Matched Set
a cryptic puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
A number of clue answers are too long to fit in the diagram, and must have certain letters deleted before entry in the grid. The deleted letters constitute a matched set of a sort. Answers include four proper nouns and, owing in part to the exigencies of this month's theme, a smattering of uncommon words, all of which may be found in Webster's New International Dictionary, second or third edition.
Across
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1.
Woman embracing two-time Moslem (6)
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4.
Superior welcoming vessel holds hot and cold (hyphenated) (9)
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9.
Chubby turned weak in ship's bar (8)
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10.
During endless season, one works (6)
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11.
Gunned groups of geese in marsh growth (6)
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12.
Delivery service circles by with shoe parts (6)
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14.
A quiet man with a quiet pile (two words) (7)
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16.
Stories about great English subjects (6)
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17.
Stupid dunce I persuade (6)
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19.
Went off and hesitated? (5)
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22.
Stars upset about Air Force mixups (7)
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24.
Oil company, by and by, invested in Time (5)
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25.
Around end of road, wildest twists and turns (8)
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27.
British madman is more heroic (6)
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28.
Attend to camper in sight (5)
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30.
Pie lying outside a portico (6)
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31.
Norm grabs wrong supporter (6)
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32.
Leaders in zoology answer quiz questions under my infernal tree (6)
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33.
Show the way to grim court (6)
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34.
Continued to ponder, back in shade (7)
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35.
Spruces in green spaces (6)
Down
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1.
Rum was winter drink (two words) (9)
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2.
He's holding a pair of jacks, and trips (6)
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3.
Tripped, getting caught holding kings (7)
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4.
Jerk ruined rear section of Machu Picchu (6)
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5.
Too flashy, like a fish? (6)
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6.
Stick of chewing tobacco to solidify (6)
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7.
Young outfits failing Yale test (8)
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8.
Churches exist in bottomless pit (6)
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13.
Choose Egyptian deity and mythical Greek (7)
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15.
Around mid-May, cancel yearbook (6)
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18.
Bit of rotten egg that is for Mr. Jackson (6)
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20.
Dead trees scattered small leaves (7)
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21.
A scrap one put on top of elephants' trunks (6)
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22.
Bag with plastic latches (6)
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23.
Belief in god is native to those people (6)
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26.
Large stranger is more suspicious (7)
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27.
Macabre-sounding fair (6)
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28.
Holding club, Daisy bashed Moslem bigwig (6)
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29.
Virginia U. taken in with Latin sucker (6)