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21d. One subtracted from prime; ten plus it's square root (6). ?A?I?C

42d. A harsh thing for diva to do, excluding old American evergreen (9) A?A?C?R?A

43d. The French play using pro - and suffer without wingers (8) ?A?T?F?E

21d. MANIOC (Root)

MA(i)N - Prime
IO -Ten
C - 100 Ten's square

tartuffe ?

21 Manioc (root)

Ma(i)n + 10 + C (100)

42

43 Tartuffe

Pro - Tart = (s) uffe (r)

42 Araucaria

43d. TARTUFFE (French play)

Pro - TART + s UFFE r

Main= prime less one + 10 + C (100 - 10 squared) gives Man io c= a root?

42d. A RAUC (ous) ARIA

Brilliant - so glad I asked as I would never have got any of those answers.

Thanks all.

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