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6-across – Poem first published 100 years ago : THEWASTE

8-across – See 6 : LAND

9-across – Rhyming slang for ‘tea’ : ROSIELEE

10-across – Another name for Robin Goodfellow? : PUCK

11-across – Peninsula extending south and east from Massachusetts : CAPECOD

13-across – See 22 Down : POUND

15-across – Friend of 6/8 author, whose archive of letters at Princeton caused a literary stir : EMILY

17-across – Henry David __, US author and philosopher : THOREAU

20-across – Citrus fruit common in Jamaica : UGLI

21-across – Pale lager originating in Germany : PILSENER

23-across – See 15 : HALE

24-across – The __, 1997 Ang Lee movie starring Joan Allen and Kevin Kline : ICESTORM

1-down – Major tributary of the Mississippi : OHIO

2-down – Author of 6/8 : TSELIOT

3-down – The daughter in Greek mythology of Zeus and Leda : HELEN

4-down – Syrian city, near the Turkish border : ALEPPO

5-down – A snake native to South America – and a variant of poker : ANACONDA

7-down – Terry __, Anglican envoy held captive in Lebanon 1987-1991 : WAITE

12-down – Region of southern France – and its brandy : ARMAGNAC

14-down – Baroness Lynda __, minister in the Major and Thatcher governments : CHALKER

16-down – Dutch university city : LEIDEN

18-down – __ Butler, antihero of Gone With the Wind : RHETT

19-down – 6/8’s cruellest month? : APRIL

22-down – 2’s ‘Miglior Fabbro’ according to the dedication of 6/8 : EZRA

6-across – The __ of the Republic, song from which Steinbeck took the title to 8/14 : BATTLE

8-across – The __, Steinbeck novel featuring the Joad family : GRAPES

9-across – Christian __, French fashion house : DIOR

10-across – Decade associated with jazz and art deco : TWENTIES

11-across – See 17 : ANDMEN

12-across – See 22 : OFNOD

15-across – Inspector __, character created by Colin Dexter : MORSE

17-across – Steinbeck novel featuring Lennie and George : OFMICE

20-across – Pakistani city east of the Khyber Pass : PESHAWAR

22-across – Where Cain was exiled when he went 4/16, according to Genesis : LAND

23-across – City where the German constitution was written in 1919 : WEIMAR

24-across – Another name for the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria : TADMOR

1-down – Castle, bay and village on the Pembrokeshire coast : STBRIDES

2-down – The __: John, Paul, George and Ringo : BEATLES

3-down – Spiro __, Nixon’s unfortunate choice as vice-president : AGNEW

4-down – Steinbeck novel featuring the Trasks and the Hamiltons : EAST

5-down – People and language found mostly in Namibia and Bostwana : HERERO

7-down – __ Kurosawa, film director : AKIRA

13-down – My __, musical based on Shaw’s Pygmalion : FAIRLADY

14-down – See 8 Across : OFWRATH

16-down – See 4 : OFEDEN

18-down – __ Morricone, composer : ENNIO

19-down – What was both terrible and swift according to the first verse of the 6/21 : SWORD

21-down – See 6 Across : HYMN

7-across – US car sharing company launched in the UK in 2006 : ZIPCAR

8-across – Jimmy __, otherwise known as Saul Goodman : MCGILL

9-across – Barbie’s friend? : KEN

10-across – The transposed name of Barcelona FC’s home ground – often used by English speakers : NOUCAMP

11-across – John __, creator of an eponymous anti-virus software company : MCAFEE

12-across – See 1 Down : LYNCH

14-across – Cardboard flaps at the heart of the 2000 US presidential election : CHADS

16-across – One brand name given to sildenafil : VIAGRA

19-across – Egyptian president forced to step down in 2011 : MUBARAK

20-across – See 11 Down : ALI

22-across – __ Society, Labour supporting thinktank founded in 1884 : FABIAN

23-across – The general secretary of Unite : SHARON

1-down – The general secretary of the RMT union : MICK

2-down – Christina __, general secretary of Unison : MCANEA

3-down – The general secretary of the Trades Union Congress : FRANCES

4-down – Oscar-winning film starring Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert : AMOUR

