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7 Actor whose film roles include George Newton in Beethoven and Beethoven’s 2nd (7,6) 8 Plant such as Galanthus nivalis with white bell-shaped flowers (8) 9 and 3 Down Author of the novels Quantico and Dead Lines (4,4) 10 Sidney Lumet film starring Sharon Stone in the title role (6) 12 Extinct volcanic mountain massif in E. Turkey (6) 14 J Sheridan, author of the 1872 story collection In A Glass Darkly (2,4) 16 Lewis, director of the films The Jewel of the Nile and Cujo (6) 18 and 22 1885 H Rider Haggard novel (4,8,5) 20 The first commercial supersonic airliner (8) 22 See 18

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1 Thick soft tufty silk or worsted velvet cord that is used in embroidery (8) 2 Ebenezer Cobham, publisher of an 1870 Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (6) 3 See 9 Across 4 Another name for the aubergine (8) 5 Cesare, Italian cardinal and politician who was the model for The Prince by Machiavelli (6) 6 City in SE France on the Mediterranean (4) 11 Capital of Paraguay (8) 13 Roald, Norwegian explorer and navigator who was the first man to reach the South Pole (8) 15 Large area of ruins of NW Cambodia containing ... Thom, the capital of the former Khmer Empire (6) 17 Handsome youth in Greek mythology loved by Aphrodite who was killed by a wild boar (6) 19 Silvery-white metallic element whose symbol is Fe (4) 21 Loch ... in NW Scotland is said to be inhabited by a monster (4)