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ACROSS
6 ____ Khan, byname of U.S. singer/songwriter born Yvette Stevens, known as the Queen of Funk (5) 7 Calm or peaceful (8) 10 A bluish-white metal used in alloys and metal plating (7) 11 Claire, English actress who played Sue Brockman in the sitcom Outnumbered (7) 12 Online video sharing platform founded in 2005 (7) 13 V.S. , Trinidad and Tobagoborn British writer who won the Nobel Literature Prize in 2001 (7) 14 2003 computer-animated adventure film in which the title character is a young clownfish (7,4) 19 A sack often containing earth as protection against floods or bomb blasts (7) 21 African country founded in 1822 as a homeland for freed U.S. slaves (7) 23 One who moves slowly or wastes time by trifling (7) 25 The business of transporting heavy goods by road transport (7) 26 Remembrance Day in the UK falls in this month (8) 27 ____ Marx, byname of U.S. comedian and actor born Leonard Joseph in 1887 (5)
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1 Scaly scurf on the skin under the hair (8) 2 Coconut flavoured liqueur made with Caribbean rum (6) 3 Hesitation and involuntary repetition in speech (10) 4 Vikings 1 and 2 and Pathfinder are among spacecraft that have successfully explored this planet (4) 5 ____ Miller, U.S.-born British actress who played Tippi Hedren in the 2012 TV film The Girl (6) 6 Small triangular bone at the foot of the spinal column (6) 8 A bitter compound from the bark of the cinchona tree used to treat malaria (7) 9 One who deliberately posts erroneous or hostile messages online in order to solicit a response (5) 13 British chess grandmaster born in 1965 and vicepresident of FIDE, chess’s world governing body (5,5) 15 Masses of gas or dust within a galaxy visible sometimes as luminous patches (7) 16 ____ Havana, 1958 thriller novel by British author Graham Greene set in prerevolutionary Cuba (3,3,2) 17 A private comment designed not to be overheard (5) 18 Tony, working-class young man played by John Travolta in the films Saturday Night Fever and Staying Alive (6) 20 Thandiwe, British actress who plays Maeve Millay in the TV series Westworld (6) 22 A meal typically eaten late in the morning (6) 24 ____ wedding, a 40th anniversary celebration (4) SOLUTION ON MONDAY