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Across

1 Skirt ring 4 Cul-de-sac (4,3) 8 Facts 11 Brazilian dance 13 Circle (planet) 15 Aunt's husband 17 Monsoon season, the ... 18 Cove 20 Poetic term for pasture 21 Sept/Oct zodiac sign 24 Abated 27 Amazement 28 Groom feathers 30 Over-praised 31 Desist 33 Team races 34 Shapes 35 Merriment 36 Succeed in exam 39 Tinned 42 Lukewarm 44 Horse-breeding farm 45 Stitched 46 Comprehend writing 48 Acted wordlessly 49 Incompetent 50 Prepare (newspaper) 52 Cut-flower holders 54 Mix with spoon 55 Become narrow 56 Diplomats 57 Exceptional 60 Recedes 62 Collar folds 65 Take small bites 67 Enchantress, ... fatale 69 Join register 70 Half-diameters 72 That fellow 73 Group of lions 75 Court attendant 77 African savannah beast 79 Dismiss (from school) 81 Free-range or barnlaid product 82 More disgusting 84 Fine-tune 85 Congratulatory cry 86 Eyelid swelling 87 Knife pouches 88 Oxen harness

Down

1 Heave 2 Hollywood award statuette 3 Mate 4 Paint roughly 5 Constantly 6 Admiration 7 Puts on (hat) 8 Pandemonium 9 Book of maps 10 Poker stake 12 Crowd brawl 14 Waited, ... one's time 16 Everest is there 19 Jugs 22 Away from coast 23 Nursery songs 25 Doted on 26 Chocolate choux pastry 29 Constructed 32 Cleopatra's killer 35 Glitz 37 Snake, puff ... 38 Areas 40 Accounts check 41 Exclude 42 Native American tent 43 Divine being 44 Smudge 47 Liquorice-flavoured seed 51 Meddle 52 Covered (face) 53 Garden pests 54 Dark 58 Fasten (to) 59 Deciduous tree 61 Sea water 63 Abundant 64 Cold symptom 65 Nothing 66 Undeveloped insect

crossword

68 Drain (glass) 71 Eskimo shelter 72 Female chickens 74 Vexes 76 Focal points 78 Inclination 80 Lamb's mother 83 Climbing plant