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The Wordplay's The Thing Crossword Puzzle

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In this cryptic some clues are under the heading VARIANT, i.e., they are versions of the first word, growing by added letters and picking up a homophone or two along the way. There are two special plurals, two special foreign proper names and an unusual three-letter word not found in ordinary dictionaries.
Author: tjoebigham - Diff: Harder

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      Across
      1. WORD: Green standard? (3)
      3. VARIANT: To strip (4)
      5. VARIANT: Sounded like a scraper? (6)
      8. Trust holds first letter; is shift (5)
      9. VARIANT: Cover a package (3)
      11. Quote sounds like vision (4)
      14. VARIANT: O.K. family? (5)
      16. VARIANT: Extra or lean (5)
      17. VARIANT: Swiss Dadaist (3)
      20. VARIANT: It's curtains! (6)
      22. VARIANT: Two of a kind (4)
      25. VARIANT: Shapely fruit? (4)
      26. Evil back is pat (3)
      28. Scrap returns to fish (3)
      30. Lord backs into goddess (4)
      31. VARIANT: French after? (5)
      32. A baby dog backs up into young insect (4)
      34. VARIANT: Lowest feeling (7)
      37. VARIANT: Minty weapon? (5)
      38. Islet sounds like number (3)
      39. VARIANT: Lauded in the past? (7)
      40. I.e., in jumbled vapors are shields (7)

      Down

      1. VARIANT: Bisect a sentence (5)
      2. Wooden king? (5)
      3. Non-feathered layer (3)
      4. Fight rising is green (3)
      5. VARIANT: Striking music! (3)
      6. Half off moment is dry in France (3)
      7. French foot mixed over Phys. Ed. is French town (6)
      10. Mixed sauce is Indian coin (6)
      12. What you breathe tosses into George's bro? (3)
      13. VARIANT: What you do after sowing? (4)
      15. Religious S.D. team (6)
      18. Computer blurs into cog (3)
      19. VARIANT: "Dilate out!" (6)
      21. Wise mint (4)
      23. Diana upside down's psyche (2)
      24. Without worker, amok is inclined plane (4)
      27. Above on plait is to dress down (7)
      29. A fool is pretty prompt! (4)
      32. Foyer in Greek letter is sexual things! (6)
      33. A current in public vehicle is Eastern adder (6)
      35. War god rises to be fluids (4)
      36. Indian god is up to be No.2 car co. (4)
      37. Jumbled grains make for portico (4)