1a Not being bored, there's profit to add (4,8) ---- interest
and 1d Co-operate, as Jacob did for Rachel (4,8) ---- together. Both answers will start with the same letter....
23A recently deceased US country-and-western singer, musician, and composer (6,4)
J-H-N- C-S- It looks like Johnny Cash but he died in 2003. What does anyone out there think?...