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ACROSS

8 Swiss city that contains a statue of Freddie Mercury on its waterfront (8)

9 The number at the top of

a standard dartboard (6) 10 An ancient Greek stadium for chariot and horse racing (10)

11 Fictional comic book superhero whose alter ego is Ray Palmer (4)

12 ____ dragon, heavy lizard with rounded snout that is the national animal of Indonesia (6)

14 Clyde, U.S. astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930 (8)

15 Sport in which a wax

comb could be used (7)

17 A flat-topped defensive mound of a castle or walled city (7)

20 Kelly, U.S. actress who played instructor Charlie Blackwood in the 1986 film Top Gun (8)

22 Thomas, cardinal in Tudor times who was the son of a Suffolk butcher (6)

24 The D-Day landings in Normandy in 1944 took place in this month (4)

25 Those who freely offer to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task (10)

27 Peter, English ex-presenter of Blue Peter and former Chief Scout (6)

28 Expression meaning ‘without much fuss or effort’ (2,1,5)

DOWN

1 Fats, U.S. pianist and singer-songwriter whose signature song was Blueberry Hill (6)

2 Goose ____, a

military gait (4)

3 To expel from college

or university (4,4)

4 Seaside resort on the

east coast of Devon (7)

5 To transmit or receive data, usually video or audio material, over the internet in a flow (6)

6 Any one of five bones in the hand between the wrist and fingers (10)

7 Song by U.S. rapper Kanye West that was his first UK No. 1 hit in 2007 (8)

13 A shop selling alcoholic drink for consumption elsewhere (3-7)

16 Excessively flattering

or ingratiating (8)

18 Artificial embankment built across the River Nile in Egypt (5,3)

19 U.S.-born poet who wrote Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats (1,1,5)

21 ____ will, a document stipulating the medical care a signatory would prefer if incapacitated (6) 23 Wading birds that have

mainly white plumage (6) 26 ____ Henderson, English singer and former The X Factor competitor noted for her song Ghost (4)