QUIZWORD CLUES

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Charles —, 1970 Commonwealth 400m gold medallist (5) Genus of plants that includes yellow bugle and blue bugle (5) International airport in Chicago, US, formerly called Orchard Field (5) Old breed of large, powerful, short-haired dog (7) City in Saxony, Germany, known from 1953 to 1990 as Karl-Marx-Stadt (8) 1965 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert (4) Fabio —, 2000-12 Italy rugby union hooker (6) Joan —, comedienne who voiced Dot Matrix in 1987 Mel Brooks film Spaceballs (6) Douglas —, German-born director of Magnificent Obsession and Imitation of Life (4) 20 See 2 Down 23 Silvery-white metallic

element; symbol U (7) 24 Shanaze —, 2007 and 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships team sprint gold medallist with Victoria Pendleton (5) Town in NE Surrey near Sandown Park horse racecourse (5) Manuel —, president of the Philippines from 1946-48 (5) 1 4 10 11 12 13 15 17

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2 and 20 Across Character played by Kurt Russell in John Carpenter action films Escape from New York and Escape from LA (5,8) 5 6 7 8 9 14 16 18 21 and 22 1977 novel by Winston Graham (3,5,4) and 9 2008 short story collection by Stephen King (4,5,6) Type of heavy large-patterned decorative lace such as Cluny — (7) Spiced roll traditionally eaten on Good Friday (3,5,3) G C —, South Africa Test cricketer who hit 277 against England at Edbaston in 2003 (5) See 5 Down