Across
| 1 | Dentist follows introduction to outlandish Vegas numbers (4) |
| 5 | Harshly criticized female cut trees (7) |
| 11 | Some have a little meat (4) |
| 12 | Poem is due to be recited (3) |
| 13 | Synthetic sapphire sphere starts to become oblong, unbalancing lab equipment (5) |
| 15 | Currently embraced by Sunday mass, one seasonal transient? (7) |
| 16 | Polishing mostly-red cherry (7) |
| 18 | Runs into hardwood seat (6) |
| 19 | Bush essentially sprouts and takes too much forest (5) |
| 21 | See, I chop ribs badly (9) |
| 23 | See instructions |
| 25 | Finally cleared shower pipe (5) |
| 26 | Open container carried out (6) |
| 28 | Unfortunately stifle that identical one (6) |
| 30 | Miners write about it, warm at last (6) |
| 33 | Quietly move binding holding broken pot (6) |
| 35 | Insect is green with brown back (4) |
| 36 | Pilots claiming victory with five small cheap old cars, once (8) |
| 38 | Greeting welcoming our beautiful young woman (5) |
| 39 | Blame Ms. Dotty's preserves (7) |
| 40 | Encourage, for example, good running (3,2) |
| 41 | Spotted Western apartment, and begged (7) |
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Down
| 1 | Asking too much of Clinton, packing protection after the start (11) |
| 2 | Bone fragment of dwarf emu recovered (5) |
| 3 | Excessively cater to supporter now staggering inside (4,2) |
| 4 | Rider crosses back over republic I'd occupied (7) |
| 6 | Leonard beginning to go most of the distance (6) |
| 7 | Plant is very wide (3) |
| 8 | Erroneously presume tip when some food is served (10) |
| 9 | Antelope finish eating half of lawn (5) |
| 10 | Oddly, doesn't test for minor depressions (5) |
| 13 | Check out Mr. Reiner backing fight (6) |
| 14 | Feature of lock, not tie strap, is hardest to figure out (9) |
| 17 | Quietly involved in weight-loss program, hiking without enthusiasm (5) |
| 20 | Pro untangled knot by gold depository (4,4) |
| 22 | Talk with a country in Asia (5) |
| 24 | Dad's returning with juice (3) |
| 27 | Reamed out, alas (4,2) |
| 29 | Departed hastily, keeping interest reported to the IRS, perhaps (5) |
| 31 | Cover with Arizona stone (5) |
| 32 | False enemy, from the sound of it (4) |
| 34 | Ms. Zadora gets married in cotton (4) |
| 36 | $5 paddle (3) |
| 37 | Retreat from melee, ultimately, black and blue (3) |
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