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1 1974 period thriller film starring Jack Nicholson (9)

9 Calendar introduced by Caesar in 46BC (6)

10 Village with a railway station in Blackburn and Darwen unitary authority (9)

11 The Fate who holds the distaff (6) 12 1943 musical comedy film starring Mickey Rooney (4,5)

13 One acting as an informer or decoy for the police (6)

17 Small social insect living in a colony (3)

19 Christian festival celebrated on August 6th (15)

20 French word for male friend (3)

21 Heaven in Norse mythology (6)

25 1986 coming-of-age drama film starring Wil Wheaton (5,2,2)

26 — Kirwan, Assumpta Fitzgerald in Ballykissangel (6)

27 Northern Irelanders (9)

28 The Great —, 1974 period romantic drama film starring Robert Redford (6) 29 1969 cult road film starring Peter Fonda (4,5)

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2 Martina —, Swiss tennis player (6)

3 Christmas in some carols (6)

4 Seventh month of Jewish ecclesiastical year (alt. spelling) (6)

5 Travelling about carrying one’s swag in Australia (8,7)

6 — — prawn, large prawn specially used in a dish of scampi (6,3)

7 Female ruler with absolute power (9)

8 Peninsula in south-east Asia which includes part of Malaysia (9)

14 1971 thriller film starring Dustin Hoffman (5,4)

15 Tequila and lime or lemon juice drink (9)

16 Old instrument for measuring altitude of stars and planets (9) 17 Ayah, nursemaid in India and former British territories (3)

18 New Zealand honey guide bird (3) 22 Difficult, rugged or intricate (6) 23 Italian police officers (6) 24 French physicist who made discoveries in magnetism and electricity (6)