Qantas

Cryptic clues

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Across

10. Breakfast food rumoured to be served in instalment­s (6)

11. Country uses Brazilian currency – thousand (5) 12. Almost never start prematurel­y (6)

13. Veteran soldier seen at Troy? (8)

14. People at bar called for baristas (10)

15. Girl sometimes bowled over (6)

16. Company has 500 fish (3)

18. Comic verse about rice milk (8)

19. Pills under licence initially satisfies throbs (8) 21. Relocate one leaving locomotive­s factory (10) 24. Tricks children (4)

25. US president launches conflagrat­ions (9)

27. Pins up clip (4)

28. Leisurely rate of making room for escargot (5’1,4) 31. Holds fruit from Greece (8)

33. Cut meat quickly (4,4)

36. Hardened group (3)

37. Nests of Australian animals around street (6)

39. I’d no ethics about being pleasure-seeking (10) 41. Patching transforms headwear (8)

42. Worship always in religious education (6) 43. Follow path (5)

44. Now Ray is travelling around part of Scandinavi­a (6)

Down

1. State will unnerve Andy at every second (6) 2. Troubled ethos midst chapelgoer­s (10) 3. Orchestra member at home surrounded by wine (8) 4. What lawyers carry during short trials? (10) 5. Meek person gets Los Angeles medical degree (4) 6. Made rum label into cocktail decoration (8) 7. Fashionabl­e business is failing (6)

8. Rustic got through speaking exam (8)

9. Priest breaks circle (6)

17. Releases from obligation of holiday-purchase outlets (4-5)

20. No, I turn against United Nations alliance (5)

22. Call for help from love held by Nazis (1,1,1)

23. Is one prepared for the racket? (5) 25. Underwater vessel turns into coach (3) 26. Corner the correct journalist­ic slant (5,5) 27. Backers for port in super seafront (10)

29. I’m shown by evidence to have got better (8) 30. You don’t want to eat without this! (8) 32. Superior tarragon blend (8)

34. Paid attention as he did audition (6)

35. Waved down a cab and saluted (6)

38. Steep way of making drink from pot? (6)

40. After church, Pa turned to fellow (4)

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