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3. Garden plant (5) 9. Even though (6) 10. Decipher (6)

11. Hoodwinks (5) 12. Religious image (4) 15. Agile (6)

17. Spray can (7)

19. Harden (3)

20. Tear into small

pieces (3,2)

22. Condition (5)

24. Weird (5)

25. Stops (5)

27. Was seated (3) 29. Give a sudden fright

to (7)

32. Easily bent (6) 34. Prophet (4)

35. Sea duck (5)

37. Cadaver (6)

38. Salty (6)

39. Faith (5) 1. Criminal organisation (5) 2. Detest vehemently (5) 3. Help, assist (3)

4. Dazed state (6) 5. Paradise (4) 6. Remainder (7) 7. Explosive devices (5) 8. To father (5)

13. Middle (7)

14. Direction (5)

16. Readable (7)

18. Leans over (5)

21. Lords (5)

23. Sincere (7)

26. Strain, emphasis (6) 27. Nutmeg, for example (5) 28. Jewelled headdress (5) 30. Lukewarm (5)

31. Made mistakes (5) 33. Row, rank (4)

36. Long-tailed rodent (3)