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1 Extortionate money lender (6) 5 Fracas (5)
8 Utters words (6)
10 Finds refuge (8)
14 Breakwater (6)
16 Salvers (5)
21 Household (8)
22 Japanese island, host to a
large US Army base (7)
23 Dummy pill (7)
25 Translate (9)
26 Sour-tasting fruit (6)
27 Therefore (4)
28 __ Morgan, former Leicester City and Jamaica footballer (3) 2 Made calm (7)
3 Smells or stinks (5)
4 Draw back (7)
5 Large tropical American
parrot (5)
6 To hurry up (4,5)
7 Muslim ruler (4)
8 Personnel (5)
9 Stand at Liverpool’s Anfield
stadium (3)
11 Gardening implement (3) 12 Habitual drunkard (3)
13 Ridicules (7)
14 Irish policeman (5)
15 Choose (3)
17 Engaged in a speed
contest (5)
18 Neckwear item (5) 29 Having a pleasant or sweet
smell (8)
32 __ Devito, US actor (5)
33 Notion (4)
34 Cookers (5)
35 Unable to hear (4)
38 Skilful (6)
40 Tower over (5)
42 Lodging (13)
44 Of the nose (5)
46 Loud confused noise (10) 48 Set alight (6)
51 Spectre (7)
54 Type of pasta (10)
55 The __, 2006 film starring
Leonardo Dicaprio (8) 19 Suffering (4)
20 Afternoon nap (6)
24 African mammal (5)
25 Hostel (3)
26 Subdued (7)
30 Joan of __, 15th-century
French heroine (3)
31 Leftover (7)
34 Throwing line in darts (4) 36 Fuss, bother (3)
37 Short sleep (6)
38 Great __, seabird hunted to
extinction (3)
39 Commanded (7)
40 Deciphers (7)
41 Talent (5)
42 Suitably (5)
43 Tense, apprehensive (5) 59 Army chaplains (6)
60 Type of warship (9)
62 Walk tiredly or
reluctantly (7)
63 Leaven (5)
64 Puzzle (9)
67 Scold, informally (5,4) 69 Swiss currency (5)
71 Furniture item (7)
74 State (9)
77 Hamper (6)
78 Short joke (3-5)
81 Usually (10)
82 Distinct part (7)
84 Fashions (6)
87 Musical instrument (10)
44 Pests (9)
45 Pale mauve colour (5)
47 Con __, 1997 thriller
starring Nicolas Cage (3) 49 Native of Tehran, e.g. (7) 50 Oriental (7)
52 Type of preserve (9)
53 Lawlessness (7)
54 Country whose capital is
Hanoi (7)
56 Seer (7)
57 Intellectual, informally (7) 58 Asian desert (4)
61 Chimney deposit (4)
65 Legislator, statesman (7) 66 Underground cell (7)
68 Relating to medieval
Scandinavia (5) 90 __ Redmayne, Best Actor Oscar winner for The Theory of Everything in 2014 (5)
92 Black, hornless cattle
breed (8,5)
95 Thespian (5)
96 Very small (6)
98 Gail __, GB Olympic silver
medallist in badminton (4) 100 Scope or extent (5)
101 Police spy, informally (4) 102 Prose composition (5)
104 Buttoned garment (8)
107 Carly __ Jepson, Canadian
singer (3) 70 World’s most populous
country (5)
72 Next to (6)
73 Drinking vessel (7)
75 Small notches (5)
76 Spanish island (5)
79 Illuminated (3)
80 Welsh toasted cheese
dish (7)
83 Infamy, disrepute (9)
85 1887 H. Rider Haggard
novel (3)
86 Speck of soot or dirt (4) 88 Tree (3)
89 Praises highly (6)
91 Latent or inoperative (7) 93 Electronic message (1-4) 94 Joke, informally (3) 109 Vend (4)
111 Group of seven (6)
112 Uncivilised (9)
114 Be watchful (4,3)
117 Enthusiast (7)
118 Spell of hot weather (4,4) 119 Harvests (5)
120 Capital of Saudi Arabia (6) 121 Stocky in build (8)
122 Descend by rope (6)
123 Civic leader (5)
124 Reach a destination (6) 96 US state (7)
97 Israeli city (3,4)
98 Glowing cinder (5)
99 Precipitous (5)
101 European sea with
extensive oil fields (5) 103 Call for help (init.) (3) 105 Eagerly expectant (4) 106 Of a ship (5)
108 Anaesthetic (5)
109 Underground drain (5) 110 Article (4)
112 Sheep’s cry (3)
113 Not at home (3)
115 Spanish exclamation (3) 116 Small flap of material (3)