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Genus of butterfly, or a major variety of Asian rice (8)

Book of _, first of the Major Prophets in the Christian Old Testament (6) Long-legged wading bird (4)

_ Rice Burroughs, US author who wrote Tarzan of the Apes (5)

Star _, sci-fi TV drama with William Shatner which first aired in 1966 (4) The _ Policeman, comic music hall song by Charles Penrose (8) Insects distinguished by triangular heads and bulging eyes on flexible necks (6) In the book of Genesis, the son of Isaac and the brother of Jacob (4) _ Welbeck, British footballer who plays for Arsenal and England (5) The nest of a squirrel (4) Plant also known as the Japanese horseradish (6)

Hans Christian _, 19th century Danish author famed for his fairy tales (8)

_ Farrell, England rugby union player who is the national team’s current co-captain (4)

New _, British rock band whose members include Bernard Sumner (5) 2008 animation featuring John Travolta as the voice of the titular puppy (4) Marcel _, French novelist who wrote In Search of Lost Time (6) Bohemian _, Queen song (8)

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The _, West African country whose capital city is Banjul (6)

Flowers of the Humulus lupulus plant which are used to flavour beer (4) TV sitcom of the 1980s whose stars included Ruth Madoc (2-2-2)

Kool & The _, US funk band (4) Two-player card game invented by Elwood T. Baker and his son in 1909 (3,5)

William Howard _, 27th President of the US, from 1909 to 1913 (4)

7 The first plastic made from synthetic components (8)

14 Type of mild cow’s milk cheese named for the Dutch city where it was originally made (5)

15 The sixth-largest city in Italy, and the capital of the region of Liguria (5)

17 Point on the celestial sphere directly below an observer (5)

19 1977 space opera film directed by George Lucas (4,4)

20 Country in the Horn of Africa and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia (8)

English city on the River Wear (6) _ Doyle, Scottish 400 metre hurdles and relay runner (6)

Word used to identify a person, place or thing, or to name a particular (4) Long, thrusting dagger historically used in naval hand-to-hand combat (4) George _, late Northern Irish footballer (4)