QUIZWORD CLUES

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1 S R —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 102 against England at Sydney in 2003 (5) and 8 Down 2009 stage opera by Rufus Wainwright (5,5) 1978 stage musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (5) Frank —, author of 1944 story collection Crab Apple Jelly (7) Size of writing paper; 23 by 28 inches (8) and 22 Down 1960s ITV comedy series starring Kenny Everett and Jonathan Routh (4,4) — River, tributary of the Missouri in Nebraska, US, upon which Lexington and Fremont stand (6) and 2 Down 1908 novel by Arnold Bennett (6,5) Resort town in Denbighshire, N Wales, at the entrance to the Vale of Clwyd (4) Almost landlocked inlet of the Barents Sea on the northwest coast of Russia (5,3) Hard rubber also called vulcanite used for electrical insulators (7) Muse of love poetry in Greek mythology (5) Largest in area of the preserved counties of Wales (5) SI unit of frequency (5)

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2 See 17 Across 3 Blackish form of carbon used in pencils (8) 6 7 8 9 14 16

18 21 Crucifix set on a beam or screen at the entrance to the chancel of a church (4) Henry —, composer who won a Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Oscar for Breakfast at Tiffany’s (7) Australia-born poet, author of volumes Max is Missing and Afterburner, who died in 2010 (5,6) See 4 Across North American perennial plant of the arum family with a very long white spadix (5,6) See 16 Down and 14