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8 Major Jewish holiday (8)

9 Book of _, second book of the Bible (6)

10 English cathedral city at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss (4)

11 20th Century Austro-Hungarian dance artist and theorist, Rudolf von _ (5)

12 A cultivar of Allium ampeloprasum (4)

13 It _ One Night, 1934 romcom starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert (8)

16 Black and white bird of the crow family, the Eurasian _ (6)

18 Coagulated soy milk pressed into curd blocks (4)

20 Ship’s officer who looks after its equipment (5) The _ Kingdom, TV drama based on Bernard Cornwell’s The Saxon Stories (4)

22 Trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia (6)

23 The second-largest city in Japan by population (8)

26 Shakespeare play thought to have been drafted in 1605/6, King _ (4)

28 _ Jepchirchir, Kenyan runner who broke her own half marathon world record in 2020 (5)

30 Series of novels and interludes by John Galsworthy, The Forsyte _ (4)

31 Winifred _, the first black person to have a No1 hit in the UK Singles Chart (6)

32 Annual men’s tennis event founded in 1900 (5,3) 21

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1 US state whose capital city is Pierre, South _ (6)

2 Oleksandr _, Ukrainian boxer and former undisputed cruiserweight champion (4)

British novelist whose works included

Brideshead Revisited, _ Waugh (6)

4 Larva of an insect, especially a beetle (4)

5 Son _-_, South Korean footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur (5-3)

6 Large loose hood, such as one forming part of a monk’s habit (4)

7 Last Roman emperor of the Pax Romana, 161 to 180, Marcus _ (8)

14 The ruler of the underworld in classical mythology (5)

15 _ Springfield, late British singer famed for songs including

Son Of A Preacher Man (5)

17 Australian bird also known as the pink and grey cockatoo (5)

19 Dish made from beaten eggs, fried with butter or oil (8)

20 Nickname for New York City, popularised in the 1920s (3,5)

24 Partially-recognised state in Southeastern Europe, whose capital is Pristina (6)

25 A 1.5-litre size of wine bottle (6)

27 Large flightless bird native to South America (4)

29 Genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae (4)

30 Band of material worn draped from the shoulder to the opposing hip (4) 3