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CLUES ACROSS:
           1. Flat-topped hill [4]
           4 and 6 across Host city for TAM9  [3, 5]
           6. See 4 across
           8. Roman garment [4]
         10 and 11 across. Nigerian Humanist touring Australia this year [3, 4]
         11. See 10 across
         12. One who disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods [7]
         13. Imperial system unit of length [4]
         15. Female spirit in Gaelic folklore who presages death by wailing [7]
         18. Garbo or Scacchi for example [5]
         19. Beverage [3]
         20. Skeptics’ Motto:  _ _ _ _ _ _ _  the Evidence [7]
         21. _ _ _ _ _ _ Spirit (Noel Coward play and film)[6]
         24. Receptacle for baptismal water [4]
         26. Floor lacking from some buildings [10]
         28. Yourself [3]
         29. Omens, portents [8]
         32. Small handful, thread, strip or fragment [4]
         33. Darwin’s dog? [6]
         35. Not to be broken during a seance [6]
         37. Scientific study of the planet Mars [8]
         39. Accompanied elaborate melody sung by a single voice [4]    
         41. State Registered Nurse (abb) [3]
         42. Los Angeles (abb) [2]
         43. Discernment, insight, perception, sagacity [6]
         44.Concept, theory, belief [6]
         46. Confine, restrain, restrict [4]
         47. The affirmative [3]
         48. Title claimed by Johnny Rotten, among others [10]
         49. The self [2]
CLUES DOWN:
           1. Minnie, for one [7]
           2. For example (abb) [2]
           3 and 15 down.  Recently deceased Indian guru with a large international following [3, 4]
           5. Custom of Hindu widows being cremated on the funeral pyre of their husbands as an indication of their devotion [6]
           6. Austrian capital [6]
           7. Of the stomach [7]
           8 and 9 down: Time for your homeopathic overdose? [3, 11]
         10. Common language of the region (Two Words) [6, 6]
         14. Persian ruler [4] 
         15. See 3 Down
         16. Adjust, fix in place, arrange, restore [3]
         17. Receptacle for sacred human remains [9]
         22. Visible material exuded by manifesting spirits [9]
         23. That portion of the visible spectrum lying between blue and violet [6]
         25. Leo Igwe’s countrymen [9]
         27. Artificially induced altered state of consciousness, characterized by heightened suggestibility and receptivity to direction [8]
         30. Of Spain and Portugal [7]
         31. Higher level of meditation in Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and yoga [7]
         34. Make a mistake [3]
         36. Rule of conduct or procedure established by custom, agreement, or  authority [3]
         38. Boredom, lack of enthusiasm [5]
         40. Exists [2]
         42. False statement deliberately presented as being true [3]
         45. To lower and raise the head quickly, as in agreement [3]
         46. Close to; next to; with the use or help of [2]

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