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Sea under the jurisdiction of one country and closed to all others; from Latin (4,7)

Lauren ___, actress born Betty Joan Perske in 1924 (6)

Small northern constellation on the edge of the Milky Way between Cygnus and Andromeda; the Lizard (7)

Upper chamber of the Indian parliament; Sanskrit, ‘state council’ (5,5)

Spanish resort on the Costa Blanca, in the province of Alicante (8)

Any of the small segments making up a compound bulb, as of garlic (5)

Large bowl in a Christian church that holds the baptismal water (4)

Second and best-loved wife of Jacob; mother of Joseph and Benjamin (6)

Of a triangle, having all three sides of different length (7)

19th and current President of South Korea, elected in May 2017 (4,3-2)

Northernmost city of the United Kingdom; the ‘capital of the Highlands’ (9)

Greek sculptor of the 5th century BC who directed the carving of the Elgin Marbles (7)

Transparent convex membrane that covers the pupil and iris of the eye, continuous with the sclera (6)

2002-9 detective series starring Tony Shalhoub and Traylor Howard (4)

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Kofi ___, Ghanaian statesman; seventh secretary-general of the United Nations (5)

God of the sea in Greek mythology, brother of Zeus, Hades and Hera (8)

Actress married to actor Tom Cruise from 1987 to 1990 (4,6)

Alkali metal that is the most reactive of the elements; atomic no.55 (7)

1972 Alfred Hitchcock film starring Jon Finch, Alec McCowen and Barry Foster (6)

Star of films including The Do-Over and Sandy Wexler (4,7)

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Oscar-winning director of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus (5,6)

Elmer ___, dramatist whose plays include The Adding Machine and Street Scene (4)

Metric unit of capacity equivalent to 1,000 cubic centimetres or approximately 1.75 pints (5)

Pastry dish whose name means ‘whirlpool’ in German (7)

Army officer ranked between captain and lieutenant colonel (5)

‘A ___ of very little brain’ A. A. Milne The House at Pooh Corner (4)

Star of the 2017 fantasy film, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (7,6)

Port of northern France on the

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English Channel at the mouth of the River Seine (2,5)

Loss of water from a plant in the form of vapour, especially through the stomata of the leaves (13)

Large lateen-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts, used especially by the Spanish between the 15th and 18th centuries (7)

Agile goat antelope inhabiting mountains of Europe and SW Asia; Rupicapra rupicapra (7)

Greek and Albanian shared region that lies between the Pindus Mountains and the Ionian Sea; capital, Ioannina (6)

Indigenous religion of Japan dating from the early 8th century; ‘way of the gods’ (6)

Character played by Michael Richards in the sitcom Seinfeld (5,6)

One of a pair of baskets slung over a pack animal’s back or over the rear wheel of a bicycle, motorbike etc. (7)

Residential district of SW London; home of the flower show (7)

Second-largest lake in Europe, in NW Russia near the border with Finland (5)

Largest city of Nebraska, on the Missouri River opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa (5)

William Frederick ___, real name of showman Buffalo Bill (4)

Standard monetary unit of Cambodia, divided into 100 sen (4)

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