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Across

1. Toy bricks (6) 5. Hapless dupes (5) 8. Instant (6) 11. Notable achievements (8) 12. Menaced (10) 13. Personal albums (10) 14. Spring flower (8) 15. Bring to ruin (4) 16. Notifies (7) 19. Pentecostal music (6) 22. Inside plane (6) 24. Calls up (7) 27. One of the reeds (4) 28. Against (4) 29. Say again (7) 30. Shows compassion (6) 31. French town (6) 33. Generally speaking (7) 34. Temperate (4) 36. Brow (8) 39. Late (4-6) 41. Persisted (10) 42. Formal daytime repast (8) 43. Cardini’s salad (6) 44. Fights of honour (5) 45. Reclining (6)

Down

2. Dictionary (7) 3. Joint effort (13) 4. Boat maker (11) 5. Pasta topper (5) 6. Light-bulb units (5) 7. Tiger’s markings (7) 8. Frightening (7) 9. Transparent (5) 10. Requirements (5) 17. Clenched hands (5) 18. Fossick (7) 20. Grace in victory (13) 21. Flee to wed (5) 23. Hillbilly instrument (5) 25. Alpha’s opposite (5) 26. Augments (11) 32. Heavy knife (7) 33. Requisitioned (7) 35. Deflate (3,4) 37. TV serial, soap ... (5) 38. Alleviates (5) 39. Sill (5) 40. Retails (5)