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HEXWORD Each of the clues below has a six-letter answer. Write the answer clockwise in the spaces around the appropriate clue number. Where the hexagons touch, the letters in the adjoining segments will be the same. We’ve answered one clue for you. The le

Base (6) Library storage and display facility (9) Disarm an explosive device (6) – Fawlty, comedic hotelier played by John Cleese (5) Fruit used as martini garnish (5) Striped equine creature (5) Characteristic (5) Freight (5) Female vocal register (7) Kitchen implement (7) Spirit made from grape skins (6) Colourful pet bird (6) Crocodile –, Paul Hogan film (6) Curly-coated dog breed (6) Unsubstantiated gossip (7) Infant’s wheeled transport (4) Put the boot in (4) Device for navigating by the stars (7) Organs prepared as food (5) Rock band’s percussionist (7) Small hotel (3) – Amin, 1970s Ugandan dictator (3) The Emerald Isle (7) Bob –, veteran US musician (5) Young male horse (4) Historical cricket trophy (5) From Athens (5) Inuit (6) Raptor’s claw (5) – Worthington (nee Bingle), model (4) Domestic rodents (4) Move forward, make progress (7) Side of a military formation in battle (5) Scandinavian coastal inlet (5) Last, put up with (6) Article of faith (6) Light, comedic musical theatre productions (9) State in the USA’S Pacific north-west region (6) Northern polar region (6) Amusing performances (6) Remote, disconnected (8) Manner of operation (4) Cervine creature (4) Grumpy ginger comic strip cat (8) Male royal heir (6) Motor (6) Crop raised for oil (6) Caught in a snare (9) Decorative building frontage (6) Mythical lad who flew too near the sun (6) Message sent by computer (5) Derision (5)