Qantas

Cryptic clues

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Across

1 Bearing unusual pride of web designer (6) 5 Advertisem­ents that hold water? (5) 8 Waterproof section of undersea ledge (6) 11 Appeals relating to long missions (8) 12 Recaps as summer is reviewed (10) 13 Where politician­s meet a group of owls (10) 14 Final exams stunted developmen­t of pupils (8) 15 Cartel to throw away blowtorch (4) 16 Boy follows approach, makes progress (5,2) 19 Moves rostered hours (6) 22 Endeavoure­d to convert voters (6) 24 Sediment from bank (7) 27 Marquee is a bit contentiou­s (4) 28 Domestic animals hide back in haystack (4) 29 Hearing spell in recording studio (7) 30 The kind of clue that doesn’t go down well? (6) 31 Scary presences of entertaine­rs after midnight (6) 33 They measure the temperatur­e and seriousnes­s of burns (7) 34 Pained expression touches heart (4) 36 Filmmaker sees orcs differentl­y (8) 39 Contemptib­le characters spied on pay-TV system (10) 41 Miner’s quirkiness seen in man’s idiosyncra­sies (10) 42 Traces rough plans (8) 43 Discerning movie watcher gets gag (6) 44 Trust you to lose out, being unpractise­d (5) 45 Jordan is happily consuming pastry (6)

Down

2 Succeed over PE rival (7) 3 Cheats by using dual vampire-repellers (6-7) 4 Historians find bowman captured by foreign seers (11) 5 Dated as per father’s directions (5) 6 Knock over and wound (5) 7 Extremely simple reason for cartoon family’s name (7) 8 They have chiselled features (7) 9 Still with us? (5) 10 Competitio­n is happening (5) 17 Techniques used to write 1000 poems (5) 18 Exhausting chant about app (7) 20 Nigeria torn to pieces by crossexami­nation (13) 21 Cans contain original tie-dyes (5) 23 Create a channel partly to pass on informatio­n (5) 25 Because canines become unruly, an eviction occurs (5) 26 Passed on disease using broadcast (11) 32 She sees Queen twice and gets thinner (7) 33 Andre’s serving too much for buffet (7) 35 Guests can be cold if unsolicite­d (7) 37 Judge follows leading court case (5) 38 They’re stepped on by people climbing to the top (5) 39 Leaving, I kissed model where employees work (5) 40 Untruth in article (5)

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