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7 Burnt wood or the fuel made from it (8) 9 A cell in the body that transmits nerve impulses (6) 10 Graeme, Scottish snooker player nicknamed The Pocket Dynamo (4) 11 ____ Park, entertainment venue in Anaheim in California that opened in 1955 (10) 12 A weed with stinging hairs (6) 14 Expression meaning ‘secured’ or ‘as good as secured’ (2,3,3) 15 TV sitcom about a rag-andbone family business starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett (7,3,3) 17 Latin expression meaning ‘for the sake of procedure’ often used to describe an official document, such as an invoice (3,5) 19 Pierre-Auguste, French painter born in Limoges in 1841 associated with the Impressionists (6) 21 Patriarch in the bible whose life span was 969 years (10) 22 Jodie, English fashion model
and racing driver (4) 23 Nourishment for cattle and
horses (6) 24 TV series in which Martin Freeman played Dr John Watson (8)
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1 ____ Tuesday, day before Ash Wednesday and traditionally the time to make pancakes (6) 2 Term for ‘very dry’ when describing sparkling wine (4) 3 James Nesbitt and Hermione Norris are leading stars in this comedy drama TV series (4,4) 4 Type of creature studied by an entomologist (6) 5 A classic wrestling hold (4,6) 6 Brokeback ____ , 2005 film based on a short story by Annie Proulx (8) 8 1862 novel by Victor Hugo (3,10) 13 In cricket, a player selected to play if required as a substitute fielder (7,3) 15 One who inspects buildings including their structure and state of repair (8) 16 The Wash is a shallow bay of this body of water (5,3) 18 Any variety of apple with yellow-brown dappling (6) 20 To install or initiate into
a role (6) 22 A pleated knee-length skirt-like garment, usually of tartan, worn in the Scottish Highlands (4)