Crossword

Across

Wonderful growing suspense here (7,7)
The women's shops of course depend on their drawing power! (5,9)
17 May bring back something tasty (5,6)
18 He shows a leg in getting up (5)
19 Superior people, not far from the gods (5,6)
20 Silly ass procures stop in mutual conflict (2,5,8)
21 Don't go right ahead (4,2,3,4)
22 In a state of anguish, as Samson was after Delilah's betrayal (10)
23 Showing up one's looks (10)
24 Islander in a hat I designed (7)
26 Have, at first, to be fond of the girl brought to book (1,4,4,5)
29 Unusually fair charge, we hear, for rapid cargo transport (3,7)
32 Old village that spreads the light (4)
33 Three people, in general, treat learner badly (7,8)
35 Most of you stand up in the wash and spout (8)
39 Completely occupied with making preparations for marriage? (5,7)
40 Land poets share out (4,6)
41 A revolutionary article brought into the market (5)
43 Chindit leader unable to gain an opening (4)
44 Opening I go for affer school is not welcomed (8,5)
46 Brief account, then thanks, in the official minutes (4)
51 Encounter some bargain curiosities (5)
52 Sweet recipe for a quiet resort (4,6)
53 Adjective for a situation seen from two slightly different angles (12)
55 Thus might Ted leave on his high horse, perhaps (8)
57 The end of the line, say (2,3,2,3,3,2)
58 All breaking duck with this scorer (4)
61 People who watch a trot take place through glasses (10)
63 Used transport (6-4,4)
67 Not to be broadcast, colloquially speaking (2,3,1,1)
68 Pull the cord as Dr West collapses approaching Hertfordshire town (10)
70 Search in police precinct gets a supplier of narcotics (10)
73 No sailor on the shattered 'Victory' failed to mourn him (7,6)
74 Protracted series of board meetings (5,10)
75 The whole of a ship's from here (4,2,5)
76 Given the means of sound reception (5)
77 Difficult spot for niggardly monopolist? (5,6)
78 Book Ann as they drove recklessly (7,7)
79 Publicity scheme with a politician providing an exciting read (9,5)

Down

Couple of mates? (7,3,4)
Divorcee in UNESCO maybe, lacking an alibi (2,6)
How one searches when given locations at opposite ends of Town! (2,3,5)
Grumble - what are forwards for? - starrts beforc football season (6,8)
Generally like to take a measuring device (2,1,4)
Sags but nothing falls out (6)
The most charming London Pride (4,2,6)
He can tell us about what happened subsequently (7)
10 Speaking indistinctly of the ancient city rightly entrapped by simple weapon (8)
11 The pair hid in disguise here from disease (10)
12 Where the lake can reach a bit further? (7,2,5)
13 Leader on policy made suggestion (5-4)
14 How very much one is overdoing things? (11)
15 Stand taken about tiny score made by Shakespeare's kissing mistress (5,3,6)
16 Little Bill breaks this barrier (3-5)
25 A holder for one who smokes (9-4)
27 The regular pattern of existence would require change in all for me (6,4)
28 What's in this jar belongs to Mummy (7)
30 Start to encourage firm thinking about the environment (8)
31 Flambe's a fad (5,2,3,3)
34 Contained in XY nearby (2,3,4)
36 Ready for play-mate - one that fights foul, it's said (8)
37 Frenzied emotional state seen this year (8)
38 Malice here after beheading? (10)
42 Does one need leave to do this? Yes (8)
45 What's your poison, Partlet? (7)
47 Synge's holiday trippers? (6,2,3,3)
48 Any lout is set to cause disorder in flamboyant fashion (14)
49 No stenographer can pen such ordinary letters (8,6)
50 Like a teacher? Lot more classy somehow, to include head of Harrow (14)
54 A deed done - how stupid - how stupid (6,6)
56 Damaged jet? So create this means of escape (7,4)
59 Game captain captured enemy territory (10)
60 Effortless media for upwardly mobile people (young or old) (10)
62 A pair to score playing cricket - or football (6-3)
64 Preserved for audible reproduction? (2,6)
65 Saul going around with a princess in Switzerland (8)
66 Be left the coin to hide myself (4,4)
69 Those who are born to put on airs! (7)
71 Overwhelmed by anxiety, doctor's admitted (7)
72 Fly in the ointment sets everybody at loggerheads (6)


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