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US director of films including Hook and Lincoln ( 6,9)
Region of NW Italy divided into eight provinces ( 8)
Greenish- blue semiprecious stone consisting of hydrated copper aluminium phosphate, known to the Aztecs as chalchihuitl ( 9)
Son of Arcesius and Chalcomedusa and father of Odysseus ( 7)
Wide- brimmed felt hat, typically with a double crown, worn chiefly by travellers in subtropical regions ( 5)
Network of evenly spaced horizontal and vertical lines on a map used to locate specific points ( 4)
Large tropical wading bird with a long down- curved bill; family Threskiornithidae ( 4)
François ___, French author of satirical novels including Pantagruel ( 1532) and Gargantua ( 1534) ( 8)
Monetary unit of Azerbaijan equal to one hundredth of a manat ( 5)
Second- largest city of Oklahoma, on the Arkansas River NE of Oklahoma City ( 5)
Hot drink of port and lemon juice, usually spiced and sweetened ( 5)
‘ Our revels now are ___’ ( Shakespeare’s The Tempest) ( 5)
Winning song of the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, performed by Sweden’s ABBA ( 8)
Katherine ___, sixth and last wife of Henry VIII ( 4)
Nursemaid or female servant in
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Eastern countries, especially formerly; from Portuguese, ‘ nurse’ ( 4)
Genus of tropical evergreen plants of the order Malpighiales commonly called bird’s- eye bushes ( 5)
Fruit from which the European brandy palinka is distilled ( 7)
Circular symbol of a snake or dragon swallowing its tail, symbolising wholeness or infinity ( 9)
Large oblong hall with double colonnades and a semicircular apse, used in ancient Rome for public assemblies ( 8)
Star of the 2015 action comedy film Spy, directed by Paul Feig ( 7,8)
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1910 Igor Stravinsky ballet featuring Prince Ivan and Koschei the Immortal ( 3,8)
Eldest son of Cain, after whom the first city was named ( 5)
Merchant who accompanied an army in order to sell provisions to the soldiers ( 6)
In the Roman Catholic Church, a sentence banning a person or place from ecclesiastical functions and privileges ( 9)
Siren of the Rhine river who lured sailors to their deaths ( 7)
1959 Howard Hawks western starring John Wayne and Dean Martin ( 3,5)
Variable opening, usually circular, through which light enters a camera ( 8)
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Large African antelope with long straight horns and distinctive black- and- white head markings ( 7)
‘ No man is an ___’ ( John Donne Devotions upon Emergent Occasions) ( 6)
Edvard ___, Norwegian composer whose works include the incidental music for the Henrik Ibsen play Peer Gynt ( 5)
Summerhouse or other small structure giving a wide view of the surrounding area ( 6)
Pioneering German immunologist who discovered a cure for syphilis ( 4,7)
Any carp- like freshwater fish of the family Cobitidae, having a long narrow body and barbels around the mouth ( 5)
City on the River Ebro in northern Spain; capital of Aragon ( 9)
Goodluck ___, president of Nigeria succeeded by Muhammadu Buhari in May 2015 ( 8)
Republic of NW South America bordered by Colombia to the north and Peru to the east and south ( 7)
Port of NE Denmark whose Kronborg Castle is the setting for Shakespeare’s Hamlet ( 8)
Brightest star in the constellation Scorpius, and the seventeenth brightest in the night sky ( 7)
Semitic official language of several countries of North Africa and the Middle East ( 6)
First of the twelve Minor Prophetic books of the Old Testament, written by the son of Beeri ( 5)
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