The Northern Advocate

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1 Consumers (5)

4 Mix up (8)

9 Straightfo­rward; frank (6)

14 Oust (5)

15 Dropped into an extremely dangerous or unpleasant situation (6,2,3,5)

17 Roman love god (5)

18 Long fish (3)

19 Shutting (7)

20 Cargo ship (9)

21 Water channel (6)

24 Run off hastily (9)

25 Come to rest (6)

26 Decomposed (6)

29 Tumbling and acrobatic feats (10)

31 Seventh Greek letter (3)

32 Fearful (6)

33 Pretends (4)

35 Tear (3)

37 Domesticat­e (4)

39 Certain of (9)

40 Absent-minded (9)

41 Regretful (5)

42 Cabbage salad (8)

47 In reality (8)

51 Electricit­y supply (5)

55 Reduced-size copy (9)

56 Digestion disorder (9)

58 Canine animals (4)

59 Self-esteem (3)

60 Dry (4)

61 In arrears (6)

62 Humour (3)

63 Sustenance­s (10)

66 Yanked (6)

67 Fried coating (6)

69 Puts limits on (9)

72 Tattered (6)

73 Nerve-racking (9)

75 Chaos (7)

77 Extinct large bird (3)

80 Bloodsucki­ng insect (5)

81 Immediate adoration (4,2,5,5) 82 Surpass (5)

83 Lookout (6)

84 Auxiliary activity (8)

85 Unwanted plants (5)

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2 Academic (9)

3 Tree anchors (5)

5 Chef (4)

6 Stuck to (7)

7 Aggressive­ness (12)

8 Era (5)

9 Meal course (7)

10 Torture frame (4)

11 Mediterran­ean island (6)

12 Less (5)

13 Cheese type (7)

14 Publicatio­n issue (7)

16 Having no intelligib­le meaning (11)

22 Food allowance (6)

23 Exalt; worship (7)

24 Earnest (7)

25 Glass fragments (6)

27 Diplomatic (7)

28 Lemon acid (6)

30 Comedy sketch (4)

32 In pieces (5)

34 Saline (5)

36 Sweetheart (4)

38 Fuss (3)

42 Punctuatio­n mark (5)

43 Desire (7)

44 Wound mark (4)

45 Maltreated (6)

46 Discussed publicly (5)

48 Playing area divided by a net (6,5)

49 Give a talk to (7)

50 Diary (3)

51 Claimed (anag)(7)

52 Bathroom cubicle (6)

53 Pacific site of sculpted heads (6,6)

54 Astound (4)

57 Improvemen­t (6)

64 Stained (9)

65 Marine bird (7)

66 Clipped (7)

68 Completely (7)

70 Expressing deep emotion (7) 71 Safe and unthreaten­ed (6)

72 Big farm in US (5)

74 Roof overhang (5)

76 Cereal crop (5)

78 Faction (4)

79 Branding tool (4)

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