Across |
Answers and Clues |
Explanations |
1 |
EVICT |
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A number of these Victorians may be put out (5) |
thesE VICTorians |
4 |
DUST COVER |
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Damaged ducts closed with protective jacket (4,5) |
Anagram of DUCTS + OVER |
9 |
GODOWNS |
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Influential person has possession of Indian warehouses (7) |
GOD + OWNS |
13 |
REHEARSAL |
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Judges taking part in actual trial (9) |
HEARS inside REAL |
14 |
TITHING |
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It backed event giving to the church (7) |
IT reversed + THING |
15 |
EGRET |
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Bird got originally identified in gnarled tree (5) |
(G) inside anagram of TREE |
16 |
PUBS |
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Hotels may be first to promote one sort of bus (4) |
(P)romote + anagram of BUS |
17 |
CONVICTION |
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Trick state into wrong judgement (10) |
CON + VIC + anagram of INTO |
18 |
WESTERN |
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Film restoration of NSW tree (7) |
Anagram of NSW TREE |
20 |
ATTAIN |
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Get at one dressed in brown (6) |
AT + (I inside TAN) |
21 |
AT HEEL |
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Athlete, losing time, manoeuvred close behind (2,4) |
Anagram of ATHLETE minus T |
22 |
GETS ABOUT |
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Metabolic disease, restricting wild beast, spreads extensively (4,5) |
GOUT outside anagram of BEAST |
23 |
SANITISE |
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Clean contaminated site in South Australia at the start (8) |
Anagram of SITE IN after SA |
25 |
PLACED |
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Located quarter of a pint spiked with alcohol (6) |
(P)int + LACED |
27 |
ASKING |
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Demanding state recalled one with great authority (6) |
SA reversed + KING |
32 |
UNSYMPATHETIC |
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Indifferent ethics put many in a bad state (13) |
Anagram of ETHICS PUT MANY |
34 |
QUADRELLA |
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A QLD rule broken by a punter’s choice, perhaps (9) |
Anagram of A QLD RULE + A |
35 |
BRUNSWICK |
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Part of Melbourne’s tertiary institution constructed in hard material (9) |
UNSW inside BRICK |
37 |
EXCHANGE BLOWS |
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Fight when cables go the wrong way around spot marker (8,5) |
Anagram of WHEN CABLES GO outside X |
39 |
NICADS |
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Poles separated by volatile acid in batteries (6) |
Anagram of ACID inside (N + S) |
40 |
SISKIN |
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Yellowish-green Eurasian finch is shown in film (6) |
IS inside SKIN |
42 |
MENSWEAR |
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Store located in awesome NSW, earmarked a clothing supplier (8) |
awesoME NSW EARmarked |
46 |
RUNNERS-UP |
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Losers, just non-pros, unsure about giving up soon (7-2) |
Anagram of NONPROS UNSURE minus SOON |
48 |
ENTITY |
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Area in Katherine, NT – it yielded real nature (6) |
katherinE NT IT Yielded |
50 |
RUMPUS |
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A disturbance behind us (6) |
RUMP + US |
52 |
LACTATE |
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Produce milk that’s fresh outside ACT (7) |
LATE outside ACT |
53 |
DELINQUENT |
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Lawbreaking teen in QLD wandering around university (10) |
Anagram of TEEN IN QLD outside U |
54 |
WONT |
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Practice in Tamworth’s centre, part of Australia (4) |
tam(WO)rth + NT |
56 |
IN ONE |
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Combined iodine with excited particles of neon (2,3) |
I + anagram of NEON |
57 |
SQUALID |
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Wretched QLD Aussies relocated without using SES (7) |
Anagram of QLD AUSSIES minus SES |
58 |
MEANS WELL |
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Part of Australia, surrounded by mallee, strangely has good intentions (5,4) |
NSW inside anagram of MALLEE |
59 |
DISUSED |
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Issue, poorly handled by two detectives, may be neglected (7) |
Anagram of ISSUE inside (D + D) |
60 |
SEEING RED |
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Angry green is upset with head of newspaper (6,3) |
Anagram of GREEN IS + ED |
61 |
SITED |
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Located and circulated acid test inside borders of ACT (5) |
Anagram of ac(ID TES)t |
Down |
Answers and Clues |
Explanations |
1 |
EUROPEANS |
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Rope one in to prosecute returning continental people (9) |
