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Abundant, plentiful (7) Poet-singer (10) Mediterranean island (7) Female horse (4) Castle wall tower (6) Dismissal warning (6) Distinguished musician (7)

Become gelatinous (7) Make every effort to keep away from someone or something (5,4,3,6) Nonsense (6)

At half distance (6) Of greatest importance (9)

Eats (8) Throughout (6) Ambushed (7)

Rain shield (8) Scared (6)

Absent (4) Annoyed (5) Witness (3) 41 43 47 50 54 55 56 57 60 61 62 65 67

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Faint-hearted (5) Foliage (6)

Bind (5)

Passing craze (3) Nozzle (5)

Night insect (4) Unhealthily pale (6) Telescope (8)

Hold (7) Explosive exhalation (6) Bullfighter on horseback (8) Bewitched (9)

Cast out from a community (6)

Monarch's chair (6) Stay as a visitor longer than one is wanted (4,3,4,7) Akin (7) Punishment (7) Question intensively (6) Blacken with heat (6) Grain store (4)

Cold storage (7) Course catalogue (10) Favourable outcome (7)

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Joke teller (5) Intense unfounded suspicion (8)

Brief turbulent storm (6) Solid ground (5,5)

Go one better than (5) Devoid of all moisture (4-3) Hold in custody (6) Male relation (5)

For examination with an option to buy (2,8) Keep something going over time (7) Travelling show (6) Kind-hearted (10) Cereal crop (5)

Talk over (7) Pensively sad (7) Yearly book (6) Refuge (6)

Walk wearily (6) Afternoon nap (6)

Play (5)

Fat (4) 33 34 40 42 44 45 46 48 49 50 51 52 53 58 59 63 64 66 67 69 70 71 73 74 76

Proficient (4)

Treaty (4)

Use (6)

Metal with symbol Fe (4) Christian celebration (6) Hold dear (5) Abbreviate (7)

Echo (6) Stereotype (10) Imperfection (4) Severed (anag)(7) Song for two (4)

Alter (6)

Outline (10) Wealthy (10) Messenger (5) Shelled animal (8) Provide commentary for (7) Accept as true (7) Heavenly body (6) Puffs up (6)

Noisy quarrel (6) Mistake (5) Beginning (5)

Scum (5)