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1. Judy Garland movie, Meetmein … (2,5) 4. Skewer meat dish 8. Cosy neck wrap 11. Australian actress and singer,… bassingthwaite 16. Lacking originality, trite 18. Self-penned life story 19. Talcum, eg (7,6) 21. US casino city (3,5) 23. Division in a boxing match 24. Suitable for being cleaned with water 26. Enquires 28. Bowling session in cricket 31. Defamation made in print 32. Result of addition 34. Release from bonds 35. Everest’s continent 36. Accumulate (3,2) 37. Oak nut 38. David Williamson play, …Party (3’1) 40. Bus driver in The Simpsons 42. Make a mistake 43. Clothing 47. Affix 48. US hip-hop band, Black … Peas 50. Moved through water, … against the tide 53. Evaluation, assessment 54. Religion of Mecca 56. Higher than 57. Movie starring 109. Across, … 13 60. Smoothed, … the creases (6,3) 61. Performs for the first time in public 64. Come first 65. Amend proofs, … the text 67. Droops 70. Musical, … Miserables 71. Confidence trick 72. Mean-spirited, dishonourable 73. Overlook 74. Extreme end, … of the iceberg 76. Tea-making vessels 79. Writing tools 81. Hydrogen or methane, eg 83. Faintly 85. Nepal’s capital 86. Smallest number, the … people 87. Quarrel, bicker 88. Striking distance, within … 89. Not balanced 90. Thick piles of money 93. Former Russian emperor 95. Striped big cats 96. Castle tower 99. Hearing organ 100. Rubber wheel covering 102. Spiced tea 104. Ancient Roman language 105. Tusk material 106. Doctorzhivago star, … Sharif 108. Hospital sister 109. The terminal star, … Hanks 111. Suddenly emerge (3,2) 113. Old land measurement 116. Identical, exactly the … 118. Equine-sounding ocean creature 120. Chew steadily 121. Oliver! song, Food… food 122. Make a difficult situation easier to bear (6,3,4) 124. Lacking privileges 125. Vibrated, quivered 126. The wizard of oz heroine 127. Cluttered and untidy 128. Nautical map 129. Style of hat (4-3)
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1. Co-star of 109. Across, … Tucci 2. Cross-legged attitude in yoga, eg (5,8) 3. Parasol, sun … 5. Sends messages via computer 6. Detests 7. Inlet, cove 8. Downcast 9. Classic board game featuring Professor Plum 10. Child’s noisy toy 12. Was prudent, … of the warning (4,4) 13. Nickname for an ostentatiously generous woman (4,9) 14. Zealous 15. Omelettes’ ingredients 17. Had learned, already … 20. Spiritual teacher 22. Head monk 25. Church table 26. Female singing voice 27. Pool of money 29. Instrument played with a bow 30. Crossbar on a ladder 32. Hastened, went fast 33. Roman god of war 39. Large brightly coloured parrot 40. Song, On the banks of the… 41. Covered with ceramic squares 44. Jimi Hendrix hit, All… the watch tower 45. Produced offspring 46. Roger Federer’s nationality 48. Discharge vapour or fumes 49. Stretched 51. Forested regions 52. Small carpets 55. Changes to improve, … the rules 58. Elfin creature 59. In the vicinity, your … area 62. Privileged group 63. US Lone Star State 65. Australian flightless bird 66. Electrically charged atom 68. Get older 69. Mayday call (1,1,1) 74. Game played on Anzac Day (3-2) 75. Pioneer a path (4,3,3,3) 77. Disreputable person 78. Bias, distort 79. Happy cat sound 80. Frank Sinatra’s singer daughter 81. Difference of attitude between the young and their elders, eg (10,3) 82. Hoard secretly 84. Tug sharply 86. School fair 91. Later in time than, … the meeting 92. Mailed, … a card 93. Cut to shape 94. Pleasant cooking smell 97. Makes money, … a living 98. Appeal, make a … 100. Genre, sort 101. Drive off, … invaders 103. Disinclined to activity 106. Old telephone switchboard user 107. No longer in service 110. Possesses 112. Deposit, sediment 114. Repair shoes 115. Decorate with a raised design 116. Arabian chieftain, eg 117. Angora goat fleece 119. Sound rebound 121. Donate 123. For what reason? 124. Gunfighter at the OK Corral, … Holliday