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1 Achieve (10) 6 Demands (as price) (7) 10 Floating devices (5) 13 Blocks (4) 16 Female sheep (4) 19 Lotteries (7) 20 Unfavourable (7) 21 Of sound mind (4) 23 Forms (6) 24 Reliable (7) 25 Covered (6) 26 Make a mistake (3) 27 Relating to the nose (5) 29 Expel (5) 31 Drops on a cool surface
(3) 32 A defence (law) (5) 33 Blisterlike sac (4) 34 Comfort (4) 35 Slipped up (5) 36 Half (prefix) (4) 38 Approach (4) 40 A scull or sweep (3) 41 Decorative stamp (4) 43 Young lady (4) 46 A whole number (7) 49 A standard (4) 50 Your mother’s sister (4) 51 Scramble (7) 54 To incise (3) 55 Start again (5) 57 Improvise (2,3) 60 Reproduce (5) 62 Superb (3) 63 Spirit (4) 64 Everything (3) 65 Slim cylinder (3) 66 A small island (4) 67 Lump . . . (large amount)
(3) 69 Amazing (11) 70 Young child (3) 71 Structured (9) 72 Peach variety (9) 73 In the past (3) 74 Cavorted (9) 75 Stir (3) 77 A very small bone (7) 79 Oriental (7) 81 Japanese verse with 17
syllables (5) 82 Devoted (9) 85 Accessories for a shirt (5) 86 Danger (6) 88 . . . of Nations (political
alliance) (6) 90 Type (4) 93 XVII (9) 95 Split open (4) 97 Decorative object (8) 98 Large semiaquatic
snake (8) 99 Instance (4) 101 The previous day (9) 104 Courteous man (short)
(4) 107 Couch (6) 108 Muscle in the upper
arm (6) 110 South African shrub (5) 111 Discover (9) 115 Passageway (5) 116 Conference (7) 118 Decline to vote (7) 120 Fabrication (3) 121 Next-in-line (9) 123 . . . in the sky (illusory
hope) (3) 124 Trim and neat (9) 126 Two-wheeled passenger vehicles (9) 128 Text message (abbr) (3) 129 Without feeling (2,4,5) 130 The day before (3) 132 Long live! (4) 133 Adriatic, eg (3) 134 The internet (3) 136 Shelf below a window
(4) 137 Tear roughly (3) 139 Protuberance (5) 140 Bender (5) 143 Shopping centres (5) 144 . . . none (without
exception) (3) 145 Fundamental nature (7) 149 Farm animals (4) 150 Sign (4) 151 Memory loss (7) 155 Locale (4) 157 Operatic solo (4) 158 Light brown (3) 159 Information (4) 160 Coloured (hair) (4) 162 A religion (5) 163 Lean (4) 165 On a single occassion
(4) 167 Feudal lord (5) 168 City in Morocco (3) 170 Spaghetti, eg (5) 172 Modify (5) 174 Fire residue (3) 176 Be at sixes and . . . (badly organised) (6) 177 Kind of rug (7) 178 Stopped (6) 180 Walked (4) 181 Arm muscles (7) 182 Illness caused by
contaminated water (7) 183 Without doubt (4) 184 Honey-makers (4) 185 Exploits (5) 186 Alike (7) 187 Exact opposite (10)
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1 A long time (4) 2 Fair and sunny (5) 3 Sweat (8) 4 Without limits (8) 5 Seed coverings (5) 6 Expensive (6) 7 Used to (10) 8 Fashionable celebrities
(10) 9 Tints (6) 10 Variety show (5) 11 Predict (8) 12 The whole range
(colours) (8) 14 Subside (5) 15 Took to court (4) 17 To which place? (5) 18 Ankle injury (6) 21 Seat for a rider (6) 22 Salamanders (5) 28 Admitted (12) 30 Taunt (4) 36 Dots (6) 37 In . . . condition (perfect)
(4) 39 Stadium (5) 42 Starred (in) (5) 44 Region (4) 45 Public road (6) 47 In every part (10) 48 Wreaths (8) 52 Relinquish (8) 53 Exceptional talent (10) 56 More (4) 57 Took for granted (7) 58 SA lottery (5) 59 Small publication (7) 60 Stamped (7) 61 Part in a play (4) 68 More emotional (7) 70 About to cry (7) 73 Flu symptoms (5) 76 Start (5) 78 Type of lizard (9) 80 Situations (9) 83 Skating on thin ... (3) 84 Pretend (3) 87 To cook by dry heat (5) 89 Web-footed bird (5) 91 Egg cells (3) 92 From head to . . . (3) 93 A pig’s home (3) 94 No (archaic) (3) 95 Sink (3) 96 Charged particle (3) 99 Secret alliance (5) 100 Triumph (7) 102 Secure (3) 103 Long-tailed rodent (3) 105 Geometric figure (7) 106 Aromatic herb (5) 107 Questionable (10) 109 Father Christmas (5,5) 111 English Premier League
soccer club (7) 112 Birds that lay their eggs
in nests of others (7) 113 Release from blame (7) 114 Intolerant (6-6) 117 Wrong (8) 119 Murderer (8) 122 Respected individual
(5) 125 Jetty (4) 127 A thought (4) 128 Emphasise (6) 131 Was paid (6) 133 Magnificent (5) 135 Whimper (5) 138 Maya Angelou, eg (4) 141 Autopsy (4-6) 142 Cheap (10) 144 Donkey sound (4) 146 Taken (6) 147 Signed up (8) 148 Area to pitch
a tent (8) 149 Finished (4) 152 Abuse (8) 153 One of the Big Five (8) 154 To do with idealism (6) 156 Deduce (5) 161 Anaesthetic (5) 164 Slips (6) 166 A disease (6) 169 Inspire (5) 171 Small storage buildings
(5) 173 A pleasant smell (5) 175 Butts (5) 176 Pierce (4) 179 Lairs (4)