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ACROSS
8 A guinea pig-like animal from South America and the world’s largest rodent (8) 9 Slang term to eavesdrop (6) 10 English composer noted for Rule, Britannia! (6,4) 11 Stirling, late British Formula One racing driver who won 16 Grands Prix (4) 12 Person on television who fronts a news bulletin or discussion programme (6) 14 Royal princess who was Queen Elizabeth II’s younger sister (8) 15 A country ruled by an Islamic prince (7) 17 River on which Derby stands (7) 20 Avengers: _____ War, 2018 U.S. superhero film produced by Marvel Studios (8) 22 Sarah, Bancroft actress (6) 24 Common and pool are the two native UK species of this amphibian (4) 25 Lindsey, ex-lead guitarist of Fleetwood Mac (10) 27 Dorothy, U.S. actress who appeared in the Road To... series of comedy films (6) 28 An account of a deceased person (8)
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1 _____ Lane, actor who voiced the meerkat Timon in The Lion King (1994) (6) 2 Derbyshire village that voluntarily quarantined after the bubonic plague struck in 1665 (4) 3 Ancient language used in the Vedas (8) 4 Ornamental work of knotted cord (7) 5 Small body that burns brightly when it enters Earth’s atmosphere from space (6) 6 Conflict that included the Battle of Balaclava in 1854 (7,3) 7 Albert, German-born physicist who developed the theory of relativity (8) 13 Padraig, Irish golfer who won the 2008 British Open (10) 16 Canadian city that hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics (8) 18 Clear or outspoken (8) 19 Thomas, Gravity’s Rainbow novelist (7) 21 Natural (6) 23 The ___ Night, 1889 painting by Vincent Van Gogh (6) 26 Ancient European region divided into Cisalpine and Transalpine parts by the Romans (4) SOLUTION TOMORROW