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8 Anthony _, Victorian novelist who wrote the Chronicles Of Barsetshire (8)

9 Country in East-Central Africa whose capital city is Kampala (6)

10 The goddess of youth in Greek mythology (4)

11 Northeastern US state whose largest city is Portland (5)

12 20th-century French fashion designer, Christian _ (4)

13 In Greek myths, second of the three fates, usually seen clothed in white (8)

16 Prince _ of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the Prince Consort of Queen Victoria (6)

18 The most numerous piece in the game of chess (4)

20 Saracens and England hooker, _ George (5)

21 Explosive device fused to detonate under specified conditions (4)

22 The largest city in Switzerland (6)

23 _ Ballerina, children’s book series by author Katharine Holabird and illustrator Helen Craig (8)

26 The fifth book of the New Testament, _ Of The Apostles (4)

28 Common species of freshwater and marine food fish (5)

30 Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Scots word for a lake or sea inlet (4)

31 A pen for confining livestock, particularly cattle (6)

32 Capital of the US state of Hawaii (8)

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1 Mikel _, Spanish former footballer who is the head coach of Arsenal (6)

2 The longest-running children’s TV show in the world, which first aired in 1958, _ Peter (4)

3 Sherlock _, fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (6)

4 Type of cap with a flat circular top and a peak or visor (4)

5 Main body section of an aircraft (8)

6 US author who wrote the 1985 sci-fi novel Ender’s Game, Orson Scott _ (4)

7 A graphic symbol representing an idea or concept (8)

14 The capital and second largest city of Vietnam (5)

15 Island country in the Polynesian region of the Pacific Ocean whose capital is Apia (5)

17 The Tower Of _, biblical origin story meant to explain why the world’s peoples speak different languages (5)

19 Capital city of Paraguay (8)

20 National personification of the UK, and in particular England (4,4)

24 Third astrological sign of the zodiac (6)

25 Welsh former road bicycle racer and

2008 Olympic gold medallist, _ Cooke (6)

27 One of the Channel Islands, famed for its ban on cars (4)

29 _ Beach, 1980 hit for the Canadian group Martha And The Muffins (4)

30 Scottish singer, born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie in 1948 (4)