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1 Playhouses (8)

5 Heart-related (7)

9 Lie (9)

14 Tree (5)

16 Decorative (10)

23 Position in a hierarchy (6)

24 Water store (9)

25 Royal insignia (7)

26 Blend (3)

27 Exceed numericall­y (9)

28 Chore (4)

29 Implemente­d (7,3)

30 Bewildered (2,1,4)

31 Irish city (4)

32 Type of chemical

compound (6) 2 Song chart (3-6)

3 Change tack (5,6)

4 Slice (of bacon) (6)

6 So be it (4)

7 Fans (8)

8 Exact duplicate (6,4)

9 Wood (6)

10 Limb (3)

11 Expanded (8)

12 Verbal (4)

13 Home-related (8)

14 Adage (5)

15 Joan __, UK stage and

screen actress (9) 33 Narcissist­ic (4)

34 Principal woman (7)

37 Nobleman (5)

38 Time-telling device (5)

39 Choose (5)

40 Stationery fasteners (5,5)

42 Upper wall part (5)

43 Alienate (8)

48 Fruit (4)

49 Flow (7)

50 Draw near (8)

51 Married woman’s title (3)

52 Socialist, e.g. (4-6)

53 The East (6)

58 Of higher importance (8)

61 Guiding signal (6) 17 Ancient Italians (6)

18 Gemstone (8)

19 Put under state

control (11)

20 Fire-setting (5)

21 Ensuing (9)

22 Involving (9)

31 Form of carbon (8)

35 Smash (7)

36 Movie music (5)

41 Drawing (6)

44 Relating to heredity (7)

45 Abominable snowman (4)

46 Prohibited (7) 62 Acquires (7)

63 Sample (8)

65 Treaties (10)

70 Receptive to new

ideas (4-6)

72 Convince (8)

73 Bodily weakness (7)

74 Decorative tuft (6)

75 Doorway (8)

82 Requiring fast action (6)

83 Dehydrated (10)

85 Illness (abbr.) (3)

86 Pupils (8)

87 Earnings (7)

88 Musical symbol (4)

94 Alone (8) 47 Rule (5)

54 Land unit (4)

55 Work dough (5)

56 Incident (7)

57 Fronded plant (4)

59 Referees (7)

60 Pig sound (4)

64 Otherwise (4)

66 Honoured (5)

67 Triumphant exclamatio­n (6)

68 Small piece (8)

69 Amends, expiation (7)

71 Sewing (11)

76 Elephant tooth (4) 95 Allure (5)

96 With some difficulty (2,1,7)

97 Bet (5)

98 Roll of tobacco (5)

99 Slumber (5)

103 Erupting mountain (7)

105 Medical photograph (1-3)

106 Handbook (6)

108 Someone from

Denmark (4)

109 Johnny __, film series

starring Rowan Atkinson (7)

110 Planned (10)

113 Sicilian volcano (4)

114 Nitpick (4,5)

115 Muhammed __, boxer (3) 77 78 79 80 81

84 89 90 91 92

93 100

Throttle (11) Revealed (5,4) Select group (5) Imperiled (10) Valerie __, UK TV and radio presenter (9) Mechanical (9) Visual fatigue (9) Relegation (8) Ingredient used in curry (8) Charles __, French president (2,6) Belgian capital (8) Biblical book (6) 116 118 119 120 121 122 123 124

Permitted (7) Armed uprising (9) Pertaining to stars (6) Obesity (10) Tresses (5) Lessened (9) Sirius (3-4) Protecting against loss (8) 101 Paid attention to (6)

102 German WW2

submarines (1-5)

104 Surpass (5)

107 Indian breads (5)

111 Mineral (4)

112 Biting insect (4)

117 Used to be (3)

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