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Character in 1999’s Toy Story 2, voiced by Kelsey Grammer (6,4)
Ancient language of the Middle East closely related to Hebrew, originally spoken in Syria (7)
Province of eastern Spain bordered by Murcia, Albacete and Valencia (8)
Seventh civil and first religious month of the Jewish year, usually falling within March and April (5)
Disembodied hand in The Addams Family, portrayed by Christopher Hart in the 1991, 1993 and 1998 films (5)
Area in which a mobile phone is unable to receive a signal (4,4)
Of an angle, being between 0º and 90º (5)
One of the rivers of Hades in Greek mythology, known as the ‘river of woe’ (7)
Strong defensive tower over the gate of a castle or fortified town (8)
Small constellation of the northern hemisphere whose brightest star is Hamal (5)
Second-largest city of the Czech Republic; capital of the province of Moravia (4)
Large wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae worshipped by the ancient Egyptians; Threskiornis aethiopicus (4)
2011 crime drama film starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan (5)
Outdoor athletic stadium in Pasadena, California, that hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final (4,4)
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Chemistry process by which a solvent passes through a semipermeable membrane from a dilute to a more concentrated solution (7)
Impure form of quartz consisting of variegated chalcedony, used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles (5)
Aromatic perennial herb of the daisy family (Compositae), Artemisia dracunculus (8)
Instrument played by Animal in the Muppet band Dr Teeth and The Electric Mayhem (5)
Montgomery ___, US star of films including Red River (1948) and From Here to Eternity (1953) (5)
Nadia ___, first Olympic gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.00 by judges (1976) (8)
Authority granted to a government or other elected body by victory in a vote or election (7)
Large powerful Scottish draught horse typically bay with white markings (10)
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Largest city in China, on the estuary of the Yangtze (8)
and Star of the 2016 biographical film Jackie (7,7)
Senator and historian of ancient Rome (c. AD 56-120) remembered for his Annals and Histories (7)
Indian side dish of chopped cucumber and mint in yogurt, usually served with curries (5)
Fourth wife of Henry VIII (6 January-9 July 1540), played by Joss
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Stone in the 2007-10 TV series The Tudors (4,2,6)
State capital of Wyoming, and county seat of Laramie County (8)
German city on the River Elbe; capital of the state of Saxony-Anhalt (9)
33rd President of the US (1945–53), succeeding Franklin D. Roosevelt and replaced by Dwight D. Eisenhower (5,1,6)
Duke of Illyria in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1601) (6)
Greek island in the SE Aegean; the largest of the Dodecanese (6)
Patriotic 1899 tone poem by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, catalogued as Opus 26 (9)
Genus of cereal grasses of the family Poaceae to which wheat belongs (8)
Radioactive chemical element of the halogen group produced artificially by bombarding bismuth with alpha particles; atomic no. 85 (8)
Member of the group of native peoples of S Mexico and Central America that includes the Aztecs (7)
CGS unit of magnetic field strength equivalent to 79.58 amperes per metre (7)
Port city of western California six miles east of San Francisco (7)
Former county of SE Wales (1974-96) formed from parts of Monmouthshire, Breconshire and Newport (5)
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