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and 23 Director of films Somers Town and A Room for Romeo Brass (5,7) Dora —, actress who played Amber Spottiswood in 1966 film comedy The Great St Trinian’s Train Robbery (5) Georges —, French composer of 1925 ballet Les Matelots (5) and 15 Children’s animated television programme whose characters include Bani Moukerjee and Idris the Dragon (4,3,6) European songbird, the male of which has a bright orange-red tail (8) Pam —, playwright who authored 1978 musical biography Piaf (4) See 11 Across and 16 Down New Zealand-born Wales and British and Irish Lions rugby union coach (6,7) Member of a people of Rwanda and Burundi (4) 1988 novel by Elizabeth Linington (5,3) 23 See 1 Across 24 The —, 1978 horror film starring Michael Caine and Katharine Ross (5) 25 Brother of Eadwig who became king of England in 959 (5) Alloy of iron and nickel discovered by Charles Edouard Guillaume (5) 1 26

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King of Judaea from 37-4 BC (5) Colourless toxic liquid; the principal alkaloid in tobacco (8) Marcelo —, 1998 Australian Open singles tennis championship runner-up (4) Another name for the aardvark (7) 1929 novel by Rebecca West (7,4) Liquid measure equal to about one and three-quarter pints (5) Aria sung by Calaf in Act III of 1926 Giacomo Puccini opera Turandot (6,5) Chris —, Scotland rugby union all-time appearances and points record holder (8) See 17 Across Philip —, composer of operas Satyagraha and Akhnaten (5) Moon of Jupiter named after the daughter of Orchomenus in Greek mythology (5) 22 Fatuma —, 1996 Olympic marathon gold medallist (4) 5 6 7 8 9 14 16 18

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