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Across

10, 4 Down and 27 Down 1951 post-apocalyptic novel by John Wyndham (3,3,2,3,8)

11 Large upright fairground rides with revolving passenger cars (6,6)

12 German car manufacturer founded as a sewing machine company in 1862 (4)

13 Within an organisation

or group (2-5)

14 The outermost wall or

court of a castle (6)

15 Mrs. ---, 1942 romantic war film for which Greer Garson won a Best

Actress Oscar (7)

16 The chancellor of West

Germany 1969-74 (5,6)

20 A fever with successive

stages of fever and chills (4)

21 Individual braid in a hairstyle in which the hair is plaited in close parallel lines (7)

22 A trial or practice, especially

in simulated conditions (3,3)

23 Landlocked republic in southern Africa, the capital of which is Lusaka (6)

25 A military position at a distance from the main body of troops (7)

27 An amount of money levied for the use of certain roads (4) 28 1975 song by American singer-songwriter Eric Carmen (3,2,6)

29 The total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another (7)

32 Lee Harvey ---, presumed assassin of US president John F Kennedy (6)

35 A protein hormone, secreted in the pancreas, which controls the concentration of glucose in the blood (7)

36 A gradual increase or decrease in the level of an audio signal (4)

37 Song by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, written for their 1928 music drama The Threepenny Opera (4,3,5)

38 --- Tussauds, London wax museum founded in 1835 by a French sculptor (6)

Down

1 A large, enclosed area containing stores and restaurants (8,4)

2 Queen consort of the United Kingdom 1830-37, as the wife of William IV (8)

3 Yellow mineral with a metallic lustre, nicknamed fool’s gold (6)

4 See 10 Across

5 A person who deals cards and collects bets at a gaming table (8) 6 Conservative Chancellor of

the Exchequer 1983-89 (5,6)

7 A small piece of cotton or gauze used for cleansing a wound (4)

8 An academy for the training

of priests and rabbis (8)

9 --- club, in the US, a choral

group or society (4)

17 A type of bathroom

fixture (5)

18 Author, humorist and screenwriter who created The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy franchise (7,5)

19 Bedknobs And ---, 1971 film based upon children’s books by Mary Norton (11)

21 A deep cleft in

the ground (5)

24 Former trade unionist who served as the prime minister of Australia 1983-91 (3,5)

26 A large, traditionally squarerigged sailing vessel (4,4)

27 See 10 Across

30 A place designed for the

exhibition of films (6)

31 A young eel, especially one migrating up a river from the sea (5)

33 A small difficulty or

disadvantage (4)

34 Roald ---, British writer whose works include the children’s classic

Charlie And The

Chocolate Factory (4)