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1995 gritty romantic drama film starring Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue (7,3,5)

State capital of Connecticut, nicknamed the ‘Insurance Capital of the World’ (8)

Third book of the Old Testament, containing details of law and ritual (9)

Any jawless eel-like fish of the order Petromyzontiformes, found mostly in coastal and fresh waters (7)

Third-largest lake in Africa, forming most of the eastern border of Malawi with Mozambique and Tanzania (5)

Sixth civil and twelfth religious month of the Jewish year, falling within February and March (4)

Mammal genus of the family Bovidae to which the sheep belong (4)

Smallest state of Australia, previously known as Van Diemen’s Land (8)

Brightest star of the constellation Virgo; from Latin, ‘ear of wheat’ (5)

and Title character of Charles Dickens’ last, unfinished, novel, betrothed to Rosa Bud (5,5)

Chris ___, tennis player who won the Wimbledon Women’s Singles title in 1974, 1976 and 1981 (5)

19th-century Bohemian dance in fast duple time consisting of three quick steps and a hop (5)

2003-15 Channel 4 sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb (4,4)

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Princess of Arendelle in the 2013 Disney film Frozen voiced by Idina Menzel (4)

Equipment used in horse riding, including the saddle and bridle (4)

Computing set of programs sold as a unit and usually designed to work together (5)

Kenneth ___, Commander Bolton in the 2017 war film Dunkirk (7)

2017 murder mystery film starring Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen (4,5)

Slippage or sinking of a part or organ of the body, especially the womb (8)

Department of N central France in the Île-de-France region; capital, Bobigny (5-5-5)

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Officer of the English peerage who presides over the College of Arms (4,7)

Hard white dentine composing the tusks of elephants, walruses etc. (5)

Jean-Luc ___, French director of films including Breathless (1960) and Nouvelle Vague (1990) (6)

Any of two or more physical forms in which a chemical element occurs (9)

Antonio ___ (1678-1741), Venetian composer and violinist who taught music to orphans (7)

Promotion, as in the arts, of political (originally Soviet Communist) propaganda (8)

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Industrial city of eastern Germany formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt (8)

Ancient kingdom of Mesopotamia in what is now northern Iraq; chief cities, Assur and Nineveh (7)

Woody shrub of the family Ericaceae related to the rhododendron, cultivated for its numerous colourful flowers (6)

Second-longest river of Italy after the Po, flowing southeast from the Alps to the Adriatic sea (5)

Wesley ___, star of the 2017 action horror film Armed Response (6)

Chinese-American architect whose works include the glass pyramid at the Louvre, Paris (4,4,3)

Any predatory marine mollusc of the family Buccinidae, having a conical spiralling shell (5)

Italian restaurant more formal than an osteria, typically serving simple food (9)

Climbing leguminous plant of S Europe with bright-coloured fragrant flowers; Lathyrus odoratus (5,3)

All-star game of America’s National Football League (NFL), played annually since 1951 (3,4)

Jewish declaration or prayer recited at the service on the eve of Yom Kippur; Aramaic, ‘all vows’ (3,5)

French city on the English Channel whose name means ‘the port’ (2,5)

Frédéric ___, Polish composer and pianist who had a ten-year relationship with novelist George Sand (6)

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