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A quotation (11 words, one hyphened) reads clockwise round the Perimeter from a square to be deduced. Its barred-off letters, and the corner squares, could form ONION PIE IS RARE DIET IF WE EAT HOG. Elsewhere ignore three acute accents.

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10 Old vinegar is absorbed by fish (5)

12 Dissociate from almost all and sundry (7) 14 State, Connecticut, a haven to some extent (4) 16 Affirm dope always dined (10) 17 Tree, a mango, I chopped up around end of April (8) 20 Indian clerk left plant (5) 21 Stumble on crude oil, making capital (7) 22 Dehiscent fruit little chap presented to mother (5) 24 War-god, an oppressor? Not half! (3) 27 Kiss of peace from Penny — one kiss (3) 31 World famine's beginning to disappear (5) 33 Engineer's after drinks in plant

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34 Dug in quake, mum being missing (5) 35 A horse and sheep, common features in crosswords (8) 36 Surgery, outcome of old Virginia's loose living? Dear me! (10) 38 Burden boy with English (4) 39 Fish, sea-bream, to eat (7) 40 Ate in, right? Cooked gasteropods (6) 41 Head of BBC goes away for free

(5)

DOWN 2 Firn still rising (4) 3 Native of Hanoi? See native relaxing about noon (10) 4 Holothurian: make a guess about length (7, two words) 5 End of stiletto put with extraordinary care in sheath (5) 6 Stable with enthusiasm is certain to succeed (8, hyphened) 7 Cuckold to produce an effect over a long period (7) 9 Riding-blanket from SE division of Sussex (6) 13 Girl's gold-filled tooth (5) 15 Coral island's one bar (5) 19 Ria, she paid for treatment for urchin's eye and nose, say (10) 23 Drink, one for each one in good health, served up (8) 25 Trees in region Latin god planted around (5) 26 William the Conqueror, say, at home against a socialist uprising

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28 A born cheat in a joint (5) 29 Ram caught in trap unawares

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30 A mother, busy type, stubbornly resolute (7) 32 Cap in East (thin worsted stuff) (6) 35 Partner of Robin losing his heart and soul (5) 37 Contend with Welsh opinion (4)