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■ · By FRASER SIMPSON · Published by EllaDeKill · Published 2022-02-24T01:00:34.502Z

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    1A
    100 or 500 twisted strands? (4)
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    Across
    1. 1A
      100 or 500 twisted strands? (4)
    2. 4A
      Sequestered, so behind schedule in documents (8)
    3. 10A
      Word of woe, according to Calvin Klein (5)
    4. 14A
      Idiosyncrasy captures a court stratagem (6)
    5. 18A
      Fashion designer Pierre meets a left winger? (8)
    6. 19A
      “Romanian mounts vehicle trail,” I answer (11)
    7. 21A
      Jordan’s neighbour is retro character with daughters (6)
    8. 22A
      Drop level coming from speakers (4)
    9. 23A
      Bend leaves in tree (6)
    10. 24A
      Smile cut short dull routine (4)
    11. 27A
      Principal surrounded by tall grass didn’t leave (8)
    12. 28A
      Not crazy about whine, precious? (7)
    13. 29A
      Even German pistol recoils with a bit of resistance (7)
    14. 30A
      TDs are fantastic sports news (6)
    15. 31A
      The foreign Microsoft group that’s shady? (4)
    16. 32A
      Maintain a shelf in the auditorium (6)
    17. 34A
      Markets monastery lodgings to an audience (5)
    18. 35A
      I located mixed drink (4,4)
    19. 37A
      Dotty adores hugging that fellow bellyacher (8)
    20. 40A
      A fruit-filled pastry’s reversed layers (6)
    21. 42A
      Having a collaborator return bag, visibly embarrassed (9)
    22. 46A
      Date for foolish folks instead, I assumed (1,6)
    23. 48A
      Greek character interrupts flake: “Don’t despair” (4,2)
    24. 50A
      Initially very good including Chinese female in competition (5)
    25. 53A
      62.5% of beautiful stuff (5)
    26. 55A
      Oakland ballplayer urges H. H.? (7)
    27. 58A
      Come back about mongrel (5)
    28. 59A
      Trailblazer one found in fishing spot (7)
    29. 60A
      Tiger moth carries microbe (4)
    30. 63A
      Family treasure I stored in her tower (8)
    31. 64A
      Rousseau's final nudes somehow fresh (6)
    32. 65A
      Miner’s tool was up front, smashed (7)
    33. 66A
      Took the bike path, we hear (4)
    34. 68A
      Military unit ordered to carry equipment (7)
    35. 70A
      You glisten, holding wrinkly fruit (5)
    36. 72A
      Diocese leaders truncated big stores (7)
    37. 73A
      Target of NBA players before Los Angeles commotion (6)
    38. 76A
      Liturgical language, cold and visionary? (6)
    39. 79A
      Entertaining woman laughs with Miss Trueheart (7)
    40. 81A
      Quantity of paper wrapped around large sphere (5)
    41. 82A
      Animates error-free, swivelling legs (7)
    42. 85A
      Begin to move pen (4)
    43. 87A
      Sign incomplete score, a bit more than three to zero (7)
    44. 90A
      Tack stuck into petition facing upward (6)
    45. 92A
      Attempt Gordon Sumner meeting (8)
    46. 95A
      I had each concept (4)
    47. 96A
      Mostly talk about this instant item in a stir-fry (4,3)
    48. 97A
      Centre of knee jammed into lower back, long in the past? (5)
    49. 98A
      Techniques satisfied brick carriers (7)
    50. 99A
      Anglican headdress initially tossed into swamp (5)
    51. 100A
      Bugs old-time comedian Arnold from the east (5)
    52. 101A
      Idolize midnight messenger (6)
    53. 102A
      With courage, journalist Nellie hosts all-night party (7)
    54. 104A
      Rules out styling deep curls (9)
    55. 109A
      Bygone delivery person seen in service manual (6)
    56. 112A
      Scrambled to repeat Gilbert and Sullivan production (8)
    57. 115A
      Purists upset about restricted saddle attachments (8)
    58. 117A
      Strike down small arachnid (5)
    59. 119A
      Ambitious climber? Uh-huh, crusty one (6)
    60. 121A
      Name from the Bible is, to a Mexican, gold (4)
    61. 123A
      Location for a dartboard, positioned near TV (6)
    62. 124A
      Blocks slim 136-Across, in part (7)
    63. 125A
      Place to get clean hit, finally hit in centre (7)
    64. 126A
      Unusual tie score understood by few (8)
    65. 128A
      A pair in Madrid fusses (4)
    66. 129A
      Harassing electoral district (6)
    67. 130A
      Repeat end of dialogue with comedian Margaret (4)
    68. 131A
      Rage consumes one ghostly apparition (6)
    69. 132A
      A game soldier with gusto making amends for lateness, perhaps (11)
    70. 133A
      Female pair from Europe waste time following a system from the Middle Ages? (8)
    71. 134A
      Closet invaders keeping ultimate in fashion quite a while (6)
    72. 135A
      Cursed southwestern Oregon (5)
