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ACROSS

6 Princess ____ , character voiced by Cameron Diaz in the Shrek animated film series (5) 7 A clever use of tricks

and devices (8) 10 TV game show presented by Danny Dyer, first broadcast in 2019 (3,4) 11 A person who holds beliefs contrary to the authorised teaching of a religious community (7) 12 A route used by ships regularly to cross a large body of water (3,4) 13 Chris, former Olympic steeplechase winner who co-founded the London Marathon in 1981 (7) 14 The process of adding blood to the body of another person or animal (11) 19 English actor who played Ricky Butcher in EastEnders (3,4) 21 A liqueur flavoured with

bitter orange peel (7) 23 A penalty mark for misconduct or poor work, especially in schools (7) 25 A vocabulary of terms used

in a particular subject (7) 26 An overabundance or

undesirably large quantity (8) 27 David, actor who played James Bond in the 1967 spy comedy film Casino Royale (5)

DOWN

1 A prediction about the weather based on meteorological observations (8) 2 Actor and comedian

Mike Myers was born in this country (6) 3 Former Arsenal and Aston Villa FC attacking midfielder born in 1968 turned TV pundit (4,6) 4 Western U.S. state nicknamed

the Beehive State (4) 5 ____ egg, a hard-boiled one enclosed in sausagemeat and covered with breadcrumbs (6) 6 An obsessive fixation

or irrational reverence for something (6) 8 Formula One motor racing team whose headquarters are at Maranello in northern Italy (7) 9 A pale brownish-yellow

colour (5) 13 Relating to manual work

or workers (4-6) 15 Expression meaning ‘taking the most negative view possible’ (2,5) 16 Australian singer/songwriter born in 1957 who fronts the rock band the Bad Seeds (4,4) 17 A private comment not supposed to be heard by others (5) 18 City in western Poland that

stands on the River Warta (6) 20 A small hollow on a

person’s cheek or chin (6) 22 First wife of Macedonian king

Alexander the Great (6) 24 The Norse god of thunder

and lightning (4)

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