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The Grand _ Hotel, 2014 film directed by Wes Anderson (8)

Sign of the Zodiac from February 18 to March 20 (6)

The former name of Zimbabwe (8)

_ & Lacey, American television series first aired between 1982 and 1988 (6) Gaetano _, Italian composer known for operas including L’elisir d’amore and Don Pasquale (9)

An _ Husband, 1895 play by Oscar Wilde (5)

_ Longbottom, Harry Potter character played by Matthew Lewis in the film series (7) Nationality of Sandi

Toksvig and Viggo Mortensen (6)

Numerically named leading character in television series Stranger Things (6)

Capital city of Indonesia (7) North African country whose cities include Luxor and Alexandria (5)

Location of the sealing of Magna Carta (9)

How The _ Stole Christmas!, 1957 book by Dr Seuss

Japanese video company which created the GameCube and Wii game consoles (8)

_ Damp, 1970s British sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter (4)

Sue _, Adrian Mole series author (8)

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Location of the deadliest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, fought on September 7, 1812 (8)

_ In My Own Tears, Ray Charles single released in 1956 (5)

A glazed salted biscuit twisted into a kind of loose knot (7)

Large dog breed named after an Alpine hospice which used to rescue lost travellers (5,7)

The _ Job, British comedy film starring Michael Caine, inset (7)

7 Edward the _, King of England from 1042 to 1066 (9)

8 Mythological sea monster that lived opposite Charybdis (6)

11 Brazilian city, home to the statue named Christ the Redeemer (3,2,7)

15 Ride Of The _, composition by Richard Wagner included within the Ring Cycle (9) Amphibian native to South America, the largest member of the Bufonidae family (4,4)

_ City, the world’s smallest state by area and population (7) Gaseous element whose atomic number is 36 (7)

_ counter, instrument used for detecting radiation (6)

_ (The Fastest Milkman In The West), song by Benny Hill (5)