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1 Likely (8) 5 Morally correct (7) 9 Becoming aware of (9) 14 Mould (5) 16 Injured people (10) 23 Walking poles (6) 24 Parliamentarian in the English Civil War (9) 25 Sun umbrella (7) 26 Playing card (3) 27 Expenditure (9) 28 Fashion out of wool (4) 29 Type of vehicle (10) 30 Disaster (7) 31 Serene (4) 32 Thomas __, US inventor (6) 33 Lower panelled part of a wall (4) 34 Middle Eastern national (7) 37 Pieces of stiff paper (5) 38 Method (5) 39 Conditions (5) 40 Castle wall (10) 42 Eats less (5) 43 Whitened (8) 48 Gas used in signs (4) 49 Flatter (7) 50 Tombstone inscriptions (8) 51 Insect (3) 52 Self-employed worker (10) 53 Expose (6) 58 Partitioned off (8) 61 Voice box (6) 62 Risky or sensitive topic (figuratively) (4,3) 63 Eden (8) 65 Deprive (10) 70 Great painters (3,7) 72 Filling (8) 73 Solves (7) 74 Antenna (6) 75 Prepare (3,5) 82 __ Nelson, US singer (6) 83 Leisure clothes (10) 85 Clothes fastener for the line (3) 86 Reverie (8) 87 Cavalry soldier (7) 88 Ova (4) 94 Sayings (8) 95 Severe (5) 96 River Thames below Teddington Lock (3,7) 97 Mouselike mammal (5) 98 Henrik __, Norwegian dramatist (5) 99 Be in an upright position (5) 103 English cheese (7) 105 Competent (4) 106 Tic (6) 108 Apartment (4) 109 Commanded (7) 110 Venetian boatmen (10) 113 Unwrap (4) 114 Easy (2,7) 115 Neck accessory (3) 116 Amusing or telling incongruences (7) 118 Eating implement (9) 119 Provoke (6) 120 Tasty (10) 121 Type of intense light beam (5) 122 Groups of three (9) 123 Middle Eastern country (7) 124 State of anxiety (8)
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2 Reason, grounds (9) 3 Theatrical entertainment (6,5) 4 Halve (6) 6 UK river (4) 7 Comes into (8) 8 Woman’s servant (6,4) 9 Reimburses (6) 10 Manner (3) 11 Prevent loss of heat (8) 12 Miseries (4) 13 Noblemen (8) 14 Oozes (5) 15 Sum owing (6,3) 17 __ Steadman, UK actress (6) 18 Lacking grace (8) 19 Sheltering (6,5) 20 Heather (5) 21 Sporting objects (4,5) 22 Sweetbrier (9) 31 Training (8) 35 Place for finished cigarettes (7) 36 String instrument (5) 41 Strand (6) 44 Passed (7) 45 Abel’s brother (4) 46 Small envelopes (7) 47 Sides (5) 54 Word-processing error (abbr.) (4) 55 Ostentation (5) 56 Artificial (3-4) 57 __ Mourinho, football manager (4) 59 Miner (7) 60 __ James, US singer (4) 64 Observes (4) 66 Falls over (5) 67 Leave (6) 68 Game bird (8) 69 Aggressive or competitive environment (4,3) 71 Maliciousness (11) 76 Sod (4) 77 Environmentally friendly vehicle (8,3) 78 French flag (9) 79 __ Johnson, UK actress in Brief Encounter (5) 80 Systematic (10) 81 Childrens’ game (9) 84 Fighters (9) 89 Creates (9) 90 Deserts (8) 91 Stephen Fry’s character in Blackadder (8) 92 Wealthy (4-2-2) 93 Garden plant (5,3) 100 Head nurse (6) 101 Raises (6) 102 Themes (6) 104 Refill (3,2) 107 Bury (5) 111 Non-wired internet (4) 112 __ von Bismarck, Prussian statesman (4) 117 __ Amin, Ugandan dictator (3)