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Thane of Lochaber, character in Macbeth (4,6)

Edinburgh-born author of The Wind in The Willows (7,7)

Town in Falkirk area with noted crude oil refinery (11)

Country dance for even number of dancers (9,4) Alfresco (7) A person nominated for a benefice (9)

Phrase similar but more casual to et cetera (3,2,2)

Taxonomic rank between family and class (5) Author of Don Quixote (9) Horseshoe-shaped garment to hold back hair (5,4) Largest county of Ulster (7) Traditional dessert of oatmeal, cream and whisky (9) Incorrect foot placement (7) Formal attire often worn with bow tie (5,5)

Sex Pistols song: ------- in the UK (7)

The I of ID, dimension for measuring eg pipes (5)

Rapidly shrinking lake lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (4,3)

Fictional puppet carved by Geppetto (9) Expected day of birth (3,4) Woven fabric displaying diagonal lines (5) Shaped like a ring (7) Michelin award-winning chef known for cooking Scottish produce in a French style (3,7)

Record additional sounds on an existing recording (7)

In the armed forces, specialist in military communications (9)

German artist Hans -------, born 1497, best known for his portraits (7)

Refusal to submit to established authority (9)

Mr Edward ---------, character in Jane Eyre (9) Offspring, children (5) Ancient country of Asia, famed for its able horsemen and archers (7)

Nationality of the composer Franz Liszt (9)

Sugar which occurs in milk

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Early 80s band fronted by Clare Grogan (7,6)

Civic head in certain Scottish cities (4,7)

The head of a certain plant used in a game to supposedly tell the time (9,5)

Device containing encoded data allowing entry to restricted areas (6,4)

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Alternative title of the painting Mona Lisa (2,8)

Cooked with dry heat, usually in an oven (7)

Seaside resort town in West Sussex (6,5) Expressed in digits (7) Someone who wrongfully takes another’s place (7)

The highest mountain in the world (7)

Novel by F.Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the ----- (5)

Medieval building used to store payment to church (5,4)

Ideology putting worldwide interest above national interest (9)

North-eastern council area (13) Benign tumour (7) Largest settlement on Islay, Port ----- (5)

Singer of James Bond film theme tune For Your Eyes Only (6,6)

In phonetics, an indistinct vowel sound (5)

A person expelled from their country (8)

Part of literary work relating events/actions (9)

Opera house in Milan, literally meaning ‘ the staircase’ (2,5)

Saint, one of twins, with a feast day on 25th October (7)

Genus of trees including the monkey-puzzle tree (9)

Home ground of Dundee United FC (9)

Pipe-playing music, literally meaning ‘ big music’ (4,3)

Language spoken by Jews (7)

Unit of energy, abbreviated as Wh (4-4)

Loss of capacity of a battery due to internal leakage (4-9)

French equivalent of town hall (5,2,5)

German semi-automatic pistol (5)

Structure made of an upright, transverse piece and a ring (6,5) Never having lost (10) Highest mountain in the Cairngorms (3,6) The Grim Reaper, say (9) Leading producer of badminton rackets (7)

Outstanding example of a particular style (7)

Describing a number of Hindu/Buddhist teachings (7) Return to former state (7) An area of abnormal or absent vision within the visual field (7)

Welsh Nationalist party, ----- Cymru (5)

First name of Lawson, Chancellor in the 1980s (5)

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