    73. 136A
      Leads pet off base (8)
    74. 137A
      Gloomy widow’s inheritance announced (4)
    Down
    1. 1D
      Public announcers eviscerate animals? (6)
    2. 2D
      Hard to get burger order (4)
    3. 3D
      Finishes off drab cult with a vampire (7)
    4. 4D
      Ladies developed high standards (6)
    5. 5D
      Most populous province shaped Iran too (7)
    6. 6D
      One of the Argonauts arranged actual backing (7)
    7. 7D
      Clutching part of your body, kitty recalled place to land (6)
    8. 8D
      Swimming orca due somewhere on the equator (7)
    9. 9D
      One with MacLean’s golf clubs (5)
    10. 10D
      Shows up without Romeo, free at last, calm (7)
    11. 11D
      A Starbucks size for any reason (2,3)
    12. 12D
      Finish church site of St. Peter’s (6)
    13. 13D
      Stopper sending up cry in midst of endless hike (6)
    14. 14D
      Pack a location in Florida (5)
    15. 15D
      Quash half of army forming a ring (7)
    16. 16D
      You are texted, flanked by high schooler serving dish (6)
    17. 17D
      Element of change no longer transmitted to the audience (4)
    18. 20D
      Informed on actor Richard in discovery (8)
    19. 25D
      Understand froth of a frivolous nature (3,3,5)
    20. 26D
      Pair of barmaids spot troublemaker (3,5)
    21. 33D
      Series composition is included in lyric poems (8)
    22. 36D
      Suffering, become depressed, not using head (7)
    23. 38D
      Prepare to try again rope rug weaving (7)
    24. 39D
      Empty photos excluding true foodies (8)
    25. 40D
      Fight a wasted detachment? (5)
    26. 41D
      Starts to tidy up rain forest territory (4)
    27. 43D
      Amusing story one acted on the rocks (8)
    28. 44D
      Fruit growers engaging last of tough crowds? (6)
    29. 45D
      Fiend ultimately ruined Alaskan city to the north (5)
    30. 47D
      Resistance units circle Her Majesty’s Ship (4)
    31. 49D
      Here in Montreal, most of staff sign holiday decoration (6)
    32. 50D
      Clear opening in variety show (9)
    33. 51D
      Dropping line, sourly changed letter closing (5)
    34. 52D
      Tinfoil conceals dirt (4)
    35. 54D
      He’s a brute because of this uprising (4)
    36. 56D
      More compact container of sardines? That is right (6)
    37. 57D
      They hack audit of organization's money (8)
    38. 61D
      Seems bias affected common protest sites (9)
    39. 62D
      Encounter is hot behind sort of boot room (8)
    40. 67D
      Radical popes not put off (8)
    41. 69D
      Considered deprived of freedom? (11)
    42. 71D
      In a way, ascend to Eastern religion (6)
    43. 72D
      Incredibly lazy Leo in bed, shaking (4,4)
    44. 74D
      Du Maurier conclusively analyzed a ringless phone (6)
    45. 75D
      People in a group mess up, trapped in well (8)
    46. 77D
      Motherlode initially put at your disposal in record time (3,4)
    47. 78D
      Cheats Chicago’s train system (7)
    48. 79D
      Island pumpkin clipped close (6)
    49. 80D
      Clean up first bit of the blow (5)
    50. 83D
      Groom, strait-laced and quiet (5)
    51. 84D
      Sports celebrity tells running back (4)
    52. 86D
      I love Washington state (4)
    53. 88D
      Gulf cops restricted Iraq’s leader, a political asset (8)
    54. 89D
      Ancient type of opportunity not initiated (5)
    55. 91D
      Sandwich bread — father eats it (4)
    56. 93D
      Crude cartel deal, heading to the lowest point (4)
    57. 94D
      Get handbag put on a scale, you might say (8)
    58. 103D
      At first, edit a page, in essence words carved in stone (7)
    59. 105D
      Overturn one concern of a jockey’s outfitter? (7)
    60. 106D
      Separate Summer Olympics competitor, for example, coming up (7)
    61. 107D
      Sparring boxers might pull these fruity beverages (7)
    62. 108D
      Quickly say it, interrupting gush (4,3)
    63. 110D
      Green part of ephemeral design (7)
    64. 111D
      Put in a dither, have possession of part of a city (6)
    65. 113D
      Some film archives containing Belgrade’s first insurgents (6)
    66. 114D
      Inferior backing includes $100 cash set aside (6)
    67. 116D
      Again peruse dearer novel (6)
    68. 117D
      Tears up a large type of notebook (6)
    69. 118D
      Book about a queen makes the rounds for a stretch (6)
    70. 120D
      Love securing university money from overseas (5)
    71. 122D
      In the morning, I leave Enrique’s friend (5)
    72. 123D
      Bracing for last half of picnic (5)
    73. 125D
      Soothing lotion in herbal medicine (4)
    74. 127D
      Farm structure 0715 rotated 180 degrees? (4
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