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7 A Spanish dish of saffron-flavoured rice, cooked in a pan with vegetables and chicken or seafood (6) 8 Len, English author who wrote the 1964 spy novel Funeral In Berlin (8) 9 Colloquial term for morale-boosting speeches (3,5) 10 Baby Face _ _ _ _ _ _ , U.S. gangster noted for his vicious killings and youthful looks (6) 11 A destination for fallen warriors in Norse mythology (8) 12 Eddie, U.S. actor who starred in the Beverly Hills Cop film series (6) 13 Immense gorge cut by the Colorado river in the U.S. state of Arizona (5,6) 18 Long, loose trousers for casual wear (6) 20 A thin dangling lock

of hair (4-4) 22 One who fishes with a rod and line as a pastime or sport (6) 23 The third highest playing suit in the game of bridge (8) 24 A wrong or unsuitable term (8) 25 Fame or celebrity (6)

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1 Rick, English keyboardist and songwriter who was in the prog rock band Yes (7) 2 Giovanna, English author and presenter who won the 2020 series of I’m A Celebrity... (8) 3 Carmen, Australian-born literary critic and founder of Virago Press (6) 4 Inner bark of an east Indian tree used as a spice (8) 5 The Pequod in Herman Melville’s novel Moby-Dick is such a vessel (6) 6 Main character in the children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (7) 8 A carrier of messages formerly on horseback and now primarily on motorcycles (8,5) 14 Name of the spacecraft in the 1979 sci-fi film Alien directed by Ridley Scott (8) 15 Exiting or departing (8) 16 Glamorous _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , nickname of the Bell X-1 airplane flown by Chuck Yeager to break the sound barrier in 1947 (7) 17 Professional name of the actress who played Vera Duckworth in Coronation Street (3,4) 19 _ _ _ _ _ _ Dion, Canadian singer who had a 1997 No 1 with My Heart Will Go On (6) 21 A hot drinks container (3,3)

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