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ACROSS

1. Sorcerer 4. Shook 7. Oriental market 10. Charmingly peculiar 13. Pretending (4-6) 15. Most disobedient 17. Gratuities 19. Little island 21. Bargain sell-off 23. Paper size 25. Went into the red 28. Abrupt 29. Distant planet 30. ’60s drug (1,1,1) 32. Clashing instruments 36. Copy 37. Rancher’s rope 38. Find repugnant 40. Yawning gulf 42. Document, Magna ... 44. Egyptian river 45. Front tooth 46. Country bumpkin 47. Beam of light 49. Shoestrings 51. Bedtime beverage 53. Water bead 54. Jumble 55. China’s ... Kong 56. Jumping parasite 57. Ceasefire 60. Ambassadors’ residences 65. Kayaked 66. Dazzle 68. Pulp Fiction actress, ... Thurman 69. Called (of donkey) 71. Requirement 72. Congeal (of blood) 73. Grills 76. Unprocessed 78. Endure longer than 83. Admiration 85. Scariest 88. Caked (with mud) 90. Blueprint 91. Banner 92. Oh no! 93. Brand of sneakers 96. Extra, over and ... 97. Start business (3,2) 98. Early pesticide (1,1,1) 99. Simplify, ... down 100. Greed 101. Apple relative 102. Poke fun at 103. Old wives’ tales 105. Kinder 107. Anecdotes 108 . ... port in a storm 110. Imperial queen 114. Behold 116. Crib 117. Test runs 119. Barbarism 122. Mollifies 125. Piebald 127. Emblem 130. Inquires 131. Inspected again (2-8) 132. Illogical 133. Suspects’ excuses 134. Laughing scavengers 135. Movie collie 136. Pricked (boil)

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1. Separated egg parts 2. Current units 3. Fire-breathing monsters 4. Game fowl 5. Loft 6. Pooches 7. Tibia or ulna 8. Quarrel 9. Graded 10. Form a line (5,2) 11. ... & sciences 12. Bengal big cats 14. Bitingly cool 16. Circular coral reef 18. Walker 20. Branch 22. Atypically 23. Crime 24. Cummerbund 26. Depend 27. Sunken ships 31. Texan city 32. More brittle 33. Pop music legend, ... Jackson 34. Take in (information) 35. Mocking irony 36. Koreans & Japanese 37. Placed 39. Creatures 41. Chased (away) 43. Haphazardly (2,6) 48. Kitchen garments 50. Stone fragment 52. T’ai ... 54. Camouflages 58. Fulfils (demand) 59. Spy thriller writer, John le ... 61. Office reminders 62. Mother’s sister 63. Lucifer 64. Frozen dew 65. Slingshot 67. NZ bird 69. Sanctify 70. Be present 74. Merge 75. Cantankerous 77. Satisfy 79. Employ 80. Abates 81. Highlander 82. Dance ensemble 84. Opinion columns 85. Sweaty (hands) 86. Self-pride 87. Pitch tent 89. ... & downers 94. Recedes 95. High standards 98. Laundry appliances 104. Tinkle 106. Smartly-groomed 109. Tidies up 111. Possibly 112. Marsh grass 113. Wonderful 115. Endless 116. For each person, per ... 118. Figured (out) 120. Flooded by waves 121. Exclusive group 123. Saudi natives 124. Tolerate 126. Dreary 128. Contributes 129. Young woman 130. M*A*S*H actor, ... Alda