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0-4 Dopey dodo
5-9 Pretty parrot
10-13 Preening peacockACROSS
9 Harold accepted stupid moron was chemically affected (8)
10 Question a UN agency (3)
11 A little bit in favour of weight (6)
12 Crime is solved with time – it’s not Imperial (6)
13 Old ship’s kitchen appliance (7)
14 Origin of a Wimbledon favourite (4)
15 Crank bison, wild in the forest, say (6,4)
17 Inuit mat made out of metal (8)
18 I managed to get a Scotsman and an Arab (7)
19 Superlatives about computer language (4)
21 Feline knocks top off part of flower (6)
24 Wren set off with half a mind to see part of the world (7,10)
27 Romance a fellow finds reasonable (6)
29 Former spouse takes morning test (4)
30 Usual problem getting married to new graduate (7)
33 Entertainer to deceive someone in court (8)
35 Financial instrument is hardly original (10)
36 Part of the house that’s covered in feathers (4)
37 Musicians’ group volunteers information that causes change (7)
38 Our leg cooked at a certain temperature (6
40 Paraffin may talk a neighbour round (6)
41 Removal includes certain cells (3)
42 Song about soldier returning to personal connection (8)
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1 Borrow name reinvented for connective tissue (4,6)
2 The ruler in the mirror (4)
3 Article by a prisoner has attorney as a reptile (8)
4 Impressionable student in history in charge (7)
5 Mention call about carbon, say (11)
6 Mettle shown by the French politician provides illumination
(6,4)
7 Pressure soon developed to include one toxin (6)
8 Spy solved clue in part of compound (8)
10 Wife and husband had moose with seafood (5)
16 Ridge is returning to a plant (7)
20 Point out mean, intrusive procedure (5)
22 At last, recluse finds welding gear (7)
23 Combining a bit of calculus (11)
25 Pure matter sent as aid (3,7)
26 Match having the same set of solutions (10)
28 I will get a loft conversion started on some ships (8)
31 Trainee always has time for influence (8
32 Scrap new union in large upheaval (7)
34 A jug used by artist is tipped up by cat (6)
35 Follow mother’s blind faith (5)
39 Willing bird (4)
37 Alternatively cultivate each vegetable plant (6)
Crossword No.164
SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD
1621C, 2A, 3B, 4C,5B, 6A, 7B, 8A,9C, 10A, 11C,12C, 13B