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6 The score of forty points each

in a game of tennis (5) 7 Film production company whose logo is a woman in a toga holding a shining torch (8) 10 Andy, British darts player nicknamed The Viking who was BDO World Champion in 2004 (7) 11 Tall hounds with smooth coats and long fringes on the ears and tail (7) 12 Muslim sultan who captured Jerusalem in the wars against Christian Crusaders (7) 13 A small amount of something that remains after most of it has gone (7) 14 A small, flat, box-style rectangula­r container for holding business documents (7,4) 19 Willy, English dramatist noted for his plays Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine (7) 21 North African country that contains the cities of Casablanca and Marrakesh (7) 23 Duke or Duchess of ____ , title of the heir or heiress presumptiv­e to the Belgian throne (7) 25 Surgical devices for holding a hernia in place, usually with a pad and belt (7) 26 TV sitcom in which U.S. actor Matt LeBlanc played a fictional version of himself (8) 27 A fast German naval vessel in World War II that carried guns and torpedoes (1-4)

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1 A fighter in an irregular army

against official state forces (8) 2 ____ acting, a type pioneered by Russian Konstantin Stanislavs­ki in which an actor has to find the truth within (6) 3 Unifying in outlook, especially regarding Christian churches (10) 4 Sadly or unfortunat­ely (4) 5 Stage musical that premiered in 2003 and is a prequel to the film The Wizard Of Oz (6) 6 To make safe a bomb (6) 8 A girl’s name of Greek origin

meaning ‘honeybee’ (7) 9 A poplar tree with leaves that

tremble in the breeze (5) 13 Pain or stiffness in the joints

or muscles (10) 15 A Classic British horse race for three-year-old fillies run at Epsom and establishe­d in 1779 (3,4) 16 The action or process of cutting out a part of the body (8) 17 The collective noun for these marine crustacean­s is a cast (5) 18 A collection of several similar items, such as a streamed TV series, packaged as a single unit (3,3) 20 Tom, English satirical novelist who wrote Blott On The Landscape (6) 22 A device that receives and sends data on computer networks (6) 24 Mike, U.S. film and theatre producer who was Elizabeth Taylor’s third husband (4)

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