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10 Saint who founded the Jesuits (8,6)

Mrs Tiggy-winkle’s occupation (10)

15 The Feminine ___, 1963 book by

Betty Friedan (8)

16 Camel’s nickname (4,2,3,6)

17 Litter-clearing puppets created by Elisabeth Beresford (7)

___ Love, classic Soft Cell single (7)

Faint identifying design on paper (9)

First name of Alien star Ms Weaver (9)

First name of German Chancellor Merkel (6)

26 Annular coral reef (5)

30 Compass needle’s direction (8,4)

32 Actress who played Zeffirelli’s Juliet (6,6)

Popular American TV series of the 1980s (1,1,3)

34 2016 TV series starring Jenna

Coleman (8)

35 2011 Jennifer Lopez single (2,3,5)

Major river that flows north-east from Lake Ontario (2,8)

40 Tin-mining district (8)

41 Reproductive cell in a plant (5)

43 Famous vampire (5,7)

46 Group that sang the 1974 hit

When Will I See You Again (5,7)

47 Mountain in Hokkaido, Japan (5)

48 ___ Staunton, actress who

starred in Vera Drake (6)

49 From Addis Ababa (9)

54 Ronnie ___, snooker player (9)

55 Makers of the Kabine bubble

car, first produced in 1956 (7)

56 Canada/usa boundary river (7)

59 Independent agent in life cover etc (9,6)

Title of the wife of an Indian ruler (8)

63 1974 John Denver hit (6,4)

64 Author of the The Heart of

Midlothian (3,6,5)

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1 Name by which James Newell Osterberg Jr is better known (4,3)

German philosopher (4) Kent and East Sussex coastal towns (6,5)

Artist with the 2004 album Confessions (5)

Kirkby ___, Cumbrian town (8) French ruler defeated at Waterloo (8,9)

Attack on London during the war (5)

Title adopted by Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini (4) Stories about Zeus, eg (5,5) Eastern countries (6) 2 3

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Designer leisure-wear brand (6) Land’s properties that humans can exploit (7,9)

1990s West Indian left-handed batsman (5,4)

Cremona family who made violins for over 200 years (5) Quantity with a numerator and a denominator (8)

Ginger Spice (4,6)

Right to move in as soon as a house sale is completed (6,10) Hylda Baker sitcom (7,3,7) Animals described as ovine (5) 1970s Reg Varney sitcom (2,3,5) Yellow flavouring and colouring powder used in Asian cookery (8) Brand of malt whisky (9) 38 42

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Adrien ___, The Pianist star (5) Muse of dance and lyric poetry (11)

Rejecting all religious and moral principles (10) Feminine part of a man’s personality (5)

Orson Welles film (3,5) River of Iraq which is usually paired with the Euphrates (6) Ancient Cambodian city (6) University term (7) Game in which players remove blocks from a tower (5)

Surname of TV cook Delia (5) Former queen of Jordan (4) Food grown in paddies (4)