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ACROSS

1 Protagonist in Pride

And Prejudice (9,6)

8 Las Vegas ____, U.S. football team who originally played at Oakland in California (7)

9 A small, round boat made by stretching animal skin over a wooden frame (7)

10 The part of a flag that is

nearest the mast (5)

11 Aquatic vegetation brought

ashore by the wind (9)

12 African country whose cities include Casablanca and Tangier (7)

14 Diego, Brazilian-born striker who joined Wolverhampton Wanderers FC in 2022 (5)

15 Shaun, actor who plays the young Morse in Endeavour (5)

17 Title given to a princess

of Spain or Portugal (7)

19 A person who is regularly

unable to sleep (9)

22 Island in the Balearics whose highest point is Sa Talaiassa (5)

23 ____ Wehn, German stand-up comedian born in 1974 (7)

24 Marion, French tennis player who won the 2013 Wimbledon women’s singles title (7)

25 Person in an organisation who arranges parties, group outings and the like (6,9)

DOWN

1 The Garden Of ____, oil painting over three panels by Hieronymus Bosch (7,8)

2 A hard, silver-white metal that is used for contacts in spark plugs (7)

3 Variable openings by which

light enters cameras (9)

4 Made less serious

or severe (5)

5 A heron with mainly

white plumage (5)

6 The positively charged

core of an atom (7)

7 Fictional clan whose members include Pugsley and Uncle Fester (3,6,6)

9 ____ the old block, informal term for someone very similar to their parents (4,3) 13 Dancing On The ____, song by Lionel Richie that reached No. 7 in the UK charts in 1986 (7)

14 A resident caretaker of a block of flats or small hotel (9)

16 Metalloid element (symbol As) that poses a risk to human health (7)

18 U.S. state that includes

Saguaro National Park (7) 20 ____ Shearer, Scottish ballerina noted for her performance in the

1948 film The Red Shoes (5) 21 A Scottish cream cheese that is made with double cream and rolled in toasted oatmeal (5)