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ACROSS

1. Vitamin B1

5. Male wild pig 8. Swallow, … food 11. Sneaked a look 16. Laurie Lee novel,

… With Rosie

17. Cute primates, spider … 19. Small stringed musical instruments

20. Book Club 2

star, … Keaton 21. Greenland’s capital 22. Arenas and theatres, concert … 23. Frozen water spike 25. Caps or corks, bottle … 27. Gain information 30. Communication devices, mobile … 31. Additional building 32. Munch on, gnaw 33. Early anaesthetic 37. Person from Cairo, eg 41. Orator, public … 42. Sleeps through the winter

44. Take it easy 45. Consumer, end … 46. Payment for work 47. Half, … circle 48. Colourless part of blood 50. Stonework 51. Stapled on,

… the receipt 54. French coin

56. Small guitar-like instrument (abbrev) 57. Indonesian holiday island 59. Momentous, an … win 61. Simple beaten egg dishes 63. Children’s game played with glass balls 66. Refuse to admit,

… the rumours 68. Sodium chloride 69. Surrounding with a shrub fence

70. Rust compound (4,5) 73. The two together,

… of them 75. Andean stimulantcontaining plant 76. Longest division of geological time

78. Fifty Shades Of Grey

actress, Rita … 79. Dreamer, striver for perfection

80. Lay down authoritatively,

… the rules 82. Waterside plants 84. Swift incursion

85. Brainwave, smart … 87. AD, … Domini 89. Peruse a book, eg 91. Whitegoods, large … 94. Book-binding fabric 96. Baby geese 99. Belonging to them, … car 101. Therapeutic chemical 102. Handyperson,

… man (3-3) 103. Ocean liner (6,4) 106. Kremelta 108. Messages on gravestones 110. Rugby player-turnedcoach, Marty ... 111. Middle section of an insect’s body 112. Professor (abbrev) 115. Country’s leader 116. Country bordering Algeria 117. “Pillow” pasta dish 118. Metal turning machine 119. Shedding tears 120. Football jumper, eg 121. Shed kilos, … weight 122. Embraced, … the cause

DOWN

1. Practical method, learn a new … 2. Uncertain (2,5) 3. Co-star of 20 Across, … Steenburgen 4. Car’s identification panel (6,5) 6. Stays in bed too long 7. Sean Connery movie, The … House 8. Pointlessly, fruitlessly (2,4) 9. Snarling like a dog 10. Sensitive to criticism, has a thin … 12. Turn out to be,

… as (3,2) 13. Positioning, … of the columns 14. Showily attired

15. So to speak (2,2,4) 18. Nerve cell, motor … 24. Stream, brook 26. Grey roof tile rock 28. Admiration 29. Arrange again 32. Mythical halfman, half-horse creatures 34. Capital of Zimbabwe 35. Off the beaten track, … location 36. Actors’ whispers to the audience 38. Small hand-bomb 39. Levering, … open

40. Arguable outcome, the point at … 41. Small Chinese dishes, dim … 42. Animal fodder 43. Bird’s bill

46. Twists about in agony 49. Waif, street … 52. Tantalise, intrigue 53. Barbra Streisand movie, …, Dolly! 55. Fragrant Aussie shrub 56. Functional, ready for service

58. Rocky shelf 60. Leaves of a book 62. Insufficiently strict 64. Type of white rum 65. Inscribing using acid 67. Ceding, … the point 69. Island province of China 71. Amount produced 72. Batch of recruits, the latest … 74. Garden-watering tubes 77. Related to the ear 80. Midwestern US capital, … Moines 81. Improve the quality of, … the soil 82. Computer storage disk, CD … (1,1,1) 83. Arabian camels 86. Valiant feats, brave … 88. Stories 90. Hawaiian hello 92. Somewhat, … to blame 93. Beginner, novice 95. Chicken (slang)

97. The Nanny’s boss, Mr … 98. Unaccompanied musicians

100. Richard Gere

movie, American … 104. Operetta, The

… Of Penzance

105. Kilometre and

kilogram, … measures

106. Squeaking and unoiled

107. Bowser, … pump

109. Cook’s protective garment

113. Middle of the leg 114. Furthermore, in addition