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[Ruff-Diamond]

3 to get 1 to check. 57A Bland Expressions - E?P?E??S?S, 40d Ravine - G?L?? (GULLY?), Steep, rugged rock - C?A?G (can't be CRAG, it has only 1 G), Injustice - (is it (INIQUITY?).

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[emeritus]

57a Euphemisms ?
40d d Yes Gully
Steep Rugged Rock.... Craig

[Touchstone]

inequity

[Ruff-Diamond]

If GULLY is 40d then the 4th letter of 57a would be Y making it E?PYE??S?S.

GULCH would give the H, but I don't think EUPHEMISMS is right.

[Ruff-Diamond]

Oops my mistake, it is EUPHEMISMS (for some reason I was reading it as BLAND, what a muppet I am) so it must be GULCH.

[Ruff-Diamond]

For 84d Slimmer - T???N?R I have THINNER making the third letter of 91a I.
If it was INEQUITY, that'd make Slimmer T?E?N?R.

[writesbad]

Iniquity, therefore thinner

[Touchstone]

but I thought iniquity meant evil or wickedness?

[writesbad]

Chambers: iniquity: want of equity or fairness; injustice. (then) wickedness, a crime.
Hope this helps, Touchstone.