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3. Competitor (5) 9. Add up to (6) 10. Spectral colour (6) 11. Senior member (5) 12. Savant (4) 15. Venerate (6) 17. Pig’s foot (7) 19. Concession (3) 20. Money, informally (5) 22. Destined (5) 24. Our planet (5) 25. Of the kidneys (5) 27. In the past (3) 29. Blissful state (7) 32. Period of ten years (6) 34. Female sheep (4) 35. Unadorned (5) 37. Not singular (6) 38. A private evening

party (6) 39. Without clothes (5)

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1. Acute anxiety (5) 2. Spanish friend (5) 3. Colour (3) 4. Pressed (6) 5. Assert (4) 6. Ancestry (7) 7. Runs away (5) 8. Precipitous (5) 13. Fix up (7) 14. Anaesthetic (5) 16. Day-to-day (7) 18. Ancient Italian (5) 21. Bisect (5) 23. Expressionless (7) 26. Communicate and

maintain contact (6) 27. Adjust (5) 28. Happen (5) 30. Prize (5) 31. Fire remains (5) 33. Girl’s name (4) 36. Signal agreement (3)