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Gerard _, late footballer and former manager of Liverpool FC who passed away in December (8)

The 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989, Ronald _ (6) Cabbage also known as borecole (4) Stringed musical instrument with a long neck and a hollow circular body (5) Shapeshifter in Norse mythology, the son of Fárbauti and Laufey (4) Metallic element with the atomic number 78 (8)

Pakistan’s second largest city, Punjab province capital (6)

Kim _-_, Japanese golfer who won the 2020 US Women’s Open (1-3)

1951 musical by Alan J Lerner and Frederick Loewe, Paint Your _ (5) Legal claim upon property for satisfaction of debt (4) Large red deer also known as the elk (6) US state whose capital is Little Rock (8) _ Peaks, TV drama which first aired in

1990 (4)

Leg bone also known as the shinbone or shankbone (5)

Retired tennis player and the only British woman to have won titles at all four Majors, Virginia _ (4)

Anne _, author of the 1848 novel The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall (6)

British musician who was the lead singer of Dire Straits, Mark _ (8) 1 2 3 4 5 6 20 24 25 27

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Diane _, retired British athlete who won the 800m title at the 1990 Commonwealth Games (6) Marine mammal, largest animal known to have existed, the _ whale (4) Nickname for the Palace of Westminster’s great bell (3,3) Small brown bird which was on the British farthing from 1937 to 1960 (4) Most populous borough in New York City (8)

_-mall, lawn game of the 16th and 17th centuries, a precursor to croquet (4)

7 One of Odin’s 12 handmaidens in Norse mythology (8)

14 The recipient of the 1993 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Marisa _ (5)

15 Natural material from which igneous rocks are formed (5)

17 _ Cresswell, late children’s author who wrote (5)

19 Word adopted from a foreign language with little or no modification (8) American artist of the Gilded Age, James Abbott McNeill _ (8) Michael _, US actor who has played Batman in two films (6)

Diver who was the 2020 BBC Young Sports Personality Of The Year, _ Spendolini-Sirieix (6)

_ Bawden, author who wrote the 1973 children’s book Carrie’s War (4)

The capital city of Azerbaijan (4)

2003 Audrey Niffenegger novel,

The Time Traveller’s _ (4)