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7 ____ Benaud, Australian former leg spinner and TV cricket commentator (6) 8 U.S. golfer nicknamed

Wild Thing, who won The Open in 1995 (4,4)

9 ____ Empire, ancient one covering an area from Anatolia to Egypt (8)

10 Eddi, Scottish singersongwriter who fronted folk and soft rock band Fairground Attraction (6) 11 A gust of cold wind

blowing seawards from a mountainous coast (8) 12 Market town in the West Midlands usually considered the Black Country’s capital (6)

13 One who believes that the universe was created by God out of nothing (11)

18 ____ Shield, a large section of the Earth’s crust stretching from Sweden to northwest Russia (6)

20 A numerical quantity such

as a half or a third (8)

22 The highest-ranking

suit of cards in the game of bridge (6)

23 To feel or express

great loathing for (8)

24 A secure position from which further progress can be made (8)

25 Planes, ____ And Automobiles, a 1988 comedy film starring Steve Martin (6)

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1 A dirigible balloon filled with gas with a section underneath for passengers (7)

2 ____ Building, New York

Art Deco skyscraper that opened in 1930 (8)

3 A display and inspection

of troops or ships (6)

4 ____ Smith, the English actress who played Smithy’s younger sister in Gavin & Stacey (8)

5 ____ VII, British king who succeeded Queen Victoria in 1901 (6)

6 A spy planted in advance for future use but not currently active (7)

8 English actress who played Nelly in Last Of The Summer Wine (4,9)

14 Someone from whom a

person is descended (8)

15 ____ Kitchen, TV cookery show fronted by Matt Tebbutt since 2016 (8)

16 Albert, fictional detective created by English novelist Margery Allingham (7)

17 Canadian dish of chips and cheese curd topped with a brown gravy (7)

19 Phrase meaning ‘up until

the present time’ (2,4)

21 Main set of religious texts

in Zoroastrianism (6)