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Across 1 Heap (5)

4 Appear unafraid despite one’s feelings (4,1,4,5)

11 Bed cover (5)

14 Single (5)

15 Of marriage (11)

16 Actor (8)

19 Guilty party (7)

20 Turmoil (5)

21 Thing built (9)

24 Head off (9)

26 Elf or fairy (6)

27 Twist out of shape (6) 31 Person authorised to act for another (5) 32 Undergroun­d cemetery (8) 34 Whisky plant (10) 38 Disregarde­d (7)

39 Dog breed (6) 40 Customer (6)

41 Masticate (4)

42 Shine wetly (7) 45 Obstinate (10)

50 Sectors (anag)(7)

54 Highest point of achievemen­t (4) 55 Astuteness (6)

56 Fictional books (6) 57 Of questionab­le value (7) 60 Rate per hundred (10) 61 Citrus drink (8)

62 Duck for down (5) 65 Prey (6)

66 Agatha Christie sleuth (6)

67 Go with (9)

72 Ruling over (9)

73 Waterway (5)

74 Imitative behaviour (7)

79 Lock in jail (8)

80 Expert judge in matters of taste (11) 81 Aromatic plants (5) 82 Economises (5)

83 Divert the suspicions of (3,3,3,5) 84 Remains (5)

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2 Language (6) 3 Inexpensiv­e (5) 5 Practical joke (4) 6 Adore (7)

7 Panda food (6) 8 Touch down (4) 9 Bone break (8) 10 Pacific island (6) 11 Unruly (10) 12 Empty space (4) 13 Temper fit (7) 17 Skinflint (5) 18 Cutting back on (10) 22 Sea (5)

23 En masse (8) 25 Harmful, poisonous (7) 26 Topic (7)

28 Thrifty (6) 29 Thwarted (6)

30 Posture (6) 33 Sun-dried brick (5) 35 Boredom sign (5)

36 Unit of heredity (4) 37 Repeat (4)

42 Grip firmly (5)

43 Living forever (8)

44 Subtle distinctio­n (6) 45 Known territory (4,6) 46 Female relation (4) 47 Tingles (anag)(7) 48 Renovate (6) 49 Synthetic fibre (5)

51 Dross (4)

52 View (7)

53 Hairpiece (6) 58 Demolish violently (4,2,4) 59 Nitwit (5)

63 Achieve a goal (5,3) 64 Cleave (5)

65 Calls into question (7) 68 Definitive model of its kind (7) 69 Regain (6)

70 Salt solution (6) 71 Unwashed (6) 75 Chemically unreactive (5) 76 Black marketeer (4) 77 Intertwine wool (4) 78 Rotate (4)

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