(ROPE + AN) inside (SUE reversed) |
2 |
INHABITANTS |
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Residents in features filming segment – a part of Australia (11) |
IN + [HAS outside (BIT + A + NT)] |
3 |
TRAP |
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Catch role played by an actor in retirement (4) |
PART reversed |
4 |
DESPOT |
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Tyrant, reformed, steps down without support of NSW (6) |
Anagram of STEPS DOWN minus NSW |
5 |
SALIVATE |
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Prepare to consume one large container of wine offered in market (8) |
(I + VAT) inside SALE |
6 |
CUTICLE |
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Dead skin penetrated by rotten lice (7) |
CUT + anagram of LICE |
7 |
VITRIOLIC |
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Threesome left one in Victoria expressing intense ill-will (9) |
(TRO + L + I) inside VIC |
8 |
REIGN |
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Control distribution of catering except for ACT (5) |
Anagram of CATERING minus ACT |
9 |
GIGAWATT |
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Performance by a state government finally doubled power unit (8) |
GIG + A + WA + [governmen(T) x 2] |
10 |
DEEP-SEA |
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Type of fishing knife ultimately, in a rush, picked up (4-3) |
knif(E) inside [(A + SPEED) reversed] |
11 |
WAR MEMORIAL |
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Friendly Rome erected one – a large monument to the fallen (3,8) |
WARM + ROME reversed + I + A + L |
12 |
SATINET |
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Tasmania set up one to capture fine material (7) |
TAS reversed + I + NET |
19 |
VICTIMISED |
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Persecuted state is, in time, defeated at the front (10) |
VIC + (IS inside TIME) + (D)efeated |
22 |
GOD SQUAD |
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Evangelical Christians follow around small person with at least three siblings (3,5) |
DOG reversed + S + QUAD |
24 |
STASIS |
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Second state of Australia is an inactive state (6) |
S + TAS + IS |
26 |
LITHE |
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Flexible atheist lies about ignoring Tassie (5) |
Anagram of ATHEIST LIES minus TASSIE |
28 |
STRABISMUS |
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Eyesight defect is discovered after brats jumbled problem up (10) |
IS after (anagram of BRATS) + SUM reversed |
29 |
GLASS |
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Gravity used by young lady tumbler, say (5) |
G + LASS |
30 |
SHAKES UP |
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Disturbs cat upset eating fish (6,2) |
PUSS reversed outside HAKE |
31 |
WANGLE |
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Leaders of Western Australia nominated good local engineering scheme (6) |
(W)estern (A)ustralia (N)ominated (G)ood (L)ocal (E)ngineering |
32 |
URBAN |
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Metropolitan head covering initially not seen (5) |
(t)URBAN |
33 |
CACTI |
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Cold part of Australia, one with protected plants (5) |
C + ACT + I |
36 |
UNCONSCIOUS |
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Awkward intellect bagging science out (11) |
(UNCO + NOUS) outside SCI |
38 |
OVERPROTECT |
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Baby specialist seen in public heading to equity court (11) |
PRO inside OVERT + (E)quity + CT |
41 |
STEEL BLUE |
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Fish camouflaged by a sort of subtle metallic colour (5,4) |
EEL inside anagram of SUBTLE |
43 |
RESETTLED |
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Relocated tester prepared and took on a supervisory role (9) |
Anagram of TESTER + LED |
44 |
ASSESSED |
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Valued pack animal scattered seeds (8) |
ASS + anagram of SEEDS |
45 |
STRUMMER |
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Musician’s spirit expressed in different terms (8) |
RUM inside anagram of TERMS |
46 |
RALLIED |
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Left wing in rugby joined up and got better (7) |
(R)ugby + ALLIED |
47 |
ERASERS |
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They remove an important date that is not allowed in series (7) |
ERA + (SERIES minus IE) |
49 |
TUNED-IN |
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Untied frayed end of connection with it (5-2) |
Anagram of UNTIED + connectio(N) |
51 |
UNSAID |
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State credentials supporting global organisation may be not stated (6) |
(SA + ID) after UN |
53 |
DRUGS |
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Distracted guards missing a user’s stash (5) |
Anagram of GUARDS minus A |
55 |
AS IS |
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Tassie with restrictions lifted varied in the current state (2,2) |
Anagram of (t)ASSI(e) |