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5 Alison, U.S. bluegrasscountry singer who has collaborated with Robert Plant on two albums (6) 7 ____ Mountains, range between the Black and Caspian Seas that includes Mount Elbrus (8) 9 The process of sticking
to a surface or object (8) 10 Nicole, actress who played writer Virginia
Woolf in the 2003 film The Hours (6) 11 District in London’s West End that was once a large fruit and vegetable market (6,6) 13 Impassive or showing little emotion or imagination (6) 15 ____ ulcer, a sore on the lining of the stomach, small intestine or oesophagus (6) 18 The variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat (12) 21 Payment ____, one in which goods or services are used instead of money (2,4) 22 Library of ____, U.S. national institution in Washington D.C. that was founded in 1800 (8) 23 The name of Seattle’s U.S. football team founded in 1974 (8) 24 Season of the year
that is known as ‘estate’ in Italian (6)
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1 Having a mournful character that typifies a service held after a person’s death (8) 2 A slip-on upper body garment with short sleeves and no collar or buttons (1-5) 3 A game in which small prizes are hidden in a container and chosen at random by participants (5,3) 4 Harry, British golfer born in 1870 who won the Open a record six times (6) 6 A major thoroughfare in the UK on which vehicles may not stop, park or load (3,5) 7 A coarse cloth made of cotton, hemp or jute that is used for sails and tents (6) 8 U.S. state in which around 60 per cent of residents are Mormons (4) 12 A mild dislike or aversion (8) 14 ____ menu, one that offers a list of choices on a computer screen after clicking on its title (4-4) 16 Seasoned smoked beef
typically served in thin slices (8) 17 Go to ____, expression meaning ‘to lose the ability to deal with a situation’ (6) 18 The ____ lights, places of entertainment in a city centre (6) 19 ____ Bevin, Labour politician who served as Foreign Secretary in the Attlee government (6) 20 ____ Of Green Gables, the 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (4) SOLUTION TOMORROW