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Broad-leaved, deciduous tree also known as the Acer pseudoplatanus (8) Archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland whose largest island is Mainland (6)

A Brief History of _, Stephen Hawking cosmology book published in 1988 (4) Let’s _, title song from David Bowie’s 1983 album of the same name (5) Lough _, two connected lakes in County Fermanagh, N. Ireland (4) Large South American snake of the genus Eunectes (8) _ Chiefs, British indie rock band (6) Country in Western Asia, capital city Muscat (4) Dave _, the lead singer of Depeche Mode (5) Peasant under feudalism in the High Middle Ages (4) An artist, usually a director, who influences their films so much as to rank as their author (6) Island republic in the West Indies whose capital city is Roseau (8) Catherine _, the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII (4)

_ Djokovic, Serbian tennis player who won his fourth Wimbledon title (5)

I Get a _ Out of You, Cole Porter song (4)

Common name of a marsupial of the species Phalangeriformes (6) Molly _, teen icon of the 1980s (8)

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_ Mbappé, inset, French footballer who scored in the 2018 World Cup Final (6) A _ of Thrones, 1996 fantasy novel by George R. R. Martin (4)

Jack _, American novelist who wrote White Fang and The Call of the Wild (6) Vascular plant which reproduces via spores (4)

Alexander _, Russian boxer and the former holder of the WBA (Regular) heavyweight title (8)

Largest and northernmost of the major islands of the Inner Hebrides (4)

7 Species of ruminant mammal also known as the caribou (8)

14 Lightweight narrow vessel, usually pointed at both ends (5)

15 Small sap-sucking insect also known as the greenfly (5)

17 Henrik _, Norwegian playwright whose works include

1891’s Hedda Gabler (5)

19 The largest of the five volcanoes that forms the Island of Hawaii (5,3)

Prominent leader of the Apache tribe, who lived from 1829 to 1909 (8) Southeast Asian river which is the twelfth-longest in the world (6) Type of edible saltwater clam (6) _ Parks, late US civil rights activist (4) Television crime drama starring Brenda Blethyn and based on the novels of Ann Cleeves (4)

Flightless bird native to New Zealand, which is the smallest living ratite (4)