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ACROSS
1. Wine-making property 5. Hothouse flower 9. Iconic movie, … Rider
11. Prison officer 16. Country, … Rica 17. Wallpaper-removing tool
19. Chile’s continent, South …
20. Clear away, … spillages (3,2) 21. Sole, the one and … 22. Elvis hit, In The … 23. Wild West bandit 25. Detested thing 27. Mends socks, eg 30. Philatelist’s book (5,5) 31. Spider’s snare 32. Explode, … up 34. Insurance protection 38. Green or red pepper 42. Oxygenates 43. Device for spreading on a substance 45. Scheme
46. Bend under a weight 47. Sacrament 48. Australian actress, Miranda … 49. Homeland star, … Patinkin
51. More fortunate 52. People who believe there is no god 55. Pinches
57. Burnt residue 58. River barriers 60. Tribe’s spiritual healer 61. Annoys, irritates 63. Self-centred person 66. Song, On the … Ship Lollipop
68. Frolic boisterously 69. Travel business 70. Woollen jumper 73. Roman emperor, Julius …
75. Shout
76. Large deer 78. Groups of whales 79. Plane’s flying height, eg 80. Pecan-like nuts 82. Shoot or sprout of a tree 83. Fairytale writer, … Christian Andersen 84. Without delay (1,1,1,1) 86. Amount of spirit
88. Style of wrestling 90. Wrongdoers, deliquents 93. Desiccated, arid (4,3) 95. Tall church spires 97. TV show host, … Kruger 99. Monopolises,
… the limelight
100. Drink of the gods
101. One-sided,
a … decision
105. American Hustle
actress, Amy …
108. Linseed-coated canvas 110. Religious sufferer 111. Bitter, tart 112. Divisions of a play 115. Car used on sand, beach … 116. Relating to touch 117. Active, busy (2,3,2) 118. Light wood for model making
119. Medical stitch
120. Distorted, warped
121. Emotional outburst,
angry …
122. Showing childlike
credulity (4-4)
DOWN
1. Winner of a battle 2. Snuggles 3. Twelve-month period 4. Small fruit high in vitamin C 6. Copies exactly 7. Scary film, … movie 8. Rough versions, original … 9. Building lift 10. Country music great, … Dusty
12. Let in 13. Australian slang term for “failed” (6,3) 14. Scrap, … the law 15. Sir Anthony Hopkins role, … Lecter 18. Rock song, Shake …
And Roll
24. Without tenants
26. TV’S Mr Fawlty
28. Without principles
29. Brushed, … the floor
32. Single man
33. Capital of Chile
35. Less clear, a … answer
36. Compute
37. Make an advance adjustment 39. Financial backer 40. Collections of tents 41. Brazen, remorseless 43. Televise, put to … 44. Legumes, split … 47. Copy, model 50. Table linen or rose variety 53. Psychological counsellor 54. Gluey mud 56. Patella 57. Slumbering
59. Shed fur or feathers 62. Orang-utan, eg 64. Place to buy dolls and games (3,4)
65. Very small fragment of wood, sharp … 67. Unsettles 69. Extreme shock 71. Slow dramatic dances 72. Putrefied, decayed 74. Rascal
77. Slant, tilt
80. Song, Till There … You 81. Table salt, … chloride 85. Adhered, … to 87. Conducted business 89. Poetry rhythm 91. Bright stage illumination
92. Add written comments to
94. Enid Blyton’s famous character 96. Person who accepts the inevitable 98. Homeland co-star of 49. Across, … Danes
102. Libyan capital
103. Nearby, shop …
104. Is sceptical about
105. Bear witness (to)
106. Passion
107. Pirate novel,
Treasure …
109. Coating, tier
113. Dull pain
114. Skilled