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Clues
Across
1, & 8 across. Gaga laity across at a festivity. (4)
2. Lash cap crookedly for Easter. (7)
8. See 1 across.
10. Made laypersons cross at a later time. (5)
11. Backed off late right away in the Hebrew dew. (3)
13. Can the transcendental extravaganza do kingly anointings?
16. Began on the Revised English. (2)
18. A farewell purchase, I hear? (3)
19. Start by studying your Bible. (3)
21. Chop American Express! (2)
22. A number not kinder turned to irritation. (5)
24. A reddish colour to the former Prime Minister, why? (5)
26. Broken tree as time of resurrection. (6)
28. I grab a twisted inflationary protection system! (6)
29. Scripture scholars initiated. (2)
30. Take nothing from the bent supercop to put a hole in the wooden boat! (7)
32. Myself in Middle English. (2)
33. The rod is turned for the character in the The Seventh Tower. (5)
36. Deakin, ACT, Australia for short. (3)
39. Crossing the river steady in gratitude. (5)
39, 41, 42 & 44 across. Tramped pedal duo raised on high. (8)
45. The scrupulous – it turns out – uses icon tonic! (13).
Down
1, & 3 down. Rejoicing among the gladiators? (4)
4. Tease out caterpillar hairs. (5)
5. Clothed one hundred short, young man! (4)
6. Crowns of light discovered when shoal disturbed. (5)
7, & 8 down. Asian nanny may play ahead. (4)
12. Broken stride in the most arid way. (6)
13. New Orleans crossover music: French folk with jazzy decorations. (6)
14. What key, sir, is played when repeating ‘Lord, Have Mercy?’ (6)
15. Orthodoxy generally crosses to an inflammable gas. (6)
17. Ears bent for ages! (4)
18. Place your wagers in sorbets. (4)
20. Prickle lodged in kookaburra. (4)
21. First man across Canada mountains? (4)
23. The King’s School first. (2)
25. Deutsch Bibel initially. (2)
27. Dry D.U. turned a roseate hue. (5)
28. A pain! Tortured like a bee! (5)
31. Turn and aspire to glorify God. (6)
35. From the city’s foundation 753 BC. (3)
36. Disciples of Christ. (3)
37. Obtained old-fashioned in the congregation. (3)
38. Sid turned up with some fresh-water fish. (3)
40. Palestina Ozias. (2)
41. Left side first side. (2)
43. Divine intervention! (2)
44. Evangelical Union started in Europe? (2)
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