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Original title of The Herald (3,7,10)

Exclamation to attract someone’s attention unobtrusively (4) Subtlely different (7) ----- Macdonald, Jacobite heroine famed for helping Bonnie Prince Charlie (5)

Bread soaked in egg and then fried (6,5)

Adjective often used to describe Mona Lisa’s smile (9) Delicate blue colour (5) Having nasal sound of impaired breathing (9)

Dispute involving strong opposing views (11)

Musical work intended to showcase the performer’s technique (7)

Largest of the Greek islands (5)

Small marsupial about the size of a rabbit (7)

Former Crimean city, scene of The Charge of The Light Brigade (9)

The lowest layer in the ocean (4,3)

Formal leave of absence (5)

Very bad, derived from Greek word for bottomless (7)

Bird species that skims water to feed (11)

Tests of capacity and knowledge (12)

Tree once believed to be extinct, found in grounds of Holyroodhouse (9,3)

Method of payment similar to a cheque (6,5)

Traditional suet pudding; another name for the Devil (7) Make alterations to text (5) Moon-shaped architectural feature (7) Overseer of a forest (9) West African country, capital city is Dakar (7)

Another name for honey badger (5)

Creation of Enid Blyton, friend of Noddy (3,4)

The largest country with no river (5,6)

A breaking or bursting in (9)

Singer: debut album titled 19 and second album 21 (5)

Stone-built Neolithic settlement in Orkney (5,4)

Life after a period of time in the forces, police etc (5,6)

An artificial watercourse especially for navigation (5)

Japanese art of paper folding (7)

Mount ----, active volcano on Siciliy (4)

Shakespeare comedy with the smallest named cast of any of his plays (3,9,2,6)

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British coin, fourth smallest in value (3,5,5)

Attempt to avoid an accusation (7)

Deepest lake in the United Kingdom (4,5)

Anwar -----, third president of Egypt (5)

An ------- and a Gentleman, 1982 film starring Richard Gere (7) Deviation from the rule (7) Bridge of several spans crossing valley/gorge (7)

Former airbase located in Fife (3,8)

Japanese art of flower arranging (7)

Waste products discharged from the body (7)

Place often referred to as the Home of Golf (2,7)

Sci-fi film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, remade starring Colin Farrell (5,6)

---- von Bismarck, first Chancellor of Germany (4)

Stringed instrument used chiefly in Baroque period (5,6) Thin goatskin material (9) Nickname of Partick Thistle FC (3,4)

Glass feature projecting from main wall of a house (3,6)

Keith -----, fictional character played by comedian Leigh Francis (5)

Variety of cabbage with open curled leaves (4)

Greek philosopher, tutor to Alexander the Great (9)

Russian author of Crime and Punishment (11) Three-toed (9) Type of crisp lettuce (7) To run away secretly usually with a lover (5)

Group of average US citizens (6,7) Plant of maple genus (4) Either of two imaginary lines running parallel to the Equator (5,6)

Skipper of British curling team in 2002 Winter Olympics (5,6)

One of three possible verdicts in the Scots legal system (3,6)

Part of literary work relating events, actions (9)

Five times world champion darts player, Eric ------- (7)

Plant important to Chinese traditional medicine (7)

Thin material with cut-out design or characters (7) The breastbone (7) Twentieth letter of the Greek alphabet (7)

City in Lombardy, birthplace of Donizetti (7)

French word for country

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(4) Reserved and haughty (5)

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