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7-across – See 10 : OCASIO

8-across – First of The Inheritance Cycle novels by Christopher Paolini : ERAGON

9-across – Founder, with Andreas Baader, of the German Red Army Faction : GUDRUNENSSLIN

10-across – The representative for New York’s 14th congressional district : ALEXANDRIA

13-across – Former Chelsea footballer who has played for both Brazil and Spain : DIEGOCOSTA

17-across – The prime minister of New Zealand : JACINDAARDERN

19-across – Project __, the US programme to put a man on the moon in the 1960s : APOLLO

20-across – See 10 : CORTEZ

1-down – Marshall __, Canadian philosopher credited with the phrase, the global village : MCLUHAN

2-down – Country known in Russian as the CCCP : USSR

3-down – __-Herzegovina, Balkan country, capital Sarajevo : BOSNIA

4-down – __ Brezhnev, former leader of 2 : LEONID

5-down – Chinese garments favoured by supporters of the Communist Party after the civil war : MAOSUITS

6-down – David __, aka Ziggy Stardust : BOWIE

11-down – Python who always looks on the bright side of life? : ERICIDLE

12-down – RAF jet capable of near-vertical take off : HARRIER

14-down – The first given name of George Osborne? : GIDEON

15-down – Tom __, author of Clear and Present Danger : CLANCY

16-down – City at one end of the Tamiami Trail : TAMPA

18-down – River in Devon giving its name to the moor where it starts and the mouth where it reaches the sea : DART

7-across – Mary O’Hara’s equine friend? : FLICKA

8-across – Angela __, pioneering BBC newsreader : RIPPON

9-across – 1988 biopic of Charlie Parker : BIRD

10-across – __ Ondimba, president of Gabon : ALIBONGO

11-across – US chocolate manufacturer based in Pennsylvania : HERSHEY

13-across – A small utility boat : SKIFF

15-across – Jessica __, actor who won an Oscar for her performance in Blue Sky : LANGE

17-across – Clint Eastwood’s production company : MALPASO

20-across – The first mate of the Pequod in Moby-Dick : STARBUCK

21-across – The capital of Togo : LOME

22-across – The capital of Rwanda : KIGALI

23-across – George Frideric __, composer : HANDEL

1-down – __ Meinhof, journalist and activist : ULRIKE

2-down – Missile used by Saddam Hussein during the first Gulf war : SCUD

3-down – Bob Fosse’s musical based on the experience of Christopher Isherwood : CABARET

4-down – Getafix’s occupation : DRUID

5-down – Boer war battle, for which a stand at Anfield is named : SPIONKOP

6-down – Ken Russell’s film about the last years of Delius : SONGOF

12-down – For whom Malik Bendjelloul searched in 2012? : SUGARMAN

14-down – James Mangold’s 2005 biopic of Johnny Cash : WALKTHE

16-down – __ 8800, one of the earliest microcomputers : ALTAIR

18-down – See 6 : SUMMER

19-down – The object of Winston Smith’s desire in 1984 – until he enters Room 101 : JULIA

