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In this crossword there are eight clues to members of a group that is identified at 29 across. They are in the perimeter and at 19 and 42 across.  Those eight clues have only wordplay – no definition part. You might prefer to work on the interactive version – click on this link which takes you to a Crossword Compiler page which is not technically supported by GenevaLunch.

Across

1 Thrash Tell (12)

9 Quickly leave company with heartless nod after advisory board finally meets (7)

11 Irregularly gasping, one man gets partial privation of breath (6)

14 A positive quality is advantageous (4)

15 Got back garment (3)

16 Pass writhing snakes (4)

17 Material thrown out of turbulent ace jet (6)

19 Headless chicken (3)

20 Seed coat with end chopped for examination (4)

22 Make ready concerning a state of equality in sports (7)

23 One who has enlisted dancing lone reel (8)

26 In Vienna once, not oddly characterless (5)

27 Be a saint in the most excellent manner (4)

29 See preamble (5)

30 Emperor and mercurial star (4)

32 I am highly critical of a religion (5)

34 Of dark igneous rock – sea’s outer limits in northern ocean (8)

37 Goddess of intelligence and skill – rich source with regular trivia (7)

41 Note confusion in a native American dwelling (4)

42 Changing direction in sheletered side (3)

43 Boorish dull person head of education and extremely pedestrian (6)

44 Peculiar clue for freshwater fish (4)

45 Allowed up an ancient hill formed from debris of habitations (3)

46 Frozen unstable currency of Ghana (4)

47 Concerning bygone meal (6)

48 Queen follows mate with a brief month in a Sicilian town (7)

49 Golden tool (12)

Down

1 Polish look (6)

2 An inch is granted to a tenant (5)

3 Pro is at fault, oddly with regard to the mail service (6)

4 Work including conclusions of modern current academia is available for immediate use (2,3)

5 Sedge war needs to be developed for these noxious plants (8)

6 At once saintly and not without heart in trouble (9)

7 Severe reproof is said to disparage (6)

8 Gossip (7)

10 Means of access to perform work upon with gold (4)

12 Mate back in a place where one can rest secure (3)

13 These musical dramas are soap – designed and not amateur (6)

18 Half of July and half of next month (4)

21 In lab coat fabricated a drug made from vegetable matter (9)

24 Short book with sea creature turning up in text of opera (8)

25 An important date half rubbed out (3)

27 Part bird (7)

28 Failure when students return (4,2)

31 Convoluted idea for an assistant (4)

33 Cheerful emoticon (6)

35 A quail misrepresented as the golden eagle genus (6)

36 Block of apartments, right? (6)

38 Change direction with king becoming aide-de-camp ultimately for Vice President (4)

39 Returning to slaughter according to Muslim law, endlessly produces the name of God (5)

40 Progress permanently welcomes generative substance (5)

42 Latin things in land reserved for native peoples (3)

Here is the solution to last week’s general knowledge crossword.

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