Standard two-in-one Cryptic Puzzle

ACROSS

9 Businessman who’d have you he works for the railway

(8)

10 ‘Heavens!’ you say sweetly (3) 11 A less sensitive issue (6)

12 Are evidently loose, which does you (6) to be only a very little

(7)

14 Said goodbye to the dog (4) 15 Like the money made by the

prospector who struck oil? (4-6) 17 Send Martin’s off on time (8) 18 Being good, scolds the villains (7) (189) Stood up for the girl (4)

21 A popular action to take,

unquestionably (6)

24 Being sensible when told what

it (9,2,6)

27 Ready to pop back in to get the

(6)

29 Said that’s very much the

position (4)

30 Careers for which one is unsuited (7)

Doesn’t do it, being pro-animals (8) 35 Someone acting as a stopgap

(10)

36 A little drink at ‘The Globe’

coming back from work (4) 37 With a silver lining, so over-thetop it’s scandalous (7)

38 Ironic about the tea brewed being

so weak (6) 40 Gloomy myself, or so troubled at

heart (6)

41 Regard as an outspoken

character (3)

42 Within reason, prepared to

accept it from a foreign girl (8)

DOWN

1 To the ethereal, it’s of no account (10)

2 Thunder ‘Run!’ (4)

3 Set off, eager to arrange cheap accommodation (8) 4 Squeeze it into one’s composition (7)

5 A blue ‘Do keep my memory alive’ (6-2-3) 6 Enterprise required to take the first step? (10)

7 Is reminiscent of, it strikes one (6) 8 ‘Don’t forget’, says the note, ‘to rebel against’ (8)

10 Why we had such a dull day? (5)

16 Gets support from, when one intimidates (5,2)

20 Should be Anything to declare? (5)

22 Going down on ones genealogical chart (7)

23 Drop the dolly and cry for the

child minder? (4,1,6)

25 As a cricketer, requiring a

stronger sunscreen (5,5)

26 The bare facts? (5,5)

28 Ring up twice to belittle (4-4) 31 Article about a fight and the phoney losing of it (8) 32 As opposed to a commercial jingle (7)

34 Grant that webs are woven to get trapped in (6)

35 Common practice to get ourselves overtime (5) 39 Unable to decide if it’s damaged (4)