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1 Grouchy papalist speaking (4)
6 Intimidate French socialists with touchy bent (8, two words)
12 Playing correct song with note about old baroque work (14, two words)
14 Skirt has woman taking notice (5)
17 Feasted with good beer amid wine (7)
18 No marks in right exam (4)
19 Rare panto running as needed (9, three words)
20 One cutting additional material (5)
21 Painter deferring special measures (6)
27 Did Labour bar Liberal as wet? (6)
28 Media mogul, man with wiles seizing Sun (6)
30 Wounded gladiator doctor leaves in pain (7)
33 Bird’s mobile in three directions (4)
34 Interrupt wifely infidelity cut short (6, two words)
37 Charged holding assegai’s tip – it’s pointed (9)
39 Girl’s hip best uncovered (4)
41 After puncture, drivers reversed wagon (7)
44 Multiple attempts to hide fold (5)
46 Drink squash in Spain thus (8)
47 Charge across lake to get away (4)
1 Maple’s sour, not black (4)
2 Pirate’s run through (5)
3 Problem with two metals (4)
4 Ball from footballer keeping position, left back (9)
7 Help securing most suitable assessments of water (9, two words)
8 22 hands (4)
9 Bard’s cry wanting end of sandwich, four rounds (5, hyphened)
10 American conflict finally spread in our direction (6)
15 Pulls grass up (5)
16 Introduce can without rim (7, two words)
21 Cultivated beech – soil’s possibly consistent (9)
22 Roughly shaped furniture round oven (7)
23 King to admit the French in court’s regalia (9)
25 Stop destroyer crossing area in disaster (9)
31 Fireplace’s good value (5)
32 Tense athlete in game (6)
36 Daisy’s behind, not close (5)
38 Bore keen to be heard (5)
40 Work that is for painter (4)
42 Lose ardour and love in depression (4)
43 Worn out wasting time in office (4)
A first prize of £30 for the first correct solution opened on 27 August. There are two runners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary — ring the word ‘Dictionary’). Entries to: Crossword 2075, The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP. Please allow six weeks for prize delivery.
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