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1 See 17 Down 8 Stuart —, Australian golfer; 2004-06 winner of the Mercedes Championsh­ips tournament (7) 9 US port and resort on the west coast of Florida (5) 10 Aircraft firm founded by Alliott Verdon Roe in 1910 (4) 11 Husks of cereal grain separated from the flour by sifting (4) 12 Cathedral city in Cambridges­hire on the River Ouse (3) 14 1975 crime drama film starring Burt Reynolds and Catherine Deneuve (6) 15 Member of a political faction in medieval Italy that supported the Papacy and opposed the Holy Roman emperor and the Ghibelline­s (6) 18 Resort town in Belgium with medicinal mineral springs (3) 20 1983 UK no 1 single by Spandau Ballet (4) 21 God of mischief and destructio­n in Norse mythology (4) 23 The —, 2012 film thriller starring John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe (5) 24 Game in which a spinning top is thrown and caught on a cord fastened to two hand-held sticks (7) 25 and 1 Down 1951 film musical starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron (2,8,2,5)

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1 See 25 Across 2 Unit of weight equal to 50g used in China (4) 3 Donkey in stories by A A Milne (6) 4 Seaport of Turkey on the Golden Horn peninsula (8) 5 River in N France; scene of heavy fighting in World War One (5) 6 Avestan name for the Persian prophet who founded Zoroastria­nism (11) 7 Mikhail —, director of dance company American Ballet Theatre from 1980-90 (11) 13 Silvery-white metal; symbol Pt (8) 16 In Greek mythology, a priest who warned against accepting the wooden horse of the Greeks into Troy (7) 17 and 1 Across 1995 film drama starring Christian Slater and Kevin Bacon (6,2,3,5) 19 Patrick —, New Zealandbor­n Widnes Vikings rugby league wing previously with Bradford Bulls (2,3) 22 2002 film thriller starring Jason Patric and Ray Liotta (4)

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