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Wedded words solution

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The common elements in Wedded Words answers combine to give EPITHALAMION and HYMENEAL, both wedding hymns.  Adding US to the diagonal yields NUPTIAL BLISS.

21a      PR(EP)OS; p rep; so PE (rev.)

7a        BA(IT)CH; I in bat; it Ch

42a      LET(HAL)TERS; anag; anag. inc. l,r

19d      MARJOR(AM)IE; jo in marram; cf. aime

17d      PRIVAT(ION)ISE; VAT I in pri(s)on; i + anag.

32d      S(HY)PATE; sh y; anag. in anag.

9d        HO(ME)TE; OM in he; ‘meat’

25d      PA(NE)STORS; pane(l); n + anag.

3d        MISS(AL)IVE; miss A l; v in a lie

 

ACROSS

1          NORIMON; no rim on

10        ERIN; anag. – ob

11        KAROO; ka roo

12        UMPHS; um Ph(I)’s

14        DOLENT; do lent

15        SAE; 2 mngs.

16        TSUGA; a gust (all rev.)

18        TRAM; tram(p)

20        SEL; E in s l

22        OTTAVA; a VAT to (all rev.)

23        CHAIR; C H air

26        MIRES; m ires

27        LATVIA; v in anag. + a

29        BENJ; Ben J(onson)

30        SOS; O! in SS & lit.

33        EARS; ea(ge(n))rs & lit.

35        PUPIL; pup I l & lit.

36        TOT; (pale)tot

37        ADORES; anag. inc. 0 & lit.

38        TAINO; Tai no

39        ULMIN; l in (f)umin(g)

40        TASS; hidden & lit.

41        LEME; hidden

DOWN

1          NEUSTON; n + not sue (rev.)

2          REPEATING; epe(e) in rating

4          ONCUS; on cus(s)

5          NUDGE; g in nude

6          SKOAL; OKs (rev.) + a L

7          BALDPATE; anag. – a

8          CONDOR; c on dor

13        MART; mar t

24        HABITAT; a bit in hat

26        MEDDLE; m (p)eddle

28        IRON; I (a p)ron

30        SPENT; pen in St.

31        OUSEL; cf. louse

34        PAUL; 2 mngs.

 

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