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6 A shrub of the rose family

with clusters of small white or pink flowers (7)

7 An order issued by a sovereign or government (5)

9 A combination of nations or other groups to achieve a common purpose (4)

10 A negative attitude toward something that one is unable to obtain or achieve oneself (4,6)

11 Australia’s largest inland body of water, noted for its salt, that is also its lowest natural point (4,4)

13 U.S. technology company whose slogan is Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History (6) 15 ____ kick, another name for

a penalty in football (4)

17 A bolt that is used to join

two pieces of metal (5)

18 A border of wood along the lower part of the walls of a room (4)

19 Port city and holiday resort

in southwestern Turkey (6) 20 The ____, luxury hotel in Oxford that was built in 1864 by William Wilkinson (8)

23 Computing term for agreed standards of polite online behaviour (10)

26 Song by U.S. R&B and soul singer Macy Gray that was released in 1999 (1,3)

27 Musical that premiered on stage in 1976, whose songs include Oh What A Circus (5)

28 Long-handled hammers for

playing croquet or polo (7)

DOWN

1 English cathedral, the burial

place of Jane Austen (10)

2 Chris and Rosie, English couple who host a TV comedy show and podcast (6)

3 Erykah, U.S. singer who has been dubbed the Queen Of Neo Soul (4)

4 A bright star in a late stage of its life that has consumed the hydrogen in its core (3,5)

5 ____ Brown, British journalist and magazine editor who wrote The Palace Papers published in 2022 (4)

6 A type of Latin American dance music incorporating elements of jazz and rock (5) 8 An initial position

or advantage (7)

12 A young eel (5)

14 British chef who replaced Susan Calman as host of Great British Menu (4,6)

16 A person under the

patronage of another (7)

17 A red, plum-size tropical fruit with a hairy shell and slightly acidic taste (8)

21 A small, sharp instrument with a hole for thread used for sewing (6)

22 Rosa, U.S. civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat in 1955 helped to inspire desegregation (5)

24 Ancient Greek goddess of the rainbow and a messenger of the gods (4)

25 A large vault, typically an underground one, for burying the dead (4) SOLUTION ON MONDAY