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2000 psychological horror film starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer (4,4,7)

and President of Kyrgyzstan from 2011, due to be succeeded by President-elect Sooronbay Jeenbekov in December 2017 (8,9)

Gina ___, star of the 2017 thriller film Inconceivable (7)

Flexible strip of leather or other soft material used for sharpening cutthroat razors (5)

Town in south-west Belgium; capital of the province of Hainaut (4)

James Knox ___, 11th President of the United States (4)

Nickname for the US national flag, from an original owned by sea captain William Driver (3,5)

Westernmost island of the Inner Hebrides, south-west of Coll (5)

Edward ___, English pirate active in the West Indies and on the Atlantic coast of North America in the early 18th century; known as Blackbeard (5)

Genus of tropical plants of the grass family (Poaceae) that includes rice (5)

Room or vault beneath a church used as a chapel, burial place etc. (5)

Spanish music for vocal soloist and guitar or the dance performed to it (8)

Principal monetary unit of Ghana, divided into 100 pesewas (4)

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Suspension or postponement of judicial proceedings (4)

Strong dark beer flavoured with roasted malt or barley (5)

Hugh ___, British author who created the character of Doctor Dolittle (7)

Palladian mansion near Mere, Wiltshire, built for Henry Hoare (9)

SW arm of the Pacific Ocean lying between Australia, New Guinea and Vanuatu (5,3)

1968 animated fantasy comedy film with a soundtrack by The Beatles (6,9)

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English chemist who invented the miner’s safety lamp (7,4)

Father of Leah and Rachel and father-in-law of Jacob (5)

Generic name for a member of the Inuit or Yupik people native to the Arctic (6)

Sign given to pirates in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel Treasure Island foretelling their overthrow or murder (5,4)

2013 Beyoncé song from her self-titled fifth studio album (2,5)

Self-governing Xhosa territory of South Africa absorbed into the Eastern Cape province in 1994; capital, Umtata (8)

Light soft plain-weave cotton fabric; from Hindi, ‘eye’s delight’ (8)

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Historical novel by Sir Walter Scott set in 12th-century England (7)

Cambodian Communist statesman born Saloth Sar in 1925; Prime Minister 1976–9 (3,3)

Nickname of the hobbit Meriadoc Brandybuck J R R Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings (5)

Goddess of order and justice in Greek mythology; daughter of Uranus and Gaia (6)

Writer and director of the 2017 film Star Wars: The Last Jedi (4,7)

‘I think we are in rats’ ___’ T S Eliot The Waste Land (5)

Athenian statesman and general instrumental in the Greek victories over the Persians at Marathon and Salamis; known as ‘the Just’ (9)

Second-largest city in Canada, in Québec on the St Lawrence River (8)

Short curved sword with one cutting edge, formerly used by sailors (7)

Closing piece of music, especially an organ voluntary at the end of a church service (8)

Cretan-born Spanish painter known for his elongated human forms and dramatic use of colour; real name Domenikos Theotocopoulos (2,5)

1981 album by English progressive rock band Genesis, featuring the singles ‘No Reply At All’ and ‘Keep It Dark’ (6)

Middle Eastern country united with Egypt as the United Arab Republic from 1958 to 1961 (5)

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