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1 Independent sovereign Papal state which forms an enclave in Rome (7,4)
9 See 20.
10 Jacques, French composer of the operetta La Belle Hélène (9)
11 The territory of a duke or
duchess (5)
13 Ireland is poetically referred to
as the --- Isle (7)
14 Roman poet and satirist whose works include the Ars Poetica (6)
16 Ivan, 1972 world speedway
champion (6)
18 Large marine decapod crustacean of the genus Homarus (7)
19 Freshwater fish of the family
Percidae (5)
20 & 9 Plant of the genus Colocasia of tropical Asia and Polynesia grown for its edible tubers (9,3)
21 Teleost fish with a long
snakelike body (3)
22 1995 Australian Open men’s
singles tennis champion (5,6)
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2 Scottish port on the Firth of
Clyde (3)
3 James, American director/ producer whose films include A Room With a View (5)
4 --- the Great, King of England
871-899 A.D. (6)
5 The basic SI unit of luminous
intensity (7)
6 1805 naval battle in which the English under Nelson defeated the French and Spanish (9)
7 Best Supporting Actress Oscar-winner for the film Separate Tables (5,6)
8 1989 novel by Stephen King
(3,4,4)
12 Sea which forms part of the Atlantic Ocean between the West Indies and Central and South America (9)
15 ‘The --- in the Rye’, novel by
J.D. Salinger (7)
17 Miss Lee, singer known as
‘Little Miss Dynamite’ (6)
19 Spaghetti or tortellini, for
example (5)
21 Ernie, 1994 U.S. Open golf
champion (3)