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| 39 | Tea-Party-supporting billionaire brother heard | Asparagus: maybe | an illegal substance, informally | COKE ("Koch" hom.) (4) |
| 40 | Impressionist drawing in gallery's top | Selecting | attractive object | MAGNET (MA(G)NET) (6) |
| 1 | One way to extend a list | Error--- | use acid on a metal? Hydrogen escapes | ETC (ETCH - H) (3) |
| 2 | Noisily root | Illness | cards, that have prognostic value | TAROT ("taro" hom.) (5) |
| 3 | Fringe elements of seminar expelled, returning | No end to committee; heads of arts and sciences like so | many low-budget entertainments | ANIME (sEMINAr rev.) (5) |
| 4 | In road rage; terminally | Having flip-flopped, authoritarian lost Massachusetts in exchange for Madoff's final cry of pain: | "Communist" | RED (R(E)D) (3) |
| 5 | Rear | Element 13.1 | (a), two hairpins linked together twice | ASS (A + SS) (3) |
| 7 | Sure shot | Name novel "The First | Junkie" | USER (SURE anag.) (4) |
| 8 | Tide levels may be predicted by this | "Getting It," an article | essential to calm an actor | ALMANAC (cALM AN ACtor) (7) |
| 9 | Congolese language is | Not do well, back in 1996: musical | soundtrack was a hit; I lost inventory initially | SWAHILI (inits.) (7) |
| 10 | Having flip-flopped, authoritarian lost Massachusetts in exchange for Madoff's final cry of pain: | "Missing for College," | a movie about Rio slums | CITYOFGOD (DOGMATIC - MA + F OY rev.) (4, 2, 3) |
| 11 | Error--- | Imaginary counterpart | in terrible mishap | BLEMISH (terriBLE MISHap) (7) |
| 12 | Run into major difficulties with | Of the East | L.A. turf leader, following very loudly with everyone | FALLFLAT (F(ALL)F + LA + T)(4, 4) |
| 16 | Riddle epiphany: short stretches of time constitute | Beheading lacks | axes | TOMAHAWKS (TOM + AHA + WKS) (9) |
| 18 | In the opera, he sings a female part | Tossed grenade | at parting Socialist dictator | CASTRATO (CASTR(AT)O) (8) |
| 19 | Element 13.1 | Clamping tool coming after head of Han | Solo | ALONE (Al + ONE) (5) |
| 21 | "Stomach bug," | Important, | holy Rip Torn | HPYLORI (HOLY RIP anag.) (1, 6) |
| 23 | Tossed grenade | In road rage; terminally | angry | ENRAGED (GRENADE anag.) (7) |
| 24 | Had a child, possibly | Tea-Party-supporting billionaire brother heard | odd, odd tape | ADOPTED (ODD TAPE anag.) (7) |
| 29 | Entertaining dip | In the opera, he sings a female part | in rehearsal, salaciously | SALSA (rehearSAL SAlaciously)(5) |