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1 Native American dwelling (6) 5 Pond (4) 8 Drink (6) 10 Parasol (8) 14 Stitching (6) 16 Exposes (5) 22 US political party member (8) 23 Sailing back and forth (7) 24 Escape (7) 26 Chief executive (9) 27 Spheres (4) 29 Lou __, American singer (4) 30 Toilet, informally (3) 31 Depart (5) 33 __ Hathaway, US actress (4) 34 Aloofness (10) 35 Uneven (5) 36 __ Blyton, author (4) 39 Flight providers (8) 41 Bet (6) 42 Merchant (6) 43 Offspring (5) 45 Exercising one’s authority (10) 49 Opposite of acid (6) 51 US state (5) 54 Lover (10) 55 All right (4,4) 60 Small pieces of coloured paper (8) 62 Distant military position (7) 63 Swindle (5) 64 Pulls (5) 65 Hat (3) 68 Midge __, Scottish musician (3) 69 Extreme (5) 71 __ Ledger, late Australian actor (5) 72 Windpipe (7) 75 Fuel sources (3-5) 80 Drawings or messages painted on walls (8) 82 In reality (2,8) 84 Tangles (5) 86 Herbaceous plant (6) 88 Be brought before court (5,5) 91 Foyer (5) 93 Stretch out (6) 95 Painful spasms (6) 97 Appearing (8) 100 Responsibi­lity (4) 102 Gold measure (5) 103 Keyboard instrument (10) 104 1980s British band (4) 106 Type of dog (5) 109 Distress call (1,1,1) 110 __ Murs, UK singer (4) 111 The __, TV show about the Metropolit­an Police (4) 112 Good luck symbol (9) 114 Threads (7) 117 Mediterran­ean coastal region (7) 118 Letters (8) 119 Heavenly being (5) 120 Rubbish or remains (6) 121 Long-running current affairs documentar­y programme (8) 122 Disregard (6) 123 Sidekick to Jafar in Disney’s Aladdin (4) 124 Collect (6)

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2 Type of lettuce (7) 3 Courted (5) 4 Alcoholic drink (7) 6 Expenditur­e (9) 7 Regional (5) 8 Balearic Island (5) 9 Quagmire (3) 11 Cut grass (3) 12 Ice __, animated film (3) 13 Lingers (7) 14 Sugary (5) 15 Famous battle (8) 17 Saunter (5) 18 Cold dish (5) 19 Type of painting (5,4) 20 Public school (4) 21 Parent (6) 25 Relinquish (5) 26 Grassy plain (7) 28 Oversee (9) 32 Type of tree (3) 33 In a lively manner (7) 37 __ Hislop, UK journalist (3) 38 James __, US actor (6) 40 Rigid (5) 41 Hugh __, UK actor (5) 43 Standing accused (2,3,4) 44 Was incorrect (5) 46 Jude __, UK actor (3) 47 Distant (3) 48 Cake (6) 50 From Tel Aviv, e.g. (7) 52 Government style (9) 53 Give the right to (7) 54 School bag (7) 56 Withdrew (7) 57 Lots and lots (5) 58 Telephone someone (4) 59 Bread-making ingredient (5) 61 Chooses (4) 66 Irregular in quality (6) 67 Soldiers (9) 70 Make void (5) 73 Weapons (6) 74 Types of words (7) 76 Big cats (5) 77 Come next (5) 78 Appalled (9) 79 Bread roll (3) 81 Enthusiast (3) 83 Imminent (2,5) 85 British children’s TV show about a newspaper (5,4) 87 Arrow maker (8) 89 Number (3) 90 Undertake (6) 92 Courageous­ly (7) 94 Rosters (5) 96 Overcoat, informally (3) 98 Dozing (7) 99 Alleviate (7) 100 City in state of Nebraska (5) 101 Malice (5) 103 French capital (5) 105 Part of a ladder (4) 107 Show (5) 108 Ancient British tribe (5) 110 Group of eight (5) 113 One-footed jump (3) 115 Spirit (3) 116 Droop (3)

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