Standard two-in-one Cryptic Puzzle
ACROSS
9 Think it’s in the main true, but garbled (8)
10 To love excessively (3)
11 Do the man in – a writer (6) 12 Stress it runs in the family (6) 13 Nonsense! The twit must relinquish
it and go off (7)
14 A belt is something you wear (4) 15 Not inclined to be honest (2,3,5) 17 No reaction from the gagged and
blindfolded person? (3,1,4)
18 Show the harbour has fish (7) 19 Either sell, or give, the cat to (4) 21 Cheered when it tried to get rid of its rider (6)
24 You’ll be sorry when it comes! (3,3,2,9)
27 Excellent advice – the best (6) 29 Would one be a cross between various kinds of goat? (4)
30 Is acting in, it seems (7)
33 How the confounded light is going on and off? (8)
35 The one with the nest in which there were chicks? (6,4)
36 Pound, at first, on the table (4) 37 Loving having a room, for a change, to ourselves (7)
38 Call out ‘Mum! There’s a child outside’ (6)
40 Disclose, about meat (6) 41 Catch and stuff (3)
42 Aim to annoy, which does make things dicey (8)
DOWN
1 Inconveniencing by extinguishing (7,3)
2 Grasping we’ve upset the wellknown singer (4)
3 Taking mother along, I go off to get a plant (8)
4 Uneasy as ever about its being returned (7)
5 Still remaining in force when detaining the righteous (7,4) 6 You can take it it’s satisfactory (10) 7 When the idiot stands a drink, don’t accept it (4,2)
8 Such evidence as it is that there’s building going on? (8) 10 Follow, when he leaves the bar (5) 16 Most keen to play with the tots (7) 20 Don’t take, when you hand down to (5)
22 Not harsh with him (7) 23 Calling on one and changing one’s mind about? (6,5)
25 That can be put on if it’s fitting (10) 26 Having made a profit from, transferred to (6,4)
28 Like the invitation that came when you had flu? (3-5)
31 Its purpose is defensive, the palace aide said (8)
32 It’s probably hearts she breaks! (7) 34 Point at which the anaesthetic gets you under (6)
35 Audacity that’s just a facade? (5) 39 From a large number, might a quarter get through? (4)