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Traditional name for Psalm 130; Latin, ‘from the depths’ (2,9)

BBC One crime drama starring Idris Elba and Ruth Wilson (6)

Manuel __, Panamanian statesman and general; head of state 1983–9 (7)

Small town house or flat kept for occasional use; French, ‘foot to earth’ (4-1-5)

Metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed one (8)

Capital and largest city of Bolivia, in the west near the border with Peru (2,3)

2010 action thriller film starring Angelina Jolie and Liev Schreiber (4)

Lover of Lysander in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595-6) (6)

James ___, pen name of English author whose works include All Creatures Great and Small (1972) (7)

Star of the 2017 film The Great Wall, directed by Zhang Yimou (4,5)

Mexican dish consisting of a tortilla rolled around a savoury filling and fried, usually served with a chilli sauce (9)

St. ___, mendicant Spanish priest who founded the Black Friars in 1216 (7)

‘An ___ crying for the light’ Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam A. H. H. (1850) (6)

Second-longest river in Spain,

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flowing south-east from Cantabria to the Mediterranean (4)

Pet dog of Barack and Michelle Obama, along with Bo (5)

Village of northern Cornwall traditionally considered the birthplace of King Arthur (8)

Radioactive metallic element of the transition series produced by deuteron bombardment of molybdenum (10)

Process by which a solvent passes through a semi-permeable membrane to form a more concentrated solution (7)

Fine loosely twisted worsted yarn used for tapestry and embroidery (6)

Aria from the final act of the Giacomo Puccini opera Turandot (1926); Italian, ‘none shall sleep’ (6,5)

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Singer-songwriter and actress (1948-2012) known the ‘Queen of Disco’ (5,6)

Minute opening in skin through which perspiration passes (4)

Villainous ‘receiver of stolen goods’ in Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist (1838) (5)

Mildly spiced Indian dish whose name means ‘two onions’ in Hindi (7)

British dance-pop group (19972001) who reformed for the second time in January 2017 (5)

First wife of Jacob and elder sister of Rachel, his second wife (4)

1791 Mozart opera with a

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German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder (3,5,5)

Amelia ___, aviator who became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932 (7)

1998 comedy drama film starring Jim Carrey and Laura Linney (3,6,4)

Major Hindu deity usually depicted with black or blue skin; an avatar of Vishnu (7)

Berkshire town at the confluence of the rivers Kennet and Thames (7)

1996 hit by Canadian singer Alanis Morissette, from the album Jagged Little Pill (6)

Island province of southern China south of the Leizhou Peninsula; capital, Haikou (6)

Part of the Arctic Ocean lying north of Alaska and northwest of Canada (8,3)

Conciliatory present or bribe; from French, literally ‘sweetness’ (7)

Narrow strip of land with sea on either side connecting two larger areas (7)

Projecting part of the occipital bone at the base of the skull (5)

Industrial city in the Ruhr valley of NW Germany, in North RhineWestphalia (5)

Main structural element of a ship, extending along the bottom from stem to stern (4)

Title used for Russian emperors before 1917, derived from the Latin Caesar (4)

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