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Country in SE Europe whose capital city is Sofia (8)

The oldest known name of the island of Great Britain (6)

Beautiful winged spirit originating in Persian and Armenian mythologies (4) Look Back In _, 1956 realist play by John Osborne (5)

The fifth-most populous city in France, capital of the Alpes-Maritimes region (4) Jefferson _, San Francisco group which evolved from Jefferson Airplane (8) Early 20th century art movement pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque (6) The _ House, 1994 book by Irvine Welsh (4) City in south-eastern Peru (5) _ Ferber, late US novelist whose works included Show Boat (4) Cameron _, tennis player, pictured, who is the current

British No.2 (6)

Former title dating back to 1358 and the European House of Hapsburg (9) The capital city of Norway (4)

Lake _, one of the five Great Lakes of North America (5)

The protagonist of the 1998 Disney-Pixar film A Bug’s Life (4) Hot spring in which water boils and sends water and steam into the air (6) According to the Gospels, the site where Jesus was crucified (8)

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_ Bear, children’s comic strip character created by the late Mary Tourtel (6) Type of hybrid Jamaican citrus fruit, a form of tangelo (4)

Take My _ Away, song that was a 1986 hit for the US new wave band Berlin (6) One of the two symbolic polarities in Chinese philosophy (4)

_ Pochettino, Argentine former footballer (8)

Resort town in the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland (4)

7 Soft leather shoe worn historically by many of the indigenous peoples of North America (9)

14 H. _ Haggard, British author whose novels include King Solomon’s Mines (5)

15 Dish of Italian origin with a flat, round dough base, topped with cheese and tomato (5)

17 US band whose 70s hits include Make It With You (5)

19 American-Chinese dish of meat or fish with vegetables and sauce (4,4) County in north west England whose county town is Chester (8)

_ In The Wind, 1974 Elton John song, a tribute to the late Marilyn Monroe (6) Heather _, the captain of the England women’s cricket team (6) Russian city in SW Siberia (4) Capital and largest city of Latvia (4) What Kind Of _ Am I, song from the

1961 musical Stop The World I Want To Get Off (4)