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5 Charlotte, Welsh singer who was Mushroom on the third series of The Masked Singer in 2022 (6)
7 Sumptuous and spacious like a royal residence (8)
9 A small implement used to pluck or strum the strings of a guitar (8)
10 William, English merchant who founded a silk printing business in 1781, later a luxury store (6)
11 Never Mind ____, TV comedy quiz show testing knowledge of music that began in 1996 (3,9)
13 Porcelain shepherdess in the Toy Story film franchise voiced by Annie Potts (2,4)
15 Until now (2,4)
18 A period of abnormally warm weather in the autumn (6,6)
21 Henley-on-Thames has a museum dedicated to this sport (6)
22 A rock-forming mineral typically occurring as a colourless or palecoloured crystal (8)
23 The first performance of a musical or theatrical work or the first showing of a film (8)
24 Musical first staged in 1960 that includes the song Food, Glorious Food (6)
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1 The ____, theatre in Sheffield that stages the World Snooker Championship (8)
2 A type of grape and red wine that is called Syrah in France (6)
3 Sharply defined or easy to understand (5-3)
4 Marie, British social worker born in 1880 who was an early advocate of birth control (6)
6 A toy ring usually made of plastic that children can play with around their waist (4,4)
7 A light, porous volcanic rock that forms from solidified lava (6) 8 ____ Blake, comedian who won Britain’s Got Talent in 2022 (4)
12 The part of a ship in past times that provided the cheapest accommodation for passengers (8)
14 An autobiographical novel by the Belgian author Georges Simenon (8)
16 Gross ____ Product or GDP, a measure of the size and health of an economy over time (8)
17 To bewilder or perplex completely (6)
18 Characteristic forms of expression usually only understandable to native speakers (6)
19 Edible fish whose life cycle includes the stages of fry, parr and smolt (6)
20 The number of FIFA World Cups won by the Italian men’s national team (4)