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6 Punctuation mark used to separate parts of a sentence or items in a list (5) 7 Bob the Builder’s cat in the children’s animated TV series (8) 10 A small, infectious wart on the sole of the foot (7) 11 Lionel ____ , U.S. author noted for her 2005 novel We Need To Talk About Kevin (7) 12 Byname for the science and engineering institute in the U.S. city of Pasadena established in 1891 (7) 13 Caroline ____ , English actress who played investigative reporter Maddie Magellan in the TV series Jonathan Creek (7) 14 Landlocked south-central Asian republic whose cities include Kabul and Kandahar (11) 19 A bubble in a pipe obstructing the flow of liquid (7) 21 Daniel ____ , British actor who played Chris Washington in the 2017 horror film Get Out (7) 23 English town where comedian Ronnie Barker was born in 1929 (7) 25 Small squares of linen or paper used at table for wiping the mouth and hands (7) 26 Platform beside the sea or a river where vessels can be loaded or unloaded (8) 27 Godfrey ____ , English wicketkeeper born in 1920 who played for Kent and earned 91 Test caps for England (5)
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1 ____ group, one containing a number of clubs or parties that represents all of them (8) 2 Second studio album by girl group Little Mix released in 2013 (6) 3 An impermeable area on a wall behind a washbasin, sink or cooker to protect against spillage (10) 4 Southern ____ , mountain range on New Zealand’s South Island (4) 5 A half-evergreen shrub of the olive family, used for hedges (6) 6 Study of the rights and duties of members of a society (6) 8 Johnny ____ , British former Formula One driver who won the British Grand Prix in 1995 (7) 9 A male honey-bee (5) 13 Jake ____ , English singer and reality TV star who won the 2018 series of Dancing On Ice (10) 15 The study of the development and structure of the earth’s crust (7) 16 ____ almanac, periodical book of astronomical tables useful to sailors (8) 17 Black ____ , highly venomous African species of snake (5) 18 U.S. state that is the homeland of Dorothy Gale in The Wizard Of Oz (6) 20 Horse that won the Grand National a record three times in 1973, 1974 and 1977 (3,3) 22 No longer following the tenets of a particular religion or belief system (6) 24 The Republic of Ireland’s parliament (4)
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