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‘American’ crossword

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ACROSS

1. Captain in Tintin (7) 7. Academy Award (5)

11. Flatter servilely (7)

17. Roswell crash victim (5) 18. Sexual assault (4)

19. Spiritual teacher (4) 20. Whittled (5)

21. Kitchen utensil (7)

22. Zones (5)

24. Slanted (7)

25. Bunches (5)

26. Boundary (5)

27. Donkey (5)

28. Adage (3)

30. Flipper (3)

31. Little lie (3)

33. Furnished sitting room with bed (9) 36. Concentrat­ing (9)

39. Alpine call (5)

41. Female equines (5)

42. Hindu teacher (5)

45. Fever (4)

46. Social insects (4)

47. Provide with new weapons (5) 49. Wizard’s tool (4)

51. Core (7)

53. Resist (4)

54. Social etiquette (7)

57. A literary work (5)

58. Advise (7)

60. Thin mortar used to fill cracks (5) 61. Foreshadow (5)

62. Fancy desk (7) 64. Crosswise, on deck (5) 68. Insect-borne fever (7)

71. Cry (4)

72. Cut through (7)

74. Volcanic output (4)

75. Late (5)

76. Charge (4)

77. Rabbit relative (4)

79. Bid again (5)

80. More cunning (5)

81. Study (Fr) (5) 83. Overused expression (9) 87. Denoted (9)

90. Female sheep (3) 91. Headgear (3)

93. Carried out (3)

94. Mails (5)

97. ____ Palin (5)

99. Gave up (5) 102. Manufactur­e (7) 103. Colonic irrigation (5)

104. Act of expunging (7) 105. Daisylike bloom (5) 106. Looked at (4) 107. Coloured part of the eye (4) 108. Platform (5) 109. Necessary (7) 110. Church song (5)

111. Thief (7)

DOWN

1. Door fastener (4) 2. Pertaining to high mountains (6) 3. Clock face (4) 4. Discourage (6) 5. Responsibi­lity (4) 6. Indonesian volcano (8) 7. Semi-precious opaque gem (4) 8. Printing flourish (5)

9. Encore! (5)

10. Deteriorat­e, corrode (4) 11. Premonitio­ns of a happy future (8) 12. “Once ___ a time...” (4) 13. Continuati­on of coat collar (6) 14. Bone-dry (4)

15. Sinew (6)

16. Irascible (4)

23. Arabic for “commander” (4) 28. Pen for swine (3) 29. Triangular block of wood (5) 31. Speciality (5)

32. Form of public transport (3) 33. Chest (5)

34. Haggard (5)

35. Use again (5)

36. Liking (5) 37. Decree of a Muslim ruler (5)

38. Full range (5)

40. More or ___ (4)

41. Prestige, reputation (Maori) (4) 43. Lacerated (7)

44. Inactively (7)

47. Frequent customer (7)

48. Carve words on metal (7) 50. Slaver (5)

52. Banana oil, e.g. (5)

53. On the style of a musical fugue (5) 55. “Much ___ About Nothing” (3) 56. Eat (3)

58. Total (3)

59. Schuss, e.g. (3)

62. Vomit (5)

63. Line in a song (5) 64. Broadcast (5)

65. Alcoholic drink (4)

66. Pain (4)

67. Butcher’s offerings (5)

69. Jewish teacher (5)

70. Helped (5)

72. Person a cheque is made out to (5) 73. Celtic priest (5)

76. Wheel attached to revolving shaft (8) 78. Feelings of anxiety (8) 80. Perceive (3)

82. Finish (3)

84. Disincline­d (6)

85. Joked (6)

86. Reduce costs (4)

88. Mexican celebratio­n (6) 89. Appear (6)

91. Cards dealt in a game (5) 92. Language of southern India and Sri Lanka (5)

94. Stretch across (4)

95. Pay attention to (4)

96. Ride a wave (4)

97. Leak (4)

98. Damage (4)

99. Police investigat­ion (4) 100. Double (4)

101. Animal with antlers (4)

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