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Plant of the knotweed family, whose cooked stalks are eaten as a fruit (7) The Taming of the _, Shakespeare play (5)

_ Lane, late television writer who penned sitcoms including The Liver Birds and Bread (5)

City in northwest England, on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary (9) Annual legumes also known as garbanzo beans (9)

_ Marsh, New Zealand crime writer (5) Petr _, Czech footballer who is to retire as Arsenal’s goalkeeper at the end of the season (4) Allen _, late American poet of the Beat Generation (8) Mainly African and Eurasian songbird related to the chats (8) Billie Jean _, US former tennis player and winner of 39 Grand Slam Titles (4) Style of visual art that utilises optical illusions (2,3)

The Ancient Greek goddess of love and beauty (9)

Island in the US state of Massachusetts, about 30 miles south of Cape Cod (9)

_ Thompson, British novelist who wrote Larkrise to Candleford (5)

The ninth-largest city in Germany, and the central city of the Ruhr (5)

Sir Walter _, landed gentleman of the Elizabethan era (7)

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Highly ornamental 18th-century decorative style also known as Late Baroque (6)

Eastern European country whose capital city is Kiev (7)

Emily _, The Inbetweeners star and I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! contestant (5)

North American bird of prey, the national bird of the United States (4,5) _ Presley, late American singer hailed as the King of Rock and Roll (5)

6 Medium-sized antelope found primarily in southern and southwestern Africa (9)

7 La _, wine-producing autonomous community and province of Spain (5)

8 Ryan _, Scottish rugby union player, loose forward for Glasgow Warriors (6)

14 Sensation in the chest or abdomen also known as acid indigestion (9)

16 The brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor, also known as Polaris (5,4)

The capital of Kenya (7)

_ O’Sullivan, British snooker player (6) Type of celestial being originating in Ancient Judaism (6)

_ Moorehead, late actress who played Endora in the TV series Bewitched (5) Joint that connects the leg and foot (5) The internal organs and entrails of an animal used as food (5)