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1 Division of a tournament (5) 4 Remains of a sunken ship (5) 6 Group of sheep (5)
9 Film set in historical USA, often involving cowboys and gunfights (7) 12 Spirit said to provide artistic inspiration (4)
13 – Callas, Us-born Greek opera singer (5)
14 Skin specialist (13)
15 Midriff (5)
16 Large farm storage building (4) 17 Calm at a storm’s centre (3) 18 Town in southern England noted for white cliffs (5)
22 Infant’s wheeled transport (4) 24 Of birth (5)
25 Loud outcry (6)
27 Stuck-up people (5)
28 Dutch cheese (4) 29 Smallclothes, lingerie (9) 33 Outdoor meal (6)
35 Shaving device (5) 36 Himalayan ruminant (3)
37 Per capita (4)
39 Spinning part of a machine (5) 40 Albacore or bonito (4)
41 – Flintstone, prehistoric cartoon character (4) 42 Nautical speed unit (4) 43 Requires (5)
44 Pull-down list of options on a computer (4)
46 High fashion shoes (5)
47 One who is wasteful with money (11) 52 Advantage of beginning early (4,5) 54 Evidence (5)
56 Mythical lad who flew too near the sun (6)
57 Military dining hall (4) 58 Show-off (5)
60 – Gibson, actor (3) 61 Spacious (5)
63 Theatre attendant (5)
64 New York hotel with an eponymous salad (7) 65 Galvanising metallic element (4) 67 Bivouac (4)
69 For a short or limited period (9) 73 Effective distance (5)
74 Foe (5)
75 Bachelor’s dwelling (3)
76 Name before marriage (3)
77 Of sound (5)
78 Picture, representation (5) 80 Skilled male artisans (9)
83 – Taylor, versatile actor (4) 84 Portal into a garden or field (4) 87 Large bovine creature (7) 89 Sacha Baron –, comedy actor (5) 90 Capital of WA (5)
92 Simple melody (3)
93 Cake decoration (5)
94 Earnest desire (4)
96 Early medieval Norse raider (6) 98 Pound one’s foot angrily (5) 100 With identity hidden or obscured (9) 104 Amusement park ride (6,5) 107 Soft light hair or down (5) 109 Write with a keyboard (4) 111 Persistent pains (5)
112 Terrible medieval tsar (4)
114 Eagle –, Daddy Cool song (4) 116 Doing word (4)
117 Alpine sportsperson (5) 118 Domesticated, placid (4) 119 Work-out facility (3)
121 Sad, mournful song (5) 122 Ghostly apparition (6)
123 Key ingredients of meringue (3,6) 124 Thick Japanese noodle (4) 125 Express feelings (5)
127 Not as prominent or significant (6) 131 Keen, enthusiastic (5)
133 Fifty percent (4) 135 Encouraging prod or shove (5) 137 Set of tools and equipment (3) 139 Baghdad’s country (4)
140 Frock (5)
141 Love is in the Air singer (4,4,5) 143 Pin for joining metal sheets (5) 144 – Jackman, actor (4) 145 Lowest possible number (7) 146 – Franklin Award, Australian literary prize (5)
147 Baked meal (5)
148 – Carey, Australian author (5)
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1 Cure for a disease or condition (6) 2 Cacophony (5) 3 Flammable gas (6) 4 Daughter in the Addams family (9) 5 Seinfeld’s eccentric neighbour (6) 6 Disappointing failure (4) 7 Smell (5)
8 Ornamental pond carp (3) 9 Large fruit with red flesh (10) 10 Forcibly remove from property (5) 11 Stinging plant (6) 15 Eponymous prison in the remake of Prisoner (9)
19 South American republic, capital Caracas (9)
20 Julia –, actress (7)
21 Large vegetable carved into Halloween Jack-o-lantern (7) 22 Went before (8)
23 Edvard –, Norwegian painter known for The Scream (5) 26 Proprietor (5) 30 Architecture and design style prominent between the
World Wars (3,4)
31 Tree limb (6)
32 Yellow fruit (6)
34 Weapons (4)
38 Johnny –, late country music star (4)
44 Waltzing –, Australian folk song about a jolly swagman (7) 45 Operator or consumer (4) 48 Printing measurements (3) 49 Foot digit (3)
50 Slightly indelicate or provocative (6)
51 1983 film about an aspiring ballerina (10) 53 Petrol station (coll.) (5) 54 Catharine -, 6th and last wife of Henry VIII (4)
55 Unit of electrical resistance (3) 59 Colonial US town noted for witch trials (5) 60 Organised crime group (5) 62 Constellation of the Hunter (5)
64 – Heights, Emily Brontë novel (9) 66 Gradual increase in intensity of music (9) 68 Determined or positioned in advance (6) 70 Respiratory gas (6)
71 Sing in an alpine fashion (5) 72 Frantic alarm (5)
75 Express in different words (10) 79 Ceremonial table (5) 81 Petrified resin (5)
82 Major city in Florida, USA (5) 85 Reply (6)
86 1971 John Lennon song (7) 88 Frivolous romantic attachment (5) 89 Cut of pork or lamb (4) 91 Consume (3)
95 Distress code (3)
96 Contend (for) (3)
97 Scottish tartan skirt (4) 99 Mirthful, pleasantly diverting (7) 101 Crunchy stalk vegetable (6) 102 Received from predecessors (9) 103 Pearl-bearing mollusc (6) 105 Concept (4) 106 Lycanthrope (8)
107 Piscean creature (4) 108 Pyrotechnic displays (9) 110 Cultured dairy product (7) 111 Lower torso (7)
113 Fruit spread (7,3)
115 School group (5)
118 Dentists’ field of health care (5) 120 Work a supplementary job (9) 126 Rarely (6)
128 Buffy the Vampire –, TV series (6) 129 Scooby-doo’s owner (6) 130 Warming apparatus (6) 132 Colour associated with inexperience (5)
134 Jacket flap (5)
136 Bring together (5)
138 Batting side’s score in cricket (4) 142 Ostentatious thespian (3)
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