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1 14 41 22 26 8d The nineteenth century dislike of realism is the rage of Caliban seeing his own face in a glass (THEN A GENUINE SOBRIETY WAS IN ILL ESTEEM THE FIEND A SERF FLINCHES ASKANCE AT HIS GORGONICAL I)*
8 Ahead (A + HEAD)
11 Ebullient (LUBE rev. + LIEN + T)
12 Workloads (WORK + LO(AD)S)
16 Someone (SUM + WON, homophone)
18 Iodide (IO + DIDE, DIED homophone)
20 15 Mean nothing (MEAN + NO(THIN)G)
30 Argo (Double def.)
32 Abject (OBJECT, A for O)
33 Ideates (IDEA(T + E)S)
35 Wollstonecraft (WOLLoh + STONE + CRAFT, HOLLOW rev.)
37 Amen (profaNE MAchinations, hidden rev.)
40 Litigates (LIT + I + GATES)
42 Evans (E(VAN)S)
43 Desultoriness (DEad + SULT(O)RINESS)
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1 Treatise (TREAT + I + SE)
2 Equal (Double def.)
3 13 Idle talk (&lit.)
4 Exegete (EXCRETE, E.G. for CR)
5 Entitling (EN + TITHING, L for H)
6 Newsradio (NEWS + RADIO)
7 Hired (I in HERD*)
9 Evasive (EV(ASIV)E, (VAGARIES - RAGE)*)
10 Discerning (DIS + C + ERNING, EARNING homophone)
17 Masse (MA + SSE)
19 Decaf (FACED rev.)
21 Clicker (Double def.)
23 Rehab (RE + HABit, &lit.)
24 Built (B(U + I)LT)
25 Oscar Wilde ((LEWD COARSE I - E)*, &lit.)
27 Seeresses (SEE + tRESSES)
28 Waterfowl (WATER + FOWL, FOUL homophone)
29 Tsunamis (T(SUN + A)MIS, MIST*)
31 Galatea (GALA + TEA)
33 Inferno (INFER + NO)
34 Usages (US + AGES)
36 Opted (OP(T)ED)
38 Maize (MAZE homophone, partial &lit.)
39 Bari (BAR + I)
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