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1 Genus of plants of the saxifrage family with ornamental spikes of pink, red or white flowers (7) 7 Fourth letter in the Greek alphabet (5) 8 See 2 Down 9 — fly, bloodsucking African insect that transmits sleeping sickness (6) 11 Mark placed over the letter n indicating a palatal nasal consonant (5) 13 Douglas —, director of film dramas Magnificent Obsession and Imitation of Life (4) 14 Cylindrical packet of coins (7) 15 Republic in SE Asia; capital Vientiane (4) 16 Mervyn —, author of the Gormenghast trilogy (5) 17 John —, field marshal who commanded the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium from 1914-15 (6) 21 Rapid keyboard composition dating from the baroque period (7) 22 Wading bird such as the blackwinged — or whitebacked — (5) 23 Eli —, US inventor of a modern mechanical cotton gin (7)

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2 and 8 Across British army regiment whose motto is Who Dares Wins (7,3,7) 3 The —, 1960s US television sci-fi series starring Roy Thinnes as David Vincent (8) 4 Strong lager of German origin (4) 5 Roger —, actor who played the Sheriff of Rottingham in 1993 film comedy Robin Hood: Men in Tights (4) 6 Word used as an instruction to ignore a correction on a manuscript (4) 9 1846 Herman Melville novel (5) 10 and 13 Down Feline pet of DC Comics character Supergirl that first appeared in 1960 (7,3,8) 12 Fourth son of Jacob in the Old Testament (5) 13 See 10 Down 18 William —, English painter whose works include The Golden Age and The Judgement of Paris (4) 19 George —, actor who starred as Arthur Daley in long-running ITV series Minder (4) 20 Scott —, US golfer who won the Greater Milwaukee Open in 1995 and 1997 (4)