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1 You have to work for what you want (2,4,2,4) 8 Clean (3,2) 11 Quits a job (7) 15 Hang loosely (5) 16 Integrate (5) 17 Percussion instrument (7) 19 Allocate (4,3) 21 Main blood vessel (5) 22 Significant (9) 23 Bird in a Bavarian clock (6) 25 Throw out (slang) (6) 26 Farewell (5) 27 Ostensibly (2,3,4,2,2) 30 Jargon (5) 31 Serene (6) 33 Type of seeds (6) 35 Lowest point between two peaks (3) 36 To mark for special honour (11) 39 Pick (3) 40 Stoop (to) (5) 41 Rods (5) 43 Take control forcibly (6,2) 45 Literary composition (5) 47 Forty winks (5) 48 Relieve without curing (8) 50 Vote (5) 52 Chairs (5) 53 Of poor quality (Brit) (5) 54 Dull pain (4) 56 Celtic language (5) 57 An assumed fact (5) 58 Central points of attention (4) 59 Refers to the person addressed (poetic) (4) 60 Permit (5) 61 Title for an unmarried female (4) 62 Foul (6) 65 Blackthorn (4) 66 Discharge (4) 67 A continent (6) 70 Without further . . . (3) 72 Plant with yellow flowers (9) 76 Small hotel (3) 77 22nd Greek letter (3) 78 Small room (3) 79 Avoid (an issue) (5) 80 Gape (5) 83 Slaves (5) 85 Marriage (5) 86 Cowboy boot attachment (4) 88 Dancer in Swan Lake (9) 89 A bit (4) 90 The hind part (4) 91 Scholar (5) 92 Shrew (5) 93 Watch chains (4) 94 Mollusc (4) 95 Conductor in an electric device (9) 98 Performs (4) 100 Hardwood tree (5) 101 Navigational aid (5) 102 Involving sound (5) 104 Hymn (5) 106 Signal to an actor (3) 107 Belonging to us (3) 108 Chilly (3) 110 The Cape, eg (9) 114 Definite article (3) 116 Gap in a manuscript (6) 118 Simple room (4) 119 Group of countries (4) 121 Evaluate (6) 123 Supper (4) 124 Re: vision (5) 125 Hit it on the head (4) 126 Inactive (4) 127 Pattern of small loops (5) 128 Cunning people (5) 129 Petition (4) 130 Primp (5) 132 Sacred song (5) 134 Roads (5) 137 Open-minded (8) 139 Open boat (5) 140 . . . and take notice (3,2) 142 Plunge (4,4) 144 Exits (5) 145 High male voice (5) 146 Butter container (3) 147 Ardent (11) 149 Title for a married female (3) 150 Golf units (6) 153 Thorntree (6) 156 Mistake (5) 157 Suitably (13) 160 Transactions (5) 162 Irritates (6) 163 Locations (6) 164 Expand (9) 168 Utilising (5) 169 Dampen (7) 170 Refuse (7) 171 Endangered animal (short) (5) 172 After second (5) 173 Feared (7) 174 Leaves (5) 175 Unnecessary fuss (4,3,5)
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1 Queasiness (6) 2 Ethical standards (10) 3 Unpardonable (11) 4 Saw (7) 5 Waterproof footwear (7) 6 Muslim leader (4) 7 Perpetuate (8) 8 Note (4) 9 Places (4) 10 Advance (7) 11 Circular building (7) 12 In a brazen manner (11) 13 Blue-veined cheese (10) 14 Not get involved (5,2,3,9) 15 Faint (3) 18 Snack (4) 20 Currency used in Greece (4) 24 Nervous (2,4) 25 A chess piece (6) 28 Supplements (6) 29 Peers (6) 32 Organisations (8) 34 Hurry (inf ) (4,2,2) 35 Comrades (10) 37 Demanded (8) 38 Sample for evaluation (8) 40 Cease to exist (3) 42 Gullible person (inf ) (3) 44 Happy (6) 46 Screamed (6) 47 Slow walk (6) 49 Diminish (6) 51 Vine support (7) 53 Jogs the memory (7) 55 Ostrich-like bird (3) 58 Coniferous tree (3) 63 Itinerant (11) 64 Floating devices (5) 68 Extreme (5) 69 Supremacy (11) 71 Residence (9) 73 Invisible emanation (4) 74 Provide amusement (9) 75 Male cattle (4) 76 Playing live (2,7) 81 Having a range of physical powers (5) 82 Respected older individual (5) 83 Grain towers (5) 84 Shiny black colour (5) 87 . . . and raisin (ice-cream flavour) (3) 89 Baltic, eg (3) 90 Make a painful experience more painful (3,4,4,3,5) 94 Sequence (5) 96 Put cargo on board (4) 97 Barbie, eg (4) 99 Agents (5) 101 Enjoy (5,2) 103 Army rank (7) 105 Tabloids (10) 109 Picture-taking device (6) 110 Word redundancy (8) 111 Enforce (6) 112 Capabilities (6) 113 Complete (8) 115 Two equal parts (6) 117 Exploit (3) 118 SA’s Mother City (4,4) 120 Rake (8) 122 Bread dipped in gravy (3) 130 Agreed upon in advance (11) 131 Finish (3) 132 Spud (6) 133 Plant sensitive to light (6) 135 Neither (poetic) (3) 136 Confident (4-7) 138 Remove restrictions (10) 139 Chips (6) 141 Foot-operated levers (6) 143 Sacrificial death by burning (10) 148 Sarcastic (8) 151 Anonymous (7) 152 Between dawn and dusk (7) 154 Tour de France sport (7) 155 Worry (7) 158 Reign (4) 159 Carry (4) 161 Dupe (6) 164 Decorative case (4) 165 Have . . . in one’s pants (4) 166 Include (3) 167 Reflection of sound (4)