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ACROSS

6 Fruit also called alligator pear (7) 7 Rock band formed in Manchester in 1991 (5) 9 Repeated phrase in jazz or rock music (4) 10 Leading 1960s Pop Art exponent (4,6) 11 Thread inside a light bulb (8) 13 ______ the Bruce, Bannockburn victor (6) 15 Indonesian island and stronghold of Hinduism (4) 17 R&B, rhythm and _____ (5) 18 Northeast Scottish river noted for its salmon (4) 19 Concentrated beef extract used for flavouring (6) 20 Raheem, Manchester City’s wide forward (8) 23 Tim, World Wide Web inventor (7-3) 26 Bluish white metal used in galvanising (4) 27 1994 action thriller starring Keanu Reeves (5) 28 Breed of sheep reared in Northumberland (7)

DOWN

1 Thrilla in Manila loser (3,7) 2 Bread or pastry with topping, served at parties (6) 3 Henry, Prom concerts founder (4) 4 School of magic in the Harry Potter series (8) 5 Nicholas II was the last one of Russia (4) 6 Excuse (5) 8 Attila the Hun, nicknamed _______ of God (7) 12 Lynne, Eats, Shoots & Leaves author (5) 14 Popular pot-plant of the Impatiens genus (4,6) 16 Long-legged wading birds (7) 17 Capital of the former Yugoslavia (8) 21 Its rugby union side is called the Chiefs (6) 22 Musical composition for nine performers (5) 24 ____ Fielding, The Mighty Boosh star (4) 25 ____ Locket, English nursery rhyme (4) SOLUTION ON MONDAY