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1007: Holy disorders by Jac

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ACROSS 1 Tip-top outwardly teetotal place to get a drink (5) 4 To live after the manner of a philosopher is, in one case, in- itially thus (9) 9 In a measure is an odd treat in that some's without point (10) 11 On which to sleep, but do so when it's damp! (6) 12 Weedy sort of cartilages (7) 14 *Fish around? Not initially! (5) 15 Naturally good lay (5) 16 *Wound round both ends at the start (6) 22 Pirate seaman exchanging one for a pair of spectacles (8) 23 *To merge in great waves (7) 24 Many a strike-breaker's oath (4) 25 A very old garment. . . (4) 27 . . .one possibly wears back to front in nurseries (7)

29 Sloth — paradise at a pinch for Sandy! (8-)

32 Pinch for all to see, perhaps, so keep cheerful (4,2) 34 An enemy given less than half a chance might blow down one of the smaller 13 (5) 35 Shovels rest back (5) 36 Conspicuous Scots furniture (7) 37 Designing a simple antonym (6) 39 Tries some alternatively in the holding of cryptic beliefs (9) 40 *The very thing very few States are without (5) DOWN 1 Poisonous sort of 24, he? Dead, could be! (10) 2 A foreign god's parting wish (5) 4 Allays, as it were, odd ideas one's missing on upset (7) 5 Tried again but harder, perhaps, out East (7) 6 Fillet of worm (5) 7 A copyist's rent 25 likewise is without (9) 8 *Somewhat like the village- Hampden of Gray's Elegy (4) 10 Embellishes, or books in, calls

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13 Such gulfs as appear near a steamer in a rising sea (7) 17 Scrub and always turn on wing before stopping (9) 18 *Without aspiration, perhaps? Not any? (7) 20 Sleeves? 34A's about 1001! (9) 21 *Taken to heart in the heart of 23? Could be right! (6) 26 Such essential oil adds nothing to speed in a vehicle (7) 28 Sort of miracle to appeal to the Scots (7) 30 Composer of 6+39 books to note (6) 31 A tip at the back up North (5) 33 Creature to cause friction be- tween one politician and another

34 *ccentric outside-right (4)