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6 ____ Night, another name
for Guy Fawkes Day (7)
7 Town in East Sussex noted for its November 5 celebrations (5)
9 A secret stratagem by a group of people to do something illegal (4)
10 The exercise of power or
influence over someone or something (10)
11 A further examination of a patient to monitor the success of earlier treatment (6-2)
13 A roughly made model of a person often used in a protest or ceremony (6)
15 The line behind which
darts players stand when throwing (4)
17 Ben, English actor who played Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film Chariots Of Fire (5)
18 Parts of the body studied
by otologists (4)
19 A cloth strip wound round the
leg from ankle to knee (6)
20 A medical condition of increased pressure within the eyeball causing gradual loss of sight (8)
23 A large, decorative hanging light with branches for several light bulbs (10)
26 ____ To The Chief, personal anthem of the U.S. president (4)
27 Blue supergiant star in the
constellation of Orion (5)
28 Julian, Argentine footballer who plays for Manchester City (7)
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1 A sum of money due as one of several payments for something (10)
2 A whitish growth on living
plants caused by fungi (6)
3 A line of energy or radiation sent in a particular direction (4)
4 Children’s TV series featuring mouse-like creatures created by Oliver Postgate (8) 5 The Akond Of ____, nonsense
poem by Edward Lear (4)
6 ____ Baggins, fictional character played on screen by Ian Holm and Martin Freeman (5)
8 An informal term for someone who lives at another’s expense (7)
12 A pointed part at
the end of a fork (5)
14 A brass musical instrument with a coiled tube, valves and a wide bell (6,4)
16 Beverly, chief medical officer in Star Trek: The Next Generation played by Gates McFadden (7)
17 James, the Conservative politician appointed foreign secretary in September (8)
21 To reach a destination (6)
22 German city that is the capital of Rhineland-Palatinate (5)
24 ____ Munchetty, breakfast TV
presenter born in 1975 (4)
25 Middle Eastern country in which the ancient city of Babylon is located (4) SOLUTION ON MONDAY