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Gerald _, late naturalist who wrote My Family and Other Animals (7) Creature such as the sea anemone or coral, or a small growth (5) Region along the River Nile between Aswan and Khartoum (5)

Device producing a fine spray of liquid, often used to administer a drug (9) The legendary sword of King Arthur, also known as Caliburn (9)

Old _, North Germanic language spoken in Scandinavia from the 9th to 13th century (5) _ von Trier, Danish filmmaker who directed 2000’s Dancer in the Dark (4) Bohemian _, song that was a Number 1 hit for Queen in 1975 (8) Ivory-white mausoleum located in the Indian city of Agra (3,5) Port city in Yemen on the eastern approach to the Red

Sea (4)

Ethereal fluid which was the blood of the immortals in Greek mythology (5) Ancient Islamic design of intertwined lines, or a posture in ballet (9) Game show which was the first programme aired by Channel 4 (9) The most common surname in the United Kingdom (5)

The back part of a ship or boat (5) The _ Cup, biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers (7)

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_ Ricciardo, Australian racing car driver who competes in Formula One (6)

1938 thriller novel by the English author Daphne du Maurier (7) Message exchange on the internet invented by Ray Tomlinson (1-4) Charles _, US aviator who made the first solo transatlantic flight in 1927 (9) The third-longest river in Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains (5) Sub-region of Oceania, comprising over 1000 central and southern Pacific islands (9)

7 Light-generating device whose invention is widely credited to Theodore Harold Maiman (5)

8 Joseph _, New Zealand boxer and former WBO heavyweight title holder (6)

14 Parable of the Good _, story told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke (9)

16 Girl group formed in London in

1993, whose members included Melanie Blatt (3,6)

Courtesy title appended to a man’s name when no other title is used (7) Twelfth astrological sign in the Zodiac, represented by a fish symbol (6) Celebrity chef born in Arizona in 1949, famed for his Chinese cooking (3,3) Bleak _, Dickens novel first published as a serial between 1852 and 1853 (5) The nut of the oak tree (5) Upright support for displaying items such as paintings (5)