CROSSWORD Mix up the letters in the shaded squares to reveal the name of a British actress

ACROSS

8 Musical note played for a quarter of the duration of a semibreve (8)

9 Margaret _, Canadian author whose works include The Blind Assassin (6)

10 South Pacific island country whose capital is Suva (4)

11 Thick woollen cloth often woven from different coloured threads (5)

12 The capital city of the US state of Arkansas, Little _ (4)

13 Branch of soil science dealing with the production of crops (8)

16 _ McColgan, Scottish athlete, the daughter of Liz McColgan (6)

18 Formal written order issued by a court (4)

20 Classical Greek philosopher who founded the Academy (5)

21 City on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North RhineWestphalia (4)

22 Large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada, _ Bay (6)

23 Native American people originally from Florida (8)

26 William _, Swiss folk hero (4)

28 Czech tennis player who has won 27 career singles titles, _ Kvitová (5) Purple _, 1967 song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (4)

31 Animated TV show created by Rebecca Sugar, _ Universe (6)

32 Very large stork-like bird native to tropical east Africa (8) 30

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1 Kyrie _, US basketball player who plays for the Brooklyn Nets (6)

2 Small ornamental case for needles, cosmetics, etc. (4)

3 1969 song by Elvis Presley, In The _ (6)

4 Bacterial infection of the glands on the eyelid (4)

5 The second-largest city in the US state of California (3,5)

6 Large jug formerly used for carrying water (4)

7 Shoe made of deerskin or other soft leather (8)

14 Joyce Carol _, US author whose novels include 2000’s Blonde (5)

15 Irish poet who won the

1923 Nobel Prize in Literature, W B _ (5)

17 Rudolf von _, 20th-century Austro-Hungarian dance artist and theorist (5)

19 Casino game named after the French word for ‘little wheel’ (8)

20 Type of ball used in the sport of table tennis (4-4)

24 Piece of grassland, especially one used for pasture or hay (6)

25 Deep-blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone, lapis _ (6)

27 Primo _, Holocaust survivor who wrote the 1947 memoir If This Is A Man (4)

29 1891 novel by Thomas Hardy, _ Of The d’Urbervilles (4)

30 Canadian TV series about a stray German Shepherd, The Littlest _ (4)