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Picking Up the Gauntlet Crossword Puzzle

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A fellow cruciverbalist and good FT friend, messaged me and said we need more challenging crosswords... No more small easy to play crosswords. Well Sir, I pick up your gauntlet... (British spelling is used).
Author: 1nn1 - Diff: Harder

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      2. Large deer species
      8. Iraqi port
      9. Having yellow skin
      11. Israeli sub-machine gun
      13. Spoil
      14. Fixed salaries
      16. Appear gradually
      17. More than chubby
      18. Queensland or Florida for example (8,5)
      21. Popular song from the past. Often paired with "golden" (var.sp.)
      23. North African country with legions of French connections
      26. Splitting into two or more parts, sometimes associated with the sun
      27. Large French city on the Rhone River
      29. Working electronically from home
      33. Creativity
      34. Popular Russian boy's name
      36. Easily recognisable object, ostensibly related to its geography
      38. French composer:Francis ____
      39. Mini-stroke (init.)
      40. A fast becoming obsolete medium
      41. Lean as in slope
      42. Feminine pronoun

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      1. Diplomatically
      2. Volcano blows its top
      3. Relax, perhaps a little too much
      4. Irish female spirit known to wail
      5. 21st century's obsession associated with leisure
      6. Sweet red peppers
      7. An edge usually made of grass
      10. Automobile
      12. Smallest possible amount
      15. James Bond creator: ____ Fleming
      19. Denzel Washington 2010 post-apocalyptic movie: "The Book of ____"
      20. "Atlas Shrugged" author: ____ Rand
      22. Persistent decline
      23. European mountain (just one)
      24. Acquired
      25. Inject vitality
      28. An Irish girl who possibly likes "The Thornbirds"
      30. Popular Mexican food
      31. West European paramilitary organisation (init.)
      32. Famous Lisbon tower surrounded by water
      35. Uncooked
      37. Ran away with the spoon