5-down – See 3 : OGRADY

6-down – Medical condition causing hair loss : ALOPECIA

11-down – The greatest? : MUHAMMAD

13-down – Comic and movie superhero franchise : KICKASS

15-down – Blanche __, character in A Streetcar Named Desire : DUBOIS

17-down – See 23 Across : GRAHAM

18-down – The __, one of New York’s five boroughs : BRONX

21-down – Chemical element, symbol Fe : IRON

7-across – Bedfordshire safari park : WOBURN

8-across – 1986 science fiction film starring Sigourney Weaver : ALIENS

9-across – __ and 2, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s 1975 prize winner : HEAT

11-across – Scottish village, the birthplace of Hugh MacDiarmid : LANGHOLM

12-across – The __, Damon Galgut’s 2022 prize winner : PROMISE

15-across – Irvine __, author of Trainspotting : WELSH

17-across – Country having a land border with France and Slovenia : ITALY

18-across – Anna Burns’s 2018 prize winner? : MILKMAN

21-across – JM Coetzee’s 1999 prize winner? : DISGRACE

22-across – See 25 : ROAD

24-across – The Polish capital : WARSAW

25-across – What Richard Flanagan’s characters travelled to the Deep North in his 2014 prize winner? : NARROW

1-down – The __ People, Keri Hulme’s 1985 prize winner : BONE

2-down – 9 and __, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s 1975 prize winner : DUST

3-down – The patient’s nationality in Michael Ondaatje’s 1992 prize winner : ENGLISH

4-down – Claude __, actor who played Captain Renault in Casablanca : RAINS

5-down – Whose life & times JM Coeteze recounted in his 1983 prize winner? : MICHAELK

6-down – The largest city in the Aleutian Islands : UNALASKA

10-down – Much __ About Nothing – Shakespeare play : ADO

13-down – Sir Terence __, playwright whose works include Separate Tables : RATTIGAN

14-down – Person or language of Madagascar : MALAGASY

16-down – District of Tower Hamlets in London : MILEEND

19-down – Author of the so-called Little Red Book : MAO

20-down – Ruling in Islamic law, such as that pronounced against Salman Rushdie : FATWA

22-down – __ Stewart, former Conservative MP : RORY

23-down – __ Barksdale, drug dealer in The Wire : AVON

5-across – See 24 : THE

6-across – See 24 : VALLEY

8-across – See 24 : OF

10-across – Ornamental case, used to hold cosmetics or similar items : ETUI

11-across – 1952 western starring Gary Cooper : HIGHNOON

12-across – Ancient civilisation based in northern Mesopotamia : ASSYRIA

13-across – 24/5/6/8/__ – where the 26/15 rode, according to Tennyson : DEATH

16-across – Joseph __, composer and mentor to Mozart : HAYDN

18-across – WH Auden poem made famous by Four Weddings and a Funeral : FUNERAL

21-across – What unbeatable warships and excuses may be? : IRONCLAD

23-across – The captain of the Pequod? : AHAB

24-across – Where David met Goliath? : IN

25-across – Peggy and Pete __, US folk singers : SEEGER

26-across – It’s DC, when written in Roman numerals : SIX

1-down – Body of water surrounding the Solovetsky Islands : WHITESEA

2-down – __ 6, area whose ownership is disputed by Pakistan and India : KASHMIR

3-down – Mary J __, singer whose hits include Family Affair : BLIGE

4-down – Extinct bird : DODO

7-down – Sir George __, British politician after whom Toronto’s main street is named : YONGE

9-down – __ 8/5/6 – sweet-smelling flowering plant : LILY

14-down – Brand of coffee and rum liqueur : TIAMARIA

15-down – See 26 Across : HUNDRED

17-down – Claire __, star of Homeland : DANES

19-down – See 24 Across : ELAH

20-down – See 18 Across : BLUES

22-down – The South African currency : RAND