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1 Critical for success (4,2,5) 7 Enthusiast (7) 11 Occasionally (9) 16 Alfresco (4-3) 17 Hence (9) 20 Variant form (7) 21 Queasiness (6) 22 Shrewd (6) 23 Risks (6) 27 Halt (4) 29 Part of the eye (4) 31 Water mammals (6) 33 Equipped with guns (5) 35 Came in (7) 36 Action word (grammar) (4) 38 Moderate (7) 41 Appeal to (7) 43 Precious stone (5) 45 Fabric (5) 46 Move around without purpose (4,5) 50 Large ship that carries goods (9) 53 Resist (6) 55 XII (6) 57 Image worship (8) 58 Remove (5) 59 A character in The Wizard of Oz (9) 61 Sprinted (3) 62 Not small (3) 63 Protested (9) 66 Scour (5) 69 As opposed to a peninsula (8) 72 Lean (4) 73 A thought (4) 74 Half (prefix) (4) 75 Declare (4) 77 Escape (3,4) 79 Observed (5) 80 Stern (7) 82 Gambling chances (4) 83 Thin marks or wrinkles (5) 86 Trades in (5) 88 Horse’s gait (4) 89 Subdivision of larger religious group (4) 91 Conclusion (7) 92 Received money for work (6) 94 Anger (4) 96 Implements (5) 97 Relish (5) 98 Plunge into water (4) 99 Pitch (4) 100 Traditional medicine (SA) (4) 101 Wet behind the . . . (young) (4) 103 Move slowly (5) 107 Abdominal pain (5) 110 Volcano in Sicily (4) 111 Operating in the air (6) 112 Investigate (7) 113 Land measure (4) 114 Information (4) 115 Supplemented (5) 118 Talk (5) 121 Twirled (4) 123 Geometric figure (7) 124 Places (5) 126 1 January (3,4) 127 Rise and fall of sea level (4) 128 Bucket (4) 129 The hind part (4) 130 Perceive by touch (4) 131 Supplant (8) 134 Prevent from growing (5) 135 Treaties (9) 139 Speck (3) 140 Dance genre (3) 141 Cheerful (9) 142 Fill with optimism (5) 145 Medical practitioners (8) 146 Complete (6) 147 Vehicle that carries a coffin (6) 149 Upside-down manoeuvre (9) 151 Cleanse (9) 153 Terminal crowns of leaves of palms (5) 155 Jerk (5) 157 Residue (7) 160 Retired soldier (7) 163 Become encrusted (wound) (4) 164 Windpipe (7) 168 Postpone (5) 169 Cleanest (6) 172 Cliff (4) 173 For every (4) 175 Skin problems (6) 179 Breakfast mixture (6) 180 Fictitious prose (6) 182 Inverted (7) 183 Facilities (9) 184 Paragraph title (7) 185 Floods, tornados, tsunamis, etc (9) 186 Gruesome (7) 187 Device measuring velocity (11)
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1 Saturn has 62 of them (5) 2 SA dance (5) 3 Pontificate (5) 4 Large farm building (4) 5 Pardoned (7) 6 Long-winged birds of prey (5) 8 Unexpected (6) 9 Secret relationship (6) 10 Salad ingredient (5) 11 Lured (7) 12 Proceed (4) 13 Card used in fortune telling (5) 14 Corn (5) 15 Skull cavity (5) 18 Detest (4) 19 Surprise attack (4) 24 Foot digit (3) 25 Whale food (5) 26 Rested in a chair (3) 28 . . . and for all (4) 30 Scottish dance (4) 32 Flashlight (5) 34 Fall back on (6,2) 37 Babe Ruth played this sport (8) 38 Copycat (4) 39 Endanger (10) 40 Tapering column in a cave (10) 42 Offer a challenge (5,4,3,8) 44 Ogle (4) 45 Felines (4) 47 Small red beetle (8) 48 Passageway (5) 49 Dance expressing protest (SA) (4-4) 50 Gala (8) 51 Gather (information) (5) 52 Split (4) 54 Intuits (6) 56 Having connected toes (6) 60 Share ideas to solve a problem (3,4,5,8) 64 Responsibility (4) 65 A red wine (6) 67 Abductor (6) 68 Beneficial (6) 70 Dress in elegant clothes (6) 71 Moved swiftly (6) 76 Judgment (7) 78 Voice below soprano (4) 81 Consumes (4) 84 Snuggled (7) 85 Perfumed (7) 86 Severe floods (7) 87 Object (7) 90 Venomous snake (5) 93 Loft (5) 95 Rotated (7) 102 Closed (6) 103 Larger than towns (6) 104 Unfortunately (4) 105 Gone bad (6) 106 Up to date (6) 108 Expanse of water (4) 109 Colouring-in stick (6) 116 Left (8) 117 Journey (10) 119 Reword (10) 120 Dissected (8) 121 Secure (4) 122 Attendance (8) 124 Nun’s title (6) 125 Couch (6) 132 Concepts (5) 133 Serfs (8) 136 Harsh (8) 137 Hygienic (5) 138 Change direction (4) 143 Lower limbs (4) 144 As a result (4) 148 Bowl over (4) 150 Crowded (5) 152 Fusses (5) 154 Distinctive air (4) 156 Petition (4) 158 Professions (7) 159 Go backwards (7) 161 Make a mistake (3) 162 Primate (3) 164 Lean (4) 165 Schedule (6) 166 Electrical device for winter (6) 167 Skin condition (4) 169 Walked back and forth (5) 170 Positions in armed forces (5) 171 Fabric join (5) 172 Allegation (5) 174 Water pipes (5) 176 Alert (5) 177 Lift (5) 178 Sweeten (5) 179 . . . out (allot) (4) 181 Hut (4)