a pig with a

doe? (3-3)

31 Fill up the ward (6)

32 Actors the second act’s revolving

round (5)

35 What the payments would be, on a hundred boxes (5)

36 ‘Plenty of drink’, the member interposed (5)

37 Pay for to have a meal, with wine (7) 39 The coupon’s got a bit torn (7)

41 In real trouble the time afterwards (5) 42 Yours is the one going in to be repaired, then (5)

43 Pull in, you say, and put it back (9) 44 In following home, he’s done wrongly (7)

DOWN

1 Mooch about while he shoots (6) 2 Sense, in a similar way, that you’re in the mood for (4,4)

3 To take you beyond your destinatio­n is to overdo it (5,3,3)

4 It shows the pupils are in need of a rest (9)

5 With hooligans had a fight and doesn’t survive it (7)

6 Would it not be an open and shut case without him? (3,7)

7 Catch the sun and keep complainin­g about it (4)

10 Am accommodat­ed in an outhouse and humiliated (6)

11 Foolishly pester one during the break (7)

12 With that the working week comes

to a close, chum! (6) 19 About to give to the newspapers,

hold back (7)

21 I myself harangue about the clothing (7) 24 Don’t try hard enough because

stressed? (5,6)

26 Why the boxer was easily beaten?

(4,6)

28 Potato (a lot, mashed) and a

sausage (9)

29 Picks up where one stops (7)

30 Got the record back by a trick, you

read (6)

32 To put the finishing touch, having money left to (3,2,3)

33 It’s easy to see who’s taking the chair (6)

34 To a degree, the agent works for the

tycoon (7)

38 The source of the outfit I put on

outside (6)

40 Pressed into service though old (4)

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