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2002-8 US crime drama with Michael Chiklis and Catherine Dent (3,6)
Country of S Asia created as an independent state in 1947 (8)
Third novel in author Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series (7)
2017 heist comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh (5,5)
Bright green mineral consisting of basic copper carbonate hydroxide, often occurring with azurite (9)
Unit of angle equal to one hundredth of a right angle (5)
Island republic in the South Pacific approximately 1,300 miles northeast of New Zealand (4)
Sixth-largest island of Hawaii, also known as Pineapple Island (5)
Any of several long-legged wading birds of the genus Recurvirostra, having black-and-white plumage and a slender upturned bill (6)
In colour television, a special effect in which a coloured background can be removed and a different background put in (6,3)
Officer training college for the British Army in Camberley, Surrey, formed in 1947 (9)
Rabindranath ___, Indian poet and philosopher awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 (6)
2012-14 comedy-drama series written by and starring Ricky Gervais (5)
Fourth most common element in the Earth’s crust, chiefly occurring in haematite ore (4)
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Medium-hot thick sauced curry originating in Bengal, typically prepared by dry-roasting spices in a pan until they form a paste (5)
Heavy hard-wearing waterproof cloth, originally of tarred canvas (9)
Channel between the Indian Ocean and the Tasman Sea separating Tasmania from mainland Australia (4,6)
Cocktail of brandy (traditionally cognac) with orange liqueur and lemon juice (7)
Second-smallest state of the US, bordering Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland (8)
Emperor of Japan from 1912 to 1926, posthumously renamed Taisho (9)
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Third of Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry films, released in 1976 (3,8)
2016 psychological thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Isabelle Huppert (4)
Protein hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, important in the regulation of glucose in the blood (7)
Ancient Greek city on the south western slopes of Mount Parnassus noted for its oracle of Apollo (6)
and Inlet of the Pacific in NW Washington State connected to the Strait of Juan de Fuca (5,5)
‘A ___ of shreds and patches’ Shakespeare, Hamlet (4)
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Beatrix Potter character with a brother called Twinkleberry (8,6)
Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba (6)
Suspension of magnesium hydroxide in water used as an antacid and laxative (4,2,8) See Animated film series whose latest instalment is 2016’s Collision Course (3,3)
Dwelling place of the principal gods (the Aesir) in Norse mythology (6)
Any of several small Australian marsupials of the family Potoroidae, genera Bettongia, Potorous, Aepyprymnus etc. (3,8)
Cravat with wide pointed ends, usually held in place with an ornamental pin (5)
State capital of North Carolina, known as the ‘City of Oaks’ (7)
Small group of notes forming a unit of melody within a longer passage (6)
Alien sidekick of the 1980s cartoon character SuperTed, voiced by Jon Pertwee (6)
Selfless love felt by Christians for other people, corresponding to the love of God for humankind (5)
Mount ___, highest and most active volcano in Europe, in E Sicily (4)
South American palm tree cultivated for its small edible blackish-purple berries; Euterpe oleracea (4)
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