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ACROSS

1. Make enemy of 5. Weepiness 11. Sideways 15. Flower necklace 16. Silent 17. Irish Sea seabird 19. Belittle 21. Chapter 23. Wipes away slops (4,2) 25. Freeholder 27. Itchy skin disease 28. Milk coffee style 30. Length unit 31. Mexican corn-chip dish 32. Incantations 33. Zone 34. Rejoinders 35. Climbing (mountain) 36. Be brave enough 38. Xmas 40. Large cups 42. Office circular 44. Villain’s opponent 45. Sharp implement 46. Paddles 48. Suppress (4,2) 49. Ants’ home 50. Early Peruvian 51. Crockery service (3,3) 52. Sugar source 53. Factual 54. Design 55. Big-screen movie format 56. Treat badly (3-3) 58. Sorts 59. Local expressions 61. Bluish-grey 63. New Year’s Eve (1,1,1) 64. Tea-serving container 65. Alternate 67. Actor, Roger ... 69. Writer, Jules ... 71. Unsuitable 73. Hi! 74. Unbinds 76. Biblical strongman 78. Baghdad citizen 80. Oscar winner, Robert De ... 82. Repulsive 83. Loss of memory 85. Ape 89. Borrowing institutions 91. More spiteful 93. Cuban guerrilla, ... Guevara 94. Cake 96. Ghastly 98. Bullring shout 99. Drilling platform 100. Eye cosmetic 102. Lacking in blood-iron 103. Cannabis resin 104. Garden of Eden snake 105. Uncle Sam (1,1,1)

106. Cravat 107. Hearing membrane 108. Camelot king 110. Vietnamese noodle soup 112. Accumulate 114. Passage from text 117. Safeguarded 120. Cousins 123. Stone god 125. Tibia or ulna 127. Kiosk 128. Untenanted 131. Lumber 133. Signifies 134. Leap forward 135. Cavalry sword 136. Country, ... Rica 137. Fish with line & hook 140. Race (motor) 141. Rubbish! 142. Impact hollows 145. Notify 147. Feloniously 148. Mould in relief 150. Fibber 151. Depart 152. Discerning 153. Solid fuel 154. Battle 156. News 158. Go upwards 160. Deep shock 162. Hand (out) 163. Hawaiian parties 164. 0.4047 hectares 165. Yemen port 166. Crush (fly) 167. Grape, Pinot ... 168. Curved doorway 170. Aims 172. Initially (2,5) 173. Pairs 174. Votes in 177. Cavalcade 179. Minuscule amount 180. House 182. Well-supplied 183. Contributed 185. Cupboard 187. Propeller sound 188. Arrangement (3-2) 189. Myth 191. Give up the ghost 192. Author, ... Clancy 193. Undermines 194. Economic slumps 195. Veteran (3-5)

DOWN

1. Submitted resumé 2. Fertility method (1,1,1) 3. Religious sceptics 4. Verve 5. Little crowns 6. Flooded (of decks) 7. Pet’s parasites 8. Gem, ... lazuli 9. Eradicate 10. Aromas 11. Utter (cry) 12. Pheasants & grouse (4,5) 13. Abdominal muscles 14. High voice 18. Temperature gauge 20. Points recorders 22. Actress, Audrey ... 24. Realist 26. Businessman 29. Determining 37. Assault 38. Disappointment 39. Army toilets 40. Wets slightly 41. Bath bubbles 43. Esprit de corps 44. Crude shelters 47. Call (for) 57. Yellow citrus fruit 60. Movement 62. Actor, Woody ... 66. Haul strenuously 68. Adornment 69. Swerve 70. Orient 72. Political refugees (6,7) 73. School principals 75. Naming word 77. Unseat 79. Repayments 81. Velocity measure (2/1) 84. Instance 85. Acquire 86. Frozen covers 87. Water oxygenator 88. Highbrow 90. Deciphers 92. Prevent 95. Anaesthetic 97. Sped on foot 101. So! 109. Exercise ring, ... hoop 111. Embrace 113. Puzzle, Rubik’s ... 115. 007 actor, Daniel ... 116. Tumbled over & over 118. Convent sisters 119. US/Canada border lake 121. Wandering tribesmen 122. Sushi condiment 124. Too committed 126. Directed 129. Dental gaps 130. Removes (5,3) 131. Test drive (5,3) 132. Infant’s clothing (4,4) 138. Mastered (performance) 139. Robbers 143. Intensifying (of war) 144. Heart-rending 146. Fabric join 149. Trifling 155. Carnivore (4,5) 157. Sweet-talk 159. Cut off 161. Untamed 165. Narcotics users 169. Collector 171. Slid violently 172. Bends to circumstances 175. Wave (hair) tightly 176. Binge 177. Destructive insects 178. Reminiscent of the past 181. Likelihood 184. Street protest 186. Ball 190. Deciduous tree