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1941 Hercule Poirot novel by English author Agatha Christie (4,5,3,3)
Winter-flowering plant with upswept petals and variegated leaves; from Greek, ‘circle’ (8)
Soft silver-white metallic element of the alkaline earth series, atomic no. 38 (9)
Orange-red dye obtained from the fruit of the tropical tree Bixa orellana, used for colouring foods (7)
Henrik ___, Norwegian dramatist whose works include Ghosts and Hedda Gabler (5)
Small short-winged British songbird classified as Troglodytes troglodytes (4)
Gorilla antagonist of the 1973 film Battle for the Planet of the Apes, played by Claude Akins (4)
Abandonment of one’s religion, principles or party (8)
Herbaceous perennial with yellow flowers that hang down one side of the stem, native to damp woods and boggy pasture (5)
Espresso coffee made with frothy steamed milk, similar to cappuccino (5)
Plant genus of the family Asteraceae that includes elecampane or elfwort (5)
Eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter teth (5)
1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical adapted from the 1909 Ferenc Molnár play Liliom (8)
Policeman in Enid Blyton’s Noddy
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stories variously called PC, Mr and Officer (4)
Hieroglyph used in ancient Egypt to symbolise life, shaped like a T with a loop above the horizontal bar (4)
Mary Ann ___, English novelist who used the pseudonym George Eliot (5)
Henry David ___, writer, philosopher and naturalist who was a key figure in Transcendentalism (7)
English comedian who hosted the ITV game show 3-2-1 from 1978 to 1988 (3,6)
Capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the Miljacka River in the east-central part of the country (8)
1991 fantasy comedy film starring Anjelica Huston, Raúl Juliá and Christopher Lloyd (3,6,6)
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Thick soup made from potatoes, leeks and cream, usually served chilled (11)
Genus of flowering plants of the order Rosales to which the elms belong (5)
Second-named of Santa’s reindeer in ‘The Night Before Christmas’ (6)
Cocktail made with Scotch whisky and Drambuie, typically served over ice (5,4)
Racehorse that won the 2016 Epsom Derby, ridden by jockey Pat Smullen (7)
British new wave band whose hits include 1981’s ‘Vienna’ (8)
Short curved sword broadening towards the point, used originally by the Turks and Persians (8)
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