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Brazilian dance similar to the samba; Portuguese, ‘new trend’ (5,4)

Peter ___ (1940-2006), US author of novels including 1974’s Jaws (8)

Small edible Mediterranean fish of the herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), usually preserved in salt and oil (7)

State capital of Vermont, named after a city of southern France (10)

Enclosure for keeping small land animals or reptiles in a simulated natural environment, usually made of glass (9)

Tree and shrub genus of the family Rosaceae to which the pears belong (5)

Third son of Adam and Eve, given by God in place of the murdered Abel (4)

Friedrich ___, first president of the German Republic (1919–25) (5)

Ariel ___, Israeli general and Likud statesman; Prime Minister 2001–6 (6)

US state whose western border is formed by the Mississippi river (9)

Director of the 2017 superhero film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (5,4)

Third-largest country in the EU, on the Gulf of Bothnia and the Baltic Sea (6)

Gustav ___, English composer whose works include the orchestral suite The Planets (5)

Sediment formed during the

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fermentation or ageing of an alcoholic drink, especially wine (4)

Sepals of a flower, forming a protective layer around a developing bud (5)

Last of the Summer Wine character played by Kathy Staff from 1973 to 2008 (4,5)

1948 Cole Porter musical inspired by Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew (4,2,4)

Port city of eastern Brazil, capital of the state of Espírito Santo (7)

Cat employed as Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office at 10 Downing Street from 1989 to 1997 (8)

British citizen army formed in 1940 to defend the UK against invasion (4,5)

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Motor racing circuit in Kent that hosted the British Grand Prix 12 times between 1964 and 1986 (6,5)

Formerly, any of various dry white wines imported into Britain from Spain and the Canaries (4)

Autonomous region of northern Spain on the border with France; capital, Pamplona (7)

Capital and largest city of Eritrea, in the central Maekel region (6)

Large group of African languages of the Niger–Congo family that includes Swahili, Xhosa and Zulu (5)

Back part of the neck, known technically as nucha (4)

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Character played by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s (5,9)

God of darkness in Greek mythology, son of Chaos and brother of Nyx (6)

Chart-topping 1988 hit by Yazz and the Plastic Population (3,4,3,2,2)

‘The ___ she sat in, like a burnished throne’ Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (5)

Charlize ___, star of the 2017 spy thriller film Atomic Blonde (6)

Angel of the highest of the nine orders in traditional Christian angelology (6)

Actor married to actress Meg Ryan from 1991 to 2001 (6,5)

Josiah ___ (1733-1797), English potter instrumental in the development of English bone china (5)

Regular geometric arrangement of points or objects such as the atoms in a crystal (7)

Beach city on the Pacific coast of southern California, immediately west of Los Angeles (6)

Fifteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, transliterated as ‘s’ (6)

Female reproductive organ in humans and other vertebrates in which eggs are produced (5)

German term of address equivalent to the English sir or Mr (4)

Long accompanied song for a solo voice in an opera, oratorio or cantata; Italian, ‘air’ (4)

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