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8 A title of honour given to major religious buildings in the Roman Catholic church (8) 9 ____ cabinet, a case or repository for sporting cups or competitive prizes (6) 10 English cricket ground that includes the Kirkstall Lane and Football Stand Ends (10) 11 Dry ____, a floodable facility for the construction or repair of ships (4) 12 Tediously familiar
or outdated (3,3) 14 Roofed platforms along the outside of a house level with the ground floor (8) 15 Ben, lead actor in the Zoolander and Night At The Museum films (7) 17 Joe Davis and John Pulman were prominent players in the early history of this sport (7) 20 The methods or practices of people who dishonestly claim medical or surgical skill (8) 22 An uncommon thing
or event (6) 24 An aerobatic manoeuvre in which an aircraft describes a circle in the sky (4) 25 A place where an outbreak of hostilities may occur at any time because of tension (10) 27 At the back of a
seagoing vessel (6) 28 ____ Civil Servant, autobiography by English humorist Quentin Crisp, later adapted for film (3,5)
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1 Steve, U.S. actor who played Donald Rumsfeld in the 2018 black comedy film Vice (6) 2 The clarinet and flute are musical instruments in this section of an orchestra (4) 3 A brief evocative episode
or description (8) 4 A sweet dish with a meringue base topped with whipped cream and fruit, named after a ballerina (7) 5 A persistent or
tenacious person (6) 6 A period shortly after an accident in which a casualty must be treated to have a chance of survival (6,4) 7 TV quiz show that features rounds called the Cash Builder and Head-To-Head (3,5) 13 ____ seeds, name given to the winged keys on field maple, ash and sycamore trees (10) 16 French city that contains the art museum Les Abattoirs, a converted slaughterhouse (8) 18 Dogger and Fisher are shipping forecast areas in this body of water (5,3) 19 A succession of monarchs
of the same family (7) 21 ____ terrible, French term for a child who embarrasses elders with untimely remarks (6) 23 A bicycle for two people (6) 26 ____ hygienist, a dentist’s assistant who cleans a patient’s teeth (4) SOLUTION TOMORROW