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Fake _ Trees, 1995 Radiohead song from their album The Bends (7) _ Bairstow, British cricketer who plays for Yorkshire and England (5) Double reed woodwind instruments, usually played in the treble range (5) Journalist who is a team captain on Have I Got News for You, inset (3,6) Most famous member of the group that planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605 (3,6)

The capital of Vietnam (5)

_ and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1971 novel by Hunter S. Thompson (4)

Kevin _ _, Belgian footballer who plays for Manchester City (2,6) Californian city where TV’s The Big Bang Theory is set (8) US rock band whose hits include Susan’s House (4) _ Shakespeare, British former footballer who is the manager of Leicester City (5)

Southern Spanish autonomous community, whose capital city is Seville (10)

Collection of captive animals, which was a precursor to the zoo (9) Panna _, Italian dessert of sweetened, thickened cream (5)

_ and tatties, Scottish dish of swede and potatoes eaten with haggis (5) A low seat or footstool (7)

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The _, star pattern in Ursa Major also known as the Big Dipper (6) An assistant or follower to the celebrant in a religious service (7) Nikola _, late scientist famed for his contribution to developing the AC electrical system (5)

Small American bird in the tit family, named after its distinctive call (9) _ Williams, American tennis player and three-time World No.1 (5)

_ Rock, 1957 Elvis Presley film, or the song of the same name (9)

7 Christopher _, British director of films including the Dark Knight trilogy (5)

8 Term for a young city worker, sometimes attributed to Joseph Epstein (6)

14 Welsh former footballer who is a co-owner of Salford City FC (4,5)

16 Gyles _, former Tory MP who reports for The One Show (9)

19 Landlocked country in southern Africa whose capital city is Maseru (7) The _ Cometh, 1939 play written by US playwright Eugene O’Neill (6) _ Obama, the 44th President of the United States (6)

Popular musical based on a Harold Gray comic strip, whose songs include Tomorrow (5)

Buenos _, capital city of Argentina (5) George _, US filmmaker who created the Star War franchise (5)