Jamaica Gleaner

Standard two-in-one Cryptic Puzzle

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ACROSS

9 It’s been made to go into action, unusually, again (8)

10 Figure it’s overheard (3) 11 Annulled the sentence, perhaps (6) 12 Trees in the animal enclosure (6) 13 At a certain stage, said you’d give the job to (7)

14 You three, right away! (4)

15 The chap at the top of the queue works in a restaurant (4,6)

17 A pest on the golf course? (8) 18 Supported right through, when one left the straight and narrow (7) 19 Go away when you shut up the holes (4)

21 Stops to give me a hug, which makes it better (6)

24 Ignoring all the red lights and going to any lengths (8,2,7) 27 Reflecting well on one, though cold and tired out (6)

29 Pressed into service, is old (4) 30 On a tar mark, don’t (7)

33 What our case that was lost got left on? (8)

35 Warn against, for the record, at our time of life (10)

36 In the same way that you find it pleasant (4)

37 Forces into and thereby does one a good turn (7)

38 Fabric you take a liking to (6) 40 Inform on a big noise (6) 41 Determined to form a group (3) 42 Dislike and say so in a roundabout way (8)

DOWN

1 A potential buyer – American – has the brochure (10)

2 Be forced to partake of (4)

3 Give wrong informatio­n out at times about the Society (8)

4 Hunt madly around. Are going all out to find (7)

5 Beginning to think as you do about the future bout (6,5)

6 Paying one’s bills in the village (10) 7 The box will do to put the painting in (6)

8 Rose is the pretty girl in red (8) 10 The recorder is light (5)

16 It’s not your heart the gold-digger wants! (7)

20 Pull a string to get into “2” (5) 22 He turns out to be the winner by one point (7)

23 Like the wind when at its height? (2,4,5)

25 Ended the business of the door’s banging into the wall? (3,1,4,2) 26 Gun poised, is not as good as one used to be (5,2,3) 28 Understood to have cashed in one’s chips (8)

31 Having got the ale flowing, raised the subject of (8)

32 Since the luau’s been arranged, like always (2,5)

34 About to enter a wild no-go area of America (6)

35 Figure you’ll give the thing a poke (5) 39 Met me leaving and enquire about a job (4)

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