Gulf News

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

8 Be concealing the heart irregulari­ty, or murmur (7) 9 Getting all the informatio­n on and entering it (5,4) 13 Erect to accommodat­e (3,2) 14 Fed up, it turned and left (5) 15 Sign as sender, having wrapped and enclosed the ring (7) 16 I’m returning the box sent round by the shopkeeper (7) 17 Locations of the said tourist attraction­s (5) 18 Look furious, but reduce it (5) 20 A name that suits you (5) 22 Draw conclusion­s from - with justificat­ion (6) 23 A classical double-cross! (6) 25 Reproach for the pub brawl and subsequent police foray (7) 27 Proceed to use as a tray? (5,2) 30 With “a born scoundrel,” you put your foot in it (6) 31 Possession­s of which a quarter go to the government (6) 32 Come down with and surprise one in the act (5) 35 Is it exactly like another game? (5) 36 Once due for release, discharge (5) 37 Locked horns in it, to put it briefly (2,5) 39 A must, when reverting to your fruit diet? (7) 41 Letter you got at the end of the month (5) 42 Saw to, after taking the cat back (5) 43 Frightened, as we collided with the big vehicle (3-6) 44 Not wanting to act in “The Tear I Shed” (7)

DOWN

1 Seem pained when the head waiter takes their order (6) 2 “The stone is, perhaps, flawed,” I interjecte­d (8) 3 Now we’re in trouble - get out the needle and thread! (5,4,2) 4 What the ugly creature is sitting on, in the wood? (9) 5 Great, though jittery in the beginning (7) 6 Is it responsibl­e for the draught in bed? (10) 7 Nick, waken up! (4) 10 Step aboard; there are vacancies (6) 11 Girl the gypsy is gazing at so intently? (7) 12 The ray, cooked, is substantia­l and nourishing (6) 19 Became unfashiona­ble - or dated (4,3) 21 Knock the left, though having an affinity with it (7) 24 Grasped it had been assumed control of (5,2,4) 26 Conjecture as to how far off the fairway you’ve gone? (5,5) 28 Equally certain, can throw in a guarantee (9) 29 Putting the master spy in the shade (7) 30 Be encircling the birds and perplex them (6) 32 Will the draper accept ready money only for it? (8) 33 A stolen trophy, from Lancashire (6) 34 Mends and matches up the socks again? (7) 38 Get a bit worried, on ringing (6) 40 Pulls up to study it (4)

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1. Mam-b-a 6. Taste 9. Oct-opus 10. S-ho.-ot 11. Rhine 12. Tawny 13. Freeway 15. Ale 17. Lead 18. Fu-nn-el 19. Alert 20. Cheese (it) 22. Figs 24. Kin 25. Nice one 26. Divot 27. AD-air 28. Films 29. Pension 30. Brass 31. (Canada) Geese DOWN: 2. A-shore 3. Boo-Ted 4. AC-t 5. To-day 6. Turn out 7. A-shy 8. Ta-NG-le 12. Table 13. F-lock 14. Eaten 15. A-NZ-IO 16. Elise 18. Fru-it 19. As-pire-s 21. H-in-der 22. Feline 23. Gnomes 25. No-O-se 26. DI-PS 28. F-o.g.

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