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Across
| 1 | | Novel device for making moccasins? (3,4,2,3,8) |
| 12 | | Just the opposite of a magnet,
that's plain (12) |
| 13 | | Person feeling the cold may become
a Tory (4,4) |
| 14 | | Drops rule, given hearing before
autumn (8) |
| 15 | | Passing trade possibly in gardener's garters (7-5) |
| 16 | | In part, this generates nonsense
written up after Monday's puzzle! (9) |
| 17 | | Relatively unattractive figures of
traditional British entertainment (4,7) |
| 20 | | Naive enquiry from a new student
at dental school? (5,3,5) |
| 22 | | A container for the rest of the
salt (7) |
| 24 | | Dodgy permits allowing importation
of first-class whale product (10) |
| 25 | | Creeps like Shakespeare, Blake and
Wordsworth! (3,7) |
| 27 | | Anti-abortion provided being held
by working-class fellow (3-4) |
| 29 | | Eat the scone so unusually served
as a snack (6,2,5) |
| 31 | | Group interested in costume in the
theatre? (5-6) |
| 32 | | Possibly iron foundation assembled
with aluminium (4,5) |
| 35 | | How one can give a hand without
getting too closely involved? (2,4,6) |
| 37 | | A fellow feeling pity and
understanding (8) |
| 38 | | Indicate nasty radioactive element (8) |
| 39 | | Eleven-letter palindrome with
singular aesthetic appeal (12) |
| 40 | | Fast moving characteristic of
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lubricated shafts (4,7,9)
Down
| 2 | | First of all wanting food, went
round the country (7) |
| 3 | | He might have declined to teach
grammar (5,6) |
| 4 | | Liquid movement that might set
into jam? (6,2,7) |
| 5 | | EEC stillroom shaken by measuring
device (12) |
| 6 | | Fools stow big ropes evenly (6) |
| 7 | | Ironing garments for formal wear (7,7) |
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| 8 | | Unfashionable underwear lasts
longer (8) |
| 9 | | Carmined? Could be, if not
approximately the First of March (2,3) |
| 10 | | Kind of garden centre in
Carmarthen, supported by the
corporation! (9) |
| 11 | | Game crime-busters do it (6,7) |
| 18 | | Drink it in full (7,8) |
| 19 | | Experts who are strictly for the
birds (14) |
| 21 | | Edited chirpy article that was too
disparaging (13) |
| 23 | | I don't know what it is in French (2,2,4,4) |
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| 26 | | Utterly dissolute cleric is a real
menace (5,6) |
| 28 | | CD-Rom could cause real skids if
careless (5,4) |
| 30 | | Jealousy in an inexperienced
detective? (5,3) |
| 33 | | Dean, the old US politician,
perseveres without aspirin? (7) |
| 34 | | In a word, belly ached, having
drunk hock, say ... (6) |
| 36 | | ... and left inside to make notes,
drink (5) |
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