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Filmed audition to ascertain an actor or actress’s suitability for a movie role (6,4)

BBC Three comedy drama series (2016-) created by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge (7)

Benjamin ___, US Republican president (1889-93) preceded and succeeded by Grover Cleveland (8)

Silvery European freshwater fish of the carp family that often hybridises with the roach; Abramis brama (5)

Mervyn ___, English novelist and illustrator best known for his Gormenghast series (5)

Genus of tropical African and Asian climbing plants of the family Colchicaceae commonly known by names including climbing lily, flame lily etc. (8)

Musical instrument of South Asia named from the Persian for ‘three strings’ (5)

Of light rays, to change direction when entering a medium such as glass or water at an angle (7)

Character or symbol representing a concept rather than a particular word or speech sound, as in Chinese writing (8)

Hindu ascetic or holy man, typically mendicant; Sanskrit, ‘straight, pious’ (5)

Imperial unit of land area equal to four roods or ten square chains (4)

Chief coalmining and industrial region of Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia north-west of the Sauerland Plateau (4)

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1998 action comedy film starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker (4,4)

Medicine Deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching the body tissues (7)

Main female character in the animated US TV series Futurama (1999-2013), voiced by Katey Sagal (5)

Capital city of Chile, founded by the Spanish conqueror Pedro de Valdivia in 1541 (8)

Former basic monetary unit of Slovenia replaced by the euro in 2007 (5)

Dwarf planet beyond Neptune discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930, formerly (until 2006) classified as a planet (5)

Law Party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, whether a person or organisation (8)

Any of the group of ancient Semitic languages that includes the language spoken by Christ (7)

Wine bottle holding the equivalent of 12 standard bottles (10)

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Northernmost island of the Lesser Antilles, also known as Hat Island (8) Equatorial republic of South America bordered by Colombia and Peru (7) ‘Like summer ___ came her tears’ (Alfred, Lord Tennyson The Princess (1847) (7) Second president of Indonesia, in office from 1967 until his resignation in 1998 (7)

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Musical direction specifying a tempo slower than lento but faster than grave (5)

US baseball team that won the 2018 World Series on October 28 (6,3,3)

Armed police officer in France and other French-speaking countries, typically employed to maintain public order (8)

2018 animated film featuring the voices of Benedict Cumberbatch and Rashida Jones (3,6)

Winner of the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Angelo Maggio in 1953’s From Here to Eternity (5,7)

Sweet snack consisting of fried dough dusted with sugar or cinnamon, often served with chocolate sauce; from Spanish (6)

Physics Capacity of a body or system to do work, measured in joules or ergs (6)

and Cold set dessert of cream or custard surrounded by sponge fingers (9,5)

City that replaced Rio de Janeiro as the capital of Brazil in 1960 (8)

In medieval times, a person licensed to sell papal indulgences (8)

Goddess of war in Roman mythology, identified with the Greek Enyo (7)

Dutch city on the Spaarne River near Amsterdam; capital of North Holland province (7)

2013 Britney Spears song featured on the soundtrack to the live-action/ animated film The Smurfs 2 (3,2,2)

Nicolo ___, 17th-century Italian violin-maker who taught Andrea Guarneri and Antonio Stradivari (5)

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