7654 Block Cryptic Solution

WILLOWS       P U    PODIUM   W U A A   ANGST T   R H E R   MATE  A
I I                 L   N               D A U H             O O A S
TIVOLI        I U   O  AMEN   M P O L   ALLEGRO   H U E C   AEGIS K
H E A A             C D A A             G A S N             N A P E
E ROCKS   N E A W   ACANTHI   M C S N   ECHO  G   L E        ESPIES
R Y E I             L T E V               A   S                 R I
S  ODDS   L L I P   E AISLE   I N C D   GIDEON    H A       TOUPEES
                  
Across

 1 WILL+OW+S
 5 TIVeOLI (I LOVE IT - E rev.)
 9 fROCKS
13 ODDS 2 def.
18 P+ODIUM
23 AMEN anag.
26 ACANTHI hid.
27 AISLE ("I'll" hom.)
30 ANGST hid.
34 ALLEGRO hid.
35 hECHO
36 GID+EON (DIG rev.)
37 MATE 2 def.
41 AEGIS (letter change)
42 ESP+I.E.+S
43 TOUPEES ("two pays" hom.)

Down

 1 WITHERS 2 def.
 2 LIVER-Y
 6 LACED (DECAL rev.)
 7 oAS IS
20 INMATES anag.
21 LO-CAL+E
24 NAIVE (EVIAN rev.)
25 DAT+A (A TAD rev.)
30 AD+AGE
31 GALA+HAD
32 TUGS anag.
33 THONGS ("songs" lisped by Daffy Duck)
37 MOAN acrostic
38 TO+GAS
39 ASK+E+SIS
40 A+SPIRE

Through

 3 OPIATE hid.
 4 SUMATRA anag.
 6 LIMOGES anag.
 8 ENAMEL hid. rev.
 9 RE+ACHES
10 CATS 2 def.
11 S+WING
12 SLEIGHT ("slight" hom.)
14 DISC+O
15 SP+ED
16 UNLOCK 2 def.
17 LAND+AU
19 nOUGHT
22 OM+AHA
28 WAR+M
29 PLUG (GULP rev.)

Puzzle by Will Johnston. Originally published in The Enigma, the
magazine of the National Puzzlers' League, July 2000.

7654 block cryptic

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