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3 She’s got you under the ___, expression (5) 6 Lowest whole number (3)

7 Greek mythology, goddess of the rainbow (4) 8 Regulations (5)

10 Musical set in and around an orphanage run by Miss Hannigan (5)

11 Feather pen (5)

12 Decorative discs that cover the central part of a car’s wheels, eg (7)

14 The Fastest Milkman in the West! (5) 17 Group of nine musicians (5)

20 Not widely known (7)

23 Not true (5)

24 Carol Ann ___, current Poet Laureate – the first woman to hold the post (5)

25 Played with – your affections? (5)

26 See 1D

27 Hawaiian garland (3)

28 Banish (5)

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1&26A ITV chat show host married to screenwriter Jane Goldman (8,4)

2 Mingle or rub shoulders with important or famous people (6)

3 Mother ___ of Calcutta, Roman Catholic nun awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and canonised in 2016 (6)

4 Thick soup, especially one made with shellfish (6)

5 Of or relating to monkeys and apes (6)

9 ___ A Kite, song from Mary Poppins (4,2,3) 13 Snooker stick (3)

15 Enormous bird of prey in Middle Eastern mythology (3)

16 All people (8)

18 Naval hero commemorated with a Column in Trafalgar Square (6)

19 ___ fly, tropical biting bug that transmits the human sleeping sickness (6)

21 Large cut of meat from the middle of the back of an animal (6)

22 Unjust (6)