The Potoroo Painstaker V

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Hello! This week's puzzle is the 5th Potoroo Painstaker with MentalPlayground, who happens to have 2 other special puzzles out this weekend that can be found here and here. Please check those out too.  

If you are unfamiliar with the Painstakers: they are similar to the Times Monthly Club Special, filled with obscure words that you must rely on wordplay to solve. We really enjoy solving these and are having a fun time gridding them now.  

As usual the puzzle can be found over on MyCrossword.

We hope you enjoy! 

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