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A crossword principally about dragonfly and damselfly species found in the United Kingdom. Fillers have also crept in (by necessity) and British spelling is used throughout.
Author: SisterSeagull - Diff: Harder

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      1. The shed larval skin after emergence
      4. Sportsman Mr Ted Hankey's favourite dragonfly
      7. A family of fiercely hot chillies (Pl.)
      9. Typically in Greek, a 'wanderer'
      11. Dragonfly wings are intricately ____
      13. Each stage of larval development is known as a ____
      16. Magnum ____
      18. A very strong wind
      20. Male sheep
      21. Family to which dragonflies and damselflies belong
      23. Removable or hinged cover
      24. Analgesic extracted from the Willow tree
      27. Order issued in divorce proceedings; 'Decree ____'
      29. Noble gas
      30. A sudden and brief attack
      32. Designation given to US prototype fighter aircraft
      33. A French name?
      34. A digital camera sensitivity setting (Acr.)
      35. Match winning move in certain contact sports (Abbr.)
      36. Ideal habitat for dragon and damselflies.
      37. ____ operandi
      38. Handsome tree-nesting duck, rare in the UK but common in Europe
      39. Typically a meat filled pastry
      41. To take sustenance
      43. The dragonfly is an aggressive and efficient ____
      44. Delicately small, pretty and very rare UK damselfly species

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      1. The most regal of British dragonflies - Anax imperator
      2. 235 or 238?
      3. A social insect
      4. Acronym for 'Alvin', operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
      5. Term for newly emerged dragon or damselfly
      6. Species of damselfly named for its distinctive eye colour
      8. The UK's largest dragonfly
      10. River in north-western Germany
      12. Tree genus decimated during the 1960s and 70s
      14. Letters after last dot in an internet address (Acr.)
      15. Sterilised milk (Acr.)
      17. Blur studio album released 1994.
      19. Realistic, authentic
      21. Female gametes
      22. First name of the author of 'Atlas Shrugged'
      25. Perpetrator of a confidence trick
      26. A molecule that has gained an electrical charge has been ____
      27. Water borne phase of dragonfly life cycle
      28. Incompetent, amateurish
      30. Popular Swiss potato dish
      31. Cordulia aenea - the ____ Emerald dragonfly
      40. Web browser (Acr.)
      42. Electrical alternative to R6, Size 15 or HP7?