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Tourist centre in Morocco housing the Koutoubia Mosque (9)

8 Idi, Ugandan dictator and

head of state 1971-79 (4)

9 Lady ---, character in Farquhar’s play The Beaux’ Stratagem (9)

10 See 16.

11 In Jewish legend, an artificially

created human (5)

14 African mammal with white

stripes on the legs (5)

15 In Hindu mythology, the incarnation of the god Vishnu on earth (4)

16 & 25, 10 Name given to the murder of Ernst Röhm and others by the SS on Hitler’s orders (5,2,3,4,6)

18 Large extinct flightless bird,

one of Mauritius (4)

20 1992 biographical film starring Jack Nicholson as a U.S. union leader (5)

21 Series of six U.S artificial

satellites (5)

24 African republic whose capital

is Luanda (6)

25 See 16.

26 Period of seven days (4)

27 1995 James Bond film

featuring Pierce Brosnan (9)

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1 Korean martial art (9)

2 1984 world Formula One

champion (4,5)

4 8c B.C. prophet, a herdsman

and fig grower (4)

5 Mr. Starr, drummer with

‘The Beatles’ (5)

6 Title assumed in 1870 by the Prussian king Wilhelm I following the unification of Germany (6)

7 Biblical king, first to be

elected by the Israelites (4)

9 Menachem, Israeli politician awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1978 (5)

11 Nikolai, Russian author of

Dead Souls (5)

12 Ship in which the Pilgrim

Fathers sailed in 1620 (9)

13 Russian stringed musical

instrument (9)

17 “The ---”, John Carpenter

film set in Antarctica (5)

19 Perennial plant whose varieties include the lady’s slipper (6)

22 Miss Terry, English actress associated with Henry Irving (5)

23 Hairstyle consisting of

thick bushy curls (4)

24 Mr. North, 1985 U.S. Open

golf champion (4)