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3. Authoritative decision (3-2)

8. Distinctive character (5)

10. Backless shoes (5)

11. Managed (3)

12. Buffalo (5)

13. Having restrictions (7)

15. Group of eight (5)

18. Pull with a rope (3)

19. Hi-fi (6)

21. Crowned head (7)

22. Badly off (4)

23. Nimble, dexterous (4)

24. Slim (7)

26. Counting frame (6)

29. Racket (3)

31. Fortune-telling card (5)

32. Tea urn (7)

34. Rustic (5)

35. Number (3)

36. Iraqi currency (5)

37. Iron, for example (5)

38. Minimum (5)

1. Undress (5)

2. School prefect (7)

4. Among (4)

5. Silky to the touch (6)

6. Snow leopard (5)

7. Riotous brawl (5)

9. Pigmeat (3)

12. Laments (7)

14. Unit of weight (3)

16. One who perseveres (5)

17. Sounds a horn (5)

19. Disgraceful action (7)

20. Small fish (5)

21. Tooth (5)

23. Indicates, designates (7)

24. Surgical stitch (6)

25. Faint (3)

27. Herb (5)

28. Colour (5)

30. Artificial waterway (5)

32. Droops (4)

33. Animal doctor (3)