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Narrow strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara; known in ancient times as the Hellespont ( 11)
In yoga, one of the seven centres of spiritual power in the body; Sanskrit, ‘ wheel, circle’ ( 6)
Manuel ___, Panamanian statesman and general who served as head of state from 1983– 9 ( 7)
State capital of Louisiana, established by French settlers in 1719 ( 5,5)
Sylvester ____, US actor married to actress Brigitte Nielsen from 1985– 87 ( 8) See 2 Down Ninth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter yodh ( 4)
Flying island inhabited by impractical scientists in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels ( 6)
Ancient city on the site of modern- day Tadmur, said to have been built by Solomon ( 7)
US sci- fi horror series starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson; due to return in January 2016 ( 3,1- 5)
Of a legislative body, having two assemblies, chambers or houses ( 9)
Fall in pitch of the voice, as at the end of a phrase or sentence ( 7)
Principality forming an enclave within SE France, on the Mediterranean coast near the Italian frontier ( 6)
County seat of McLennan County,
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Texas, on the Brazos River halfway between Dallas and Austin ( 4)
Southernmost city of mainland Britain ( 5)
Director of the 2015 film Tomorrowland, starring George Clooney ( 4,4)
Winning horse of the 2015 Epsom Derby, ridden by Frankie Dettori ( 6,4)
Side of a coin or medal bearing the head or principal design ( 7)
Alternative name for the sand eel; food for puffins and whales ( 6)
US gothic rock band whose ‘ Bring Me To Life’ topped the UK singles chart in 2003 ( 11)
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Number written below the line in a vulgar fraction ( 11)
and Group of chemically similar elements comprising the lanthanide series and ( usually) scandium and yttrium ( 4,5)
‘ Tender is the ___’ ( John Keats ‘ Ode to a Nightingale’) ( 5)
Plant genus of the family Campanulaceae that includes the North American cardinal flower ( 7)
Smooth glossy fabric of silk, rayon etc. closely woven to show much of the warp ( 5)
One of the two types of lightsensitive cell in the retina of the eye, responsible for colour vision ( 4)
Francis Ford Coppola film inspired by the Joseph Conrad novella Heart of Darkness ( 10,3)
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Sports event consisting of a series of boat or yacht races ( 7)
‘ Kentish gentleman’ in Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part 2 who killed and beheaded the rebel leader Jack Cade ( 9,4)
South- eastern US state known as the ‘ Heart of Dixie’; capital, Montgomery ( 7)
‘___ are built with stones of Law’ ( William Blake ‘ Proverbs of Hell’) ( 7)
Twenty- third studio album by singer- songwriter Elton John ( 1992), featuring the hit single ‘ Simple Life’ ( 3,3)
South American plant of the nightshade family with edible purple- streaked yellow fruit ( 6)
1950 drama film starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter and George Sanders ( 3,5,3)
Standard monetary unit of Nicaragua, divided into 100 centavos ( 7)
Title given to the Virgin Mary, especially as represented in works of art; Italian, ‘ my lady’ ( 7)
Department of E central France separated from Loire in 1793; capital, Lyon ( 5)
Plant genus of the saxifrage family that includes blackcurrants and redcurrants ( 5)
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702– 14; the last of the Stuart monarchs ( 4)
Any small brown passerine songbird of the family Troglodytidae, found chiefly in the New World ( 4)
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