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Balkan country whose capital city is Tirana (7)

Small hammer used by an auctioneer or a judge (5)

Infectious disease especially of young children (5)

BBC historical drama starring Kit Harington as Robert Catesby (9) Flexible connective tissue found in the ear and the surface of joints (9) Children’s author who wrote The Twits and Matilda, _ Dahl, inset (5)

The line behind which darts players stand (4)

Character in Greek mythology condemned to roll a huge boulder uphill for all eternity (8) A type of horse-riding competition that has no jumps (4,4) Young cow or elephant (4) _ Hebrides, island chain on the western coast of Scotland that includes Skye and Mull (5) Team sport played by swimmers in a pool (5,4)

Rose-ringed _, bird native to central Africa and also living wild in Richmond, Surrey (9)

A large African antelope with spiral horns (5)

_ Gibson, Australian professional golfer (5)

The ninth month of the Muslim year during which fasting takes place (7)

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South American camelid similar to a llama (6)

A belt for a sword or other piece of equipment that is worn over one shoulder (7)

One of the five original supermodels, _Campbell (5)

Part of the Mediterranean between the Greek and Anatolian Peninsulas

(6,3)

_ West, US rapper, record producer and entrepreneur (5)

6 The directional growth of an organism in response to gravity (9)

7 A distilled alchoholic beverage (5)

8 Texan city on the Mexican border (6)

14 Let Me _ You, 1997 Robbie Williams song (9)

16 British current affairs magazine that was first published in 1828, The _ (9)

19 Solitary big cat, Latin name Panthera pardus, that is native to Africa and southern Asia (7)

A whole herring that has been gutted, rubbed with salts and spices and slow-smoked (6)

US author who wrote White Fang and Call of the Wild, Jack _ (6) Ancient Norwegian language (5) Unwanted plants in a garden or field (5)

Watery discharge from the mucous membranes in the nose or eyes (5)