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Obviously Oddball Operas

Blank crossword grid

English is used, definite and indefinite articles are to be ignored, and one opera is, as it were, unplaced.

ACROSS

1              Consort catching cacophony (6,7)

12           Footwear with unpleasant smell deformed toe? End of shoe (6)

14           Nameless gift makes for surprise! (3)

15           Miss catching high shot, being all over the place (6)

17           Grassland forming the extremes of versatile land (4)

18/35d  Amazing angling aid (5,5)

19           Gave assistance: spoke (after dropping leader) with leader-writer (5)

20           Ring master’s first to get it to skip (4)

22           Cracked toilet containing cold water? (4)

24           Goalie about to look round (6)

26           ______ bringing bullfighters beer (6)

27           Arab prince investing millions in European country, mostly (4)

29           Film star’s forename? Film star’s surname, contrariwise (5)

30           One’s out travelling – in this? (4)

31           Vicious character could do for a couple of sailors (6)

33           It’s an instrument used in regimental march past? (6)

35           Spare tyre fitted initially by workshop (4)

38           Politician’s end, portrayed in newspaper, was resounding (4)

39           Road trial in which everyone gets stuck in the tracks (5)

41           Vaughan Williams? A great trial for the printer (5)

43           Source of October Revolution repressed and finished (4)

45/23d  Very veiled visit (6)

46           Leader of side’s in charge, as originally printed (3)

47           Is sorry for including it in flans (6)

48           Marvellous moniker makers (13)

DOWN

2              Girl left with nothing on – look! (4)

3              Slough containing nothing that is prompting a dance (6)

4              Flickering trace to show a response (5)

5              A good marksman is to have an effect (4)

6              South coast resort beginning to lose poor-quality accommodation (5)

7              Meeting room in the Bow area has everything (3)

8              Fuss about one following right part of the media (5)

9              I wait with Member in the same place (6)

10           School raised difficulty in a brief letter (7)

11           See 36 down

13           Quantity of champagne? In France I wander round, absorbing one-third of bottle (8)

16           Vicious dog, say, requires a little hesitation (5)

18           Mrs T: “I am one involved in this economic theory” (10)

21           Tailless bird hurried with distinct steps (8)

23           See 45 across

25           Bells outside, as one can hear (4)

28           The rise of hit song leads to serious complaint (7)

30           Gold spots slightly reduced in halo effects? (5)

32           Priest’s absorbed by Roman Catholic’s memorabilia of saint (6)

34           Narrative involving early stages of kinematography? On the contrary! (6)

35           See 18 across

36/11d  Tsufficiently tsaintly tsar? (5,10)

37           Man chewing cigar (5)

40           One million extremely good African warriors (4)

42           Look – central section’s removed from naval flag (4)

44           What’s to rival life in France? (3)

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