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1 Criminal group (9)
6 Place (8)
10 Critical points (10)
17 Possessor (5)
18 Abridge (7)
19 Farewell (5)
20 Detection device (5)
21 Farm vehicle (7)
23 Ogled (6)
26 Hi-fi (6)
27 Sludge (5)
28 Confidence (4-9)
30 Antelope (5)
31 Stays as a guest (6)
33 Wipes clean (6)
35 Small room (3)
36 Inferred meaning (11)
40 Small demon (3)
42 A striped animal (5)
43 Unit of length (100 cm) (5) 45 Lure (6)
47 Observations (11)
50 Emotions (8)
52 Santa’s helpers (5)
55 Selenium (symbol) (2)
56 While (2)
57 Decipher (5)
58 Sulk (4)
60 Small particles (5)
61 Happen again (5)
62 Ooze (4)
63 Combustible heap (4)
64 Bundles (5)
65 Emblem (4)
66 Wears away gradually (6) 69 Boys (inf) (4)
70 Carry (4)
71 Written document (6)
74 Vitality (3)
76 Stress (9)
79 Type of grain (3)
80 Dined (3)
81 Feel sorrow (3)
82 Tore (5)
83 Measures (medicine) (5)
87 Contests of speed (5)
89 Snapshot (5)
91 Final test (4)
93 Ignorant (7)
94 Capri, eg (4)
95 Become encrusted (4)
96 Steam bath (5)
97 Quiet intervals (5)
98 Roused (4)
99 Most important (4)
100 Custodian (7)
102 African antelope (4)
104 Barter (5)
105 Stadium (5)
107 Aromatic herb (5)
109 Pushchairs (5)
111 Anger (3)
112 Primate (3)
114 Something curved in
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116 Boeing, eg (9)
120 Female deer (3)
122 Hard, pointed leaf (6)
124 Toothed device for hair (4) 125 Electromagnetic radiation
(1-3) 127 Public road (6)
129 Pairs (inf ) (4)
130 Aerosol (5)
131 Metabolic disease (4)
132 Abnormal respiratory
sound (4)
133 Simple dwelling (5)
134 Unfledged (5)
135 Cookware (4)
136 Brutal (5)
138 Germanium (symbol) (2) 139 Above (2)
141 Edges of a roof (5)
143 Rhino killers (8)
145 Narrator (11)
147 Area (6)
149 Your sibling’s daughter (5) 150 Work of prose (5)
152 Speck (3)
153 Diners (11)
156 Colour (3)
157 Erase (6)
160 A boiled sweet (6)
163 To travel on two wheels
(5)
164 Readapted (13)
166 Agave plant (5)
168 Hobbled (6)
169 Vigorous (6)
170 Run wild (7)
174 Bizarre (5)
175 On top (5)
176 Guard (7)
177 Period of rule (5)
178 Indictment (10)
179 Necklace attachments (8) 180 Sat atop (9)
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2 Not affiliated (10) 3 Inapplicability (11) 4 Bowmen (7) 5 Serious in mind (7) 6 Deceiver (4) 7 Young male horse (4) 8 Earliest period of the Mesozoic era (8)
9 Drop (4)
11 Frolic (7)
12 Blocks (7)
13 Accountable (11)
14 Surrender (10)
15 Layers (of rock) (6)
16 Remote (3)
22 Giraffe-like animal (5) 24 Covet (6)
25 In the event that (2)
26 Locations (6)
29 Partners (6)
32 Frozen water (3)
34 Branch of the armed
service (3,5)
35 Goes away (10)
37 Get the most out of (8) 38 Large amounts (4)
39 Breakfast dish (8)
41 Travel document (8) 44 Moray (3)
46 Go by (time) (6)
48 Discuss again (6)
49 Standing frames (6) 51 In a regular manner (6)
53 Nobleman, eg (4)
54 Proceeded quickly (inf) (7) 57 Boyfriends (7)
59 Smidgen (3)
62 Part of a tennis game (3)
67 Tip over (11)
68 Kind of lyric poem (5)
72 Creepy (5)
73 Ketchup (6,5)
75 Freeloading (9)
77 Appearance (literary) (4)
78 Mineral spring (3)
79 Restored confidence (9)
84 Charming (5)
85 A spicy tomato sauce (5)
86 Producer (5)
87 Recovery clinic (short) (5) 88 Common ailments (5)
90 Sheep (female) (3)
92 Homo sapiens (3)
94 Kind (3)
95 Perch (3)
99 Heavy . . . (music genre) (5) 101 Droplets from the sky (4) 103 Angered (5)
105 Fine spray (7)
106 Indicates maiden name (3) 108 Layered pasta dish (7)
110 Intuition (inf) (5,5)
113 Fearless (8)
115 Stop working (6)
116 No-show (8)
117 Diving bird (6)
118 . . . of Nations (political
alliance) (6)
119 Advocate (8)
121 Stableman (archaic) (6) 123 Outstanding (3)
124 Well integrated (8)
126 Indian discipline (4)
128 Music genre (3)
136 Light fixtures (11)
137 Vaselike vessel (3)
138 Clench (teeth) (4)
140 Easily bent (6)
142 Solitary (11)
144 Dictatorial (10)
145 Diatribe (6)
146 Schedule (6)
148 Re: factories (10)
151 Extremely low frequency
(abbr) (3)
154 House shop (SA) (5)
155 Took off the truck (8)
158 Criticise (7)
159 Vocal vibrato (7)
161 Smelly (7)
162 Agitate (7)
163 Oil for cooking (6)
165 Indefinite article (2)
167 Advanced (6)
170 Ruby (3)
171 Friend (4)
172 Spirit (4)
173 Washes the floor (4)