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1 Circus tent (3,3)

5 __ Stravinsky, US-Russian

composer (4)

8 Stevie __, US singer

songwriter (6)

10 When everything is

considered (5,3)

14 Accepting (6)

16 Renders accessible (5)

22 Lightheart­ed musical

drama (8)

23 Core of an atom (7)

24 Resumption (7)

26 Number featuring in the title of a Joseph Heller novel (6-3)

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2 Enforced (7)

3 __ Pratchett, UK fantasy

author (5)

4 Kneecap (7)

6 Created (9)

7 Stones (5)

8 Cereal grass (5)

9 Hearing organ (3)

11 Not many (3)

12 __ Mack, UK comedian (3) 13 Release, drop (3,4)

14 Levy (5)

15 Devastatin­g blow (8)

17 __ Capaldi, UK actor (5)

18 Oliver __, UK neurologis­t

and author (5)

19 Forerunner (9) 27 Greek letter (4)

29 Spot (4)

30 Exclude (3)

31 Fight (3-2)

33 Musical symbol (4)

34 Scare (10)

35 Sacred book of Islam (5) 36 Beams (4)

39 Having attractive

properties (8)

41 Jeopardy (6)

42 Noises (6)

43 Islamic God (5)

45 Topsy-turvy (6-4)

49 Units of weight (6)

51 Extra-terrestria­l (5) 20 __ Frank, WW2 diarist (4) 21 Did wrong (6)

25 Fabric (5)

26 Pair of matching

garments (4,3)

28 Cold weather ailment (9) 32 Possess (3)

33 Patterned with small

squares (7)

37 Type of tree (3)

38 Bumper car (6)

40 Seat (5)

41 Desiccated (5)

43 Distressed (9)

44 African animal (abbr.) (5) 46 Water barrier (3)

47 Female deer (3) 54 Unfit (3,2,5)

55 Fertilizer (4,4)

60 Give official recognitio­n (8) 62 Pushover, submissive

person (figurative) (7)

63 Assumed name (5)

64 Planet’s path (5)

65 Scold (3)

68 Impair (3)

69 Sorcery (5)

71 1990 Patrick Swayze and

Demi Moore film (5)

72 Childish fit of rage (7)

75 Suddenly under the

weather (5,3)

80 Single man (8) 48 Ancient sea battle featured in Shakespear­e’s Antony and Cleopatra (6) 50 Some (7)

52 Not a problem (2,7)

53 Chuckle (7)

54 Rock formation (7)

56 Confound (7)

57 Solitary (5)

58 Biblical character (4)

59 Hot drink (5)

61 Gearwheels (4)

66 Dull cries (6)

67 Affected (9)

70 Brief film appearance (5) 73 US state (6)

74 Director (7) 82 Unlikely (10)

84 Vision (5)

86 Any Given __, 1999 Al

Pacino film (6)

88 Building trade

craftspers­on (10)

91 Natural pigment (5)

93 Live (6)

95 Consents (6)

97 Suitable for retail (8) 100 Heroic tale (4)

102 Molars, e.g. (5)

103 Acquirable (10)

104 Ursine mammal (4) 106 __ Izzard, UK

comedian (5) 76 Leg joints (5)

77 Titles (5)

78 Part left (9)

79 __ Bevan, UK post-war

Minister for Health (3)

81 Chicken (3)

83 DCI Tom __, Midsomer

Murders detective (7)

85 Allotted (9)

87 Place in a seat of honour,

crown (8)

89 Gratuity (3)

90 American record

company (6)

92 Minor obstacles (7)

94 Ointment (5)

96 Extend (3) 109 Tin (3)

110 Vegetable (4)

111 Vomit (slang) (4) 112 Rash, quick (9) 114 Vocalise (7)

117 Vertical (7)

118 Guess (8)

119 Long (5)

120 Big cats (6)

121 Game bird (8) 122 Facial feature (6) 123 Sticks (4)

124 Sleeps noisily (6) 98 Situates (7)

99 2015 Bond film (7)

100 Admission (5)

101 Edible flower bud (5) 103 Signs (5)

105 Anthony __, former UK

PM (4)

107 Challenged (5)

108 Excited (5)

110 Caribbean dance (5) 113 Stitch (3)

115 Church seat (3)

116 Pigpen (3)

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