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1 Incendiary liquid (6)

5 Jane Austen novel (4)

8 Russian lake, the largest in

the world (6)

10 One unsure about belief in

God (8)

14 __ Palmer, late US golfing

legend (6)

16 More frosty (5)

22 Playhouses (8)

23 Male felines (3-4)

24 Irked (7)

26 Financial organiser (9)

27 Capital of Morocco (5)

29 Discharge (4)

30 Biblical priest (3) 2 Embarrassed (7)

3 Improvise (5)

4 Italian inventor (7)

6 Marriage (9)

7 Concede (5)

8 Congratulations! (5)

9 __ Ivanovic, former Serbian

tennis star (3)

11 _ Fawkes, Gunpowder Plot

conspirator (3)

12 Statement of belief (5)

13 Fruit of a rose plant (4-3)

14 Clothes horse (5)

15 Scandinavian (8)

17 Confine (5)

18 Bolero composer (5)

19 Cinema worker (9) 31 Scout group (5)

33 Lend (4)

34 Unordained cleric (3,7)

35 __ Park, home of

Blackburn Rovers (5)

36 __ Mitchell, long-standing

EastEnders character (4) 39 Poem (3)

40 Rescuing vessel (8)

42 Fish hawk (6)

43 Girl’s name (6)

44 Shade of brown (5)

46 Determines (10)

49 Lizard (6)

51 Dairy product (5)

54 Quadrupedal (4-6) 20 Irish singer whose hits

include Orinoco Flow (4) 21 Tomb __, computer game

featuring Lara Croft (6)

25 Demise (5)

26 Dramatic scene (7)

28 Star of Mission Impossible

and Vanilla Sky (3,6)

32 Burst (3)

33 Father of Odysseus (7)

37 Sir __ Botham, former

English cricketer (3)

38 Mick __, Rolling Stones

frontman (6)

39 Of the ear (4)

41 Understood (5)

42 Greek letter (5) 56 Conclusive (8)

61 Football position (4,4)

63 Some (7)

64 Steering device (5)

65 European city known for

art and fashion (5)

66 ZZ __, Texan rock band (3) 68 British singer who sung White Flag and Life for Rent (4)

70 US drama series set on a

mysterious island (4)

71 Triumphed (3)

72 Canal boat (5)

74 Meat sauce (5)

75 Calendrical celebration (3,4) 44 Making more malleable (9) 45 Consumed (3,2)

47 Goal (3)

48 Lacking breadth (6)

50 Balkan country whose

capital is Tirana (7)

52 Strike a bargain (4,1,4)

53 One who searches for

water (7)

54 Hazelnut (7)

55 Petroleum (3)

57 Tasty pieces of food (7)

58 Bind (5)

59 Region (4)

60 Instrument (5)

62 Member of the nobility (4) 67 Gripping tool (6) 78 From a certain

perspective (2,3,3)

83 Water feature (8)

85 Retailer (10)

87 Clothing (3-2)

89 Caress (6)

91 Type of footwear (5,5)

94 Plant fibre (5)

96 Relieving (6)

98 Moisten (6)

100 Once more (3,5)

102 Employ (3)

104 M. Eastern country (4)

106 Sheriff (5)

107 Discouraging weapons (10) 109 Percussion instrument (4) 69 Deserted (9)

73 Spirit (5)

74 Opening (3)

76 Old vehicles (6)

77 Take back (7)

79 Denise van __, English

actress and presenter (5) 80 Vacant (5)

81 Military officers (9)

82 Wooded valley (4)

84 And not (3)

86 Go before (7)

88 Complete waste (5,4)

90 Better or greater than

usual (8)

92 Paddle (3)

93 Walk leisurely (6) 111 114

115 116 117 118 121 122 123 124 125 126 127

128

City in Oklahoma (5) __ Seydoux, French actress who starred in Spectre (3) Table game (4)

False gods (5)

Financial protection (9) Ferret (7)

Italian brand of vermouth (7) Camping equipment (4-4) Rotate (5)

Followed closely (6)

Swap (8)

Gandhi’s nationality (6) __ Daly, English model and TV presenter (4)

Making mistakes (6) 95 Release (3,4)

97 Exercise for the

stomach (3-2)

99 Deep hole (3)

101 Extreme (7)

103 Alcoholic drink (4,3)

104 Useless (5)

105 Swellings (5)

107 Administered medicine (5) 108 Clean (5)

110 Stack of hay (4)

112 Fabric (5)

113 Divided (5)

115 Billie __, Secret Diary of a

Call Girl star (5)

119 Journal (3)

120 Weight unit (3)