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Unit used to measure sound intensity (7)

La _, opera house in Milan (5) Common name for a number of marine gastropods (5) Semi-cylindrical corrugated iron structure, designed for military use (6,3) City awarded European Capital of Culture in 2008 (9)

Market town in Surrey, location of the Derby (5)

_ Pickens, American actor who played Major ‘King’ Kong in Dr Strangelove (4)

A dance during which one may swop partners (6-2) Jean-Jacques _

(1712-1778), philosopher who wrote The Social Contract (8) Military alliance founded in

1949 consisting of 29 European and North American countries (4)

_ County, football club nicknamed The Rams (5)

Sitcom written by Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews set on Craggy Island (6,3)

Southwestern US state nicknamed the Land of Enchantment (3,6) Capital city of Tunisia (5) Air-filled cavity in the skull, connecting with the nose (5)

_ Falls, waterfalls located on the border of Ontario and New York (7)

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Hindu festival of lights (6)

Pot herb alternatively known as French parsley (7)

_ Street, single by Gerry Rafferty released in 1978 (5) Observation wheel on the South Bank of the Thames (6,3)

_ Fawlty, inset, John Cleese’s character in Fawlty Towers (5) Surname of the author of Treasure Island and Kidnapped (9)

7 One of the Three Musketeers, alongside Porthos and Aramis (5)

8 _ Leaves, jazz standard written by Joseph Kosma and Jacques Prévert (6)

14 Popular accompaniment to fish and chips (5,4)

16 The first television programme to air on Channel 4 (9)

19 Queen of the fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (7)

A young and beautiful man, loved by Aphrodite in Greek mythology (6) Large port city in Ukraine (6) _ Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury (5)

_ Tuck, one of Robin Hood’s Merry Men (5)

In cricket, a run scored from a bye, leg-bye, wide or no-ball (not hit) (5)