QUIZWORD CLUES

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1 See 17 Across 4 Disembodied hand in US television comedy series The Addams Family (5) Muse of love poetry in Greek mythology (5) Geoffrey —, author of The Canterbury Tales buried in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey (7) Capital of Ogun state, SW Nigeria (8) Alfred —, US stage actor who married Lynn Fontanne in 1922 (4) Sign of the zodiac also called the Twins (6) and 1 1997 film drama starring Katrin Cartlidge and Lynda Steadman (6,5) Longest river in Africa (4) Labour MP for Leicester East from 1987; current Chair of the Home Affairs Committee (5,3) 20th letter in the Greek alphabet (7) Tea —, actress who played Kate Reynolds in 2000 comedy-drama film The Family Man (5) Federal state of W Austria; capital Innsbruck (5) Patsy —, inaugural winner of the UK Championship snooker tournament in 1977 (5)

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2 Digby —, Honda Heat and former Australia rugby union wing and centre (5) The —, 1994 animated film starring the voice talent of Matthew Broderick and Jonathan Taylor Thomas (4,4) 5 Lew —, winner of the 1956 Australian Championships singles tennis title (4) 6 Bat such as the Common — or Japanese — (7) Genus of plants native to southern Africa and Australia with red, pink or white flowers (11) 8 In mathematics, an angle of less than 90 degrees (5) 9 Geological aeon; the later part of the Precambrian aeon (11) Spring on Mount Parnassus sacred to Apollo and the Muses (8) Sweet fortified Madeira wine (7) Jules —, French author of 1873 novel Around the World in Eighty Days (5) Bowed stringed instrument associated with musicians Lionel Tertis and Emanuel Vardi (5) 22 Name by which Saint Erasmus of Formia, the patron saint of sailors, is also known (4) 7 14 16 18 21

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