21-down – See 14 : LINE

7-across – Malcolm __, Peter Capaldi’s character in The Thick of It : TUCKER

8-across – 2001 movie starring Audrey Tautou : AMELIE

9-across – See 19 Down : LANE

10-across – Australian outlaw and folk legend : NEDKELLY

11-across – Country bordered by Botswana and Angola : NAMIBIA

13-across – See 6 Down : PIPER

15-across – Citizen of Muscat : OMANI

17-across – Country bordered by Sudan and Djibouti : ERITREA

20-across – __ Cuts; 1960s reductions to Britain’s railway networks : BEECHING

21-across – 21 in 1978 : PAUL

22-across – Landmark near Staithes on the Yorkshire coast : OLDNAB

23-across – Fay __, actor who plays Jenny Gifford in Cold Feet : RIPLEY

1-down – The capital of Zambia : LUSAKA

2-down – Hebridean island : SKYE

3-down – The current 21 : FRANCIS

4-down – Character played by Olivia Newton-John in Grease : SANDY

5-down – 21 from 2005-2013 : BENEDICT

6-down – Actor known for her Olivier award winning performance in Yerma : BILLIE

12-down – 21 from 1721-1724 : INNOCENT

14-down – 21 from 1831-1846 : GREGORY

16-down – Breakfast food developed by Maximilian Bircher-Benner : MUESLI

18-down – Short musical studies for which Chopin, for example, is known : ETUDES

19-down – The first woman to be a bishop in the Church of England : LIBBY

21-down – Alexander _, poet who presumed not God to scan? : POPE

7-across – Unofficial anthem sung especially at Murrayfield : FLOWER

8-across – One hundredth of a rouble : KOPECK

9-across – Roman poet whose works include Ars Amatoria : OVID

10-across – Characteristic shared by Minneapolis and St Paul, and Dallas and Fort Worth? : TWINCITY

11-across – The Welsh national anthem : HENWLADFY

13-across – News agency – or an indicator of Welsh lineage? : AP

14-across – See 7 : OF

15-across – Cleaning product, chosen by Private Eye to make fun of Andrew Neil : BRILLOPAD

17-across – Anthem sung especially at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin : IRELANDS

19-across – See 17 : CALL

21-across – See 11 : NHADAU

22-across – Turkish mountain where the Ark is said to have come to rest : ARARAT

1-down – Member of a linguistic and ethnic people originating in south-eastern and eastern Europe : SLAV

2-down – Scandinavian kingdom : SWEDEN

3-down – __ d’Italia; opening line of the Italian national anthem : FRATELLI

4-down – Ben __ OBE, author whose works include The Famished Road : OKRI

5-down – Marieanne __ MBE, English footballer, capped 91 times : SPACEY

6-down – See 7 Across : SCOTLAND

11-down – UN campaign for gender equality, launched in 2014 : HEFORSHE

12-down – The __, Yorkshire’s favourite magazine? : DALESMAN

15-down – An exceptionally bright meteor : BOLIDE

16-down – Very early computer game : PACMAN

18-down – The capital of Greenland : NUUK

20-down – A brand of luxury jet – or a king made mad? : LEAR

7-across – Term once commonly used for upwardly mobile people : YUPPIE

8-across – Dance that is also an alternative to hell or purgatory? : LIMBO

9-across – Author of Cannery Row : STEINBECK

10-across – Abbreviation for a type of animation : CGI

12-across – Sally __ OBE, Olympic hurdler : GUNNELL

14-across – Freya __, author who sketched Baghdad on her 17? : STARK

16-across – Jonathan __, author whose 17 took him down Old Glory in a skiff? : RABAN

17-across – What 9 enjoyed with Charley? : TRAVELS

19-across – Pawlikowski film from 2013 : IDA

20-across – Branch of Protestantism : CALVINISM

23-across – Swedish scientist and philanthropist : NOBEL

24-across – Public spaces in Ancient Greece : AGORAS

1-down – __ Reynolds, star of Deliverance : BURT

2-down – Ancient road from Rome to Brindisi : APPIANWAY

3-down – Sir Henry __, poet who wrote Vitaï Lampada : NEWBOLT

4-down – Marc __, French historian and resistance fighter murdered in 1944 : BLOCH

5-down – Flightless bird native to Australia : EMU

6-down – Comic verse, typically unrhymed : DOGGEREL

11-down – Robert Louis __, writer and self-confessed amateur in his 17 : STEVENSON

13-down – Citizens of Kampala : UGANDANS

15-down – Nordic dish made of cured salmon served with dill : GRAVLAX

18-down – Peter __, author whose 17 included a year in Provence : MAYLE

21-down – Former name for Thailand : SIAM

22-down – Agency established by J. Edgar Hoover : FBI