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Cryptic; The Olympics
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  •  1  Turn on [37A] - a novel (6)

  •  6  Wicked comeback around returned air-conditioners (8)

  • 12 Gold found in urn unsettled the world's smallest island country (5)

  • 13 Pawn Eva off to macadamize (4)

  • 14 "Work with marble head," heard physical therapy (6)

  • 15 First off Juno with cage shut (6)

  • 16 A ship at sea fly's genus (5)

  • 17 Opera center hosts a competition (4)

  • 18 Famous Franklin's crazy place for an [32D] that is left unfinished (6)

  • 19 City is following a standard (5)

  • 21 Company taken with Fascist leader had a chat (9)

  • 23 Fancy-schmancy, remodeled boutique (4)

  • 24 About 400 burned in 1995, perhaps? (2 2)

  • 25 Layer of eggs is shown off to Chris (7)

  • 26 Take too much or stink (4)

  • 28 Five in [19A] club with trendy queue (4)

  • 29 Aha! A saucy mixture! A psychedelic potion! (9)

  • 32 Evenly canned Green Giant called "the Eighth Wonder of the World" (5)

  • 34 Here's a proposition: play with her toy! (6)

  • 35 Area of refuges, an atoll in French Polynesia (4)

  • 37 Cypriot notes out loud, "You stood!" (5)

  • 38 By swallowing, rag beat a hard pill? (6)

  • 39 Greenlit ring with a jeweler and an editor (6)

  • 40 Prohibition tap comes before mi (4)

  • 41 Re: $1000 @ crooked kleptomaniac, maybe? (5)

  • 42 Iffier - "Yes!" (8)

  • 43 Artificial Intelligence's last right sat by atomic number (6)

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  •  2  YA author is brick red without Murphy, for one compound I adorn (4 7)

  •  3  Opposite of [15A] chewed up at lunch (7)

  •  4  Sucker poured soup for lesbian poetess (6)

  •  5  A continent's children listened to an ethical dilemma (10)

  •  6  [37A] in Turtles: A twisted game lost only one time (15)

  •  7  Senior shelters up-turned boot part (4)

  •  8  Point eating an appetizer like caviar on crackers (6)

  •  9  Shade of green eggs flipped over California complete (7)

  • 10 Outcast is someone with Hansen's disease (5)

  • 11 Talks about no pulls (5)

  • 20 At home, criminal pressing in disguise is odd (11)

  • 22 Kobe tracks broken freestyle alternative (10)

  • 27 Neon's one a rager's about (7)

  • 28 Viral outbreak falls beneath each almost climbing AC venue (7)

  • 30 Yard makes pines (6)

  • 31 Alright wearing Cher's necklace (6)

  • 32 One getting hammered in Olympian village (5)

  • 33 Bits one second after Shakespeare retreat (5)

  • 36 Love with a hug, nearly home to Honolulu! (4)

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