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1. Upintheair star, … Farmiga 4. Auctioned off 7. Form of exercise, tai … 9. Basketball ring 13. Measures of current 16. Apple or banana, eg 17. Oyster’s gem 19. Spider’s snare 20. Local railway chief 25. Movie, Where…dare 26. First-rate, in … condition (3-3) 27. Demand emphatically 28. Stretch of land 30. Bus traveller, eg 31. Unfreezes, melts 34. Fisherman’s haul 35. Real, correct 36. Click actor, … Sandler 37. Powerful clique 39. Paris landmark, … de Triomphe 41. Ruby colour 44. State of zero intoxication 46. Parrot-like learning 48. Wan 49. Selected passages from a book 52. Tattered 53. Journey on foot 54. Hold in high regard, revere 58. Employ, use 59. Lower the value of 62. Soup flavour, …and ham 63. Ketchup, tomato … 65. Pacific island nation 67. Pleasure, enjoyment 68. Dutch bulb flowers 69. 180-degree change of direction (1-4) 71. Country, Papua New … 73. Pester 74. Fencing swords 76. Excavate, dig up 77. Stratified 78. Shakespeare play, The…oftheshrew 80. Moves furtively 82. Discount, get a … 84. Filthy, very dirty 85. Private hospital, eg 87. Needle hole 88. Show a response 90. Water organisms, blue-green … 91. Make enquiries 93. Author of Brideshead Revisited, … Waugh 96. Years in a century 97. Say it again 100. Lazy, work shy 102. Bird’s breeding place 104. Clear quartz particles 106. Feathery scarves 108. Epic story 111. Becomes rusty 112. Backward flow 114. Entreat 115. Feature 118. Operatic solo 119. Uncle’s wife, eg 120. Chores to be done 122. Men and boys 124. Expelled, forced to leave (6,3) 125. Harnessing-frames for oxen, eg 127. Comic-strip boy, Dennis the … 129. Waved down a cab 132. Narrow band of colour 133. Yuletide greetings note (9,4) 136. Bride’s attendant, … of honour 137. Buying binge, shopping … 138. Narrow passage between buildings 139. Highest point of an arch 140. Exchange, trade 141. Munched 142. Comedy movie, Three Menanda… 143. Remain behind
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1. The other way around, … versa 2. Ironman star, … Downey Jr. 3. Planet’s path in space 4. Befitting a female sibling 5. The Simpsons bus driver 6. Promptly, on the … 8. Rock band, … and Collectors 9. Possesses, owns 10. Exposed to the air 11. Convince 12. Heraldic insignia 14. African country whose capital is Lilongwe 15. Average (2-2) 16. Get, collect 18. Metal-working machine 21. Come to light 22. Fly or beetle, eg 23. Goat hair 24. Long vehement speech 28. Prohibited by social custom 29. Oak-tree nuts 32. Makes aware of 33. NSW or Victoria, eg 38. In this place 40. Scoundrel 42. Santa’s helpers 43. Wound crust 44. Ladder rung, eg 45. Relax after a fright (7,6) 47. Survives, lives 48. Pincers for bending wire 50. Manufactured for assembly on site (3-10) 51. Dermatologist’s subject 55. Possible to endure 56. Telepathic power (1.1.1.) 57. Pureed potatoes 59. Terriers and hounds 60. Perfume, … de cologne 61. Irritation 64. Made of fired clay material 66. Post sent by plane 69. Operating 70. Female goat 72. Make an incision 75. TV sitcom, The…couple 78. Adolescent (abbrev) 79. Snorts like a pig 80. Grins smugly 81. Mark of a wound 83. Make an effort 86. Actor, Tommy … Jones 87. Actor, … Bana 89. Beat strongly 90. Traditional saying 92. Sets of equipment 94. Craft for transport by water 95. Thehungergames star, … Hemsworth 98. Uncontaminated 99. Warm waterproof jacket 101. Song, Theimpossible… 103. Looks for 105. Rises like a submarine 106. Drinking cup 107. Early counting device 109. Monks’ superiors 110. Crime writer, … Christie 111. In an honest way 113. Pub coaster (4,3) 116. Starwars actress, … Fisher 117. Short-term office helpers (abbrev) 120. This 24 hours 121. Confidential 123. Oozes 125. Aden’s country 126. Largest continent 128. Grind food in mouth 130. Fine horse breed 131. Unique, the … one 134. Little devil 135. Truck driver’s compartment