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7 A rich cake, typically one containing layers of cream or fruit (6)
8 An evergreen aromatic shrub of the mint family, used as a symbol of remembrance (8)
9 ____ office, a place where births, marriages and deaths are officially recorded (8)
10 A stick used by some indigenous people of North America to propel a dart or spear (6)
11 Sane or intelligent (8)
12 To forbid or prohibit (6)
13 A substance that induces
insensitivity to pain (11)
18 Grant, the Transport Secretary in Boris Johnson’s government, appointed in 2019 (6)
20 A child born in a multiple
birth of nine siblings (8)
22 ____ shopping, the activity of looking at goods displayed in shops without the intention to buy (6)
23 A type of substance that produces an abnormally vigorous immune response (8)
24 Dr. ____, English hard rock band formed in 1971, noted for their song Milk And Alcohol (8)
25 ____ County, a region in southern California that contains Disneyland (6)
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1 Informal term for a modern male having primitive and chauvinistic attitudes (7)
2 A circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the Earth’s surface and the poles (8)
3 Richard, explorer who was the first European to discover Lake Tanganyika in Africa in 1858 (6) 4 A thin piece of meat without bones, commonly a special cut of veal (8)
5 A small piece of jewellery thought to give protection against evil or danger (6)
6 Nickname of South Africa’s
national cricket team (7)
8 Flag that is flown above a palace when a monarch is in residence (5,8)
14 Former mining town near Nottingham that is the birthplace of writer
D. H. Lawrence (8)
15 ____ War Museum, British national museum commemorating conflict that opened in 1920 (8)
16 Pam, U.S. ex-tennis player noted for her doubles partnership with Martina Navratilova (7)
17 The wish or act of
gaining retribution (7)
19 A short, broad, spoonshaped oar used for moving canoes (6)
21 ____ Piquet, Brazilian ex-racing driver who was Formula One champion three times (6)