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1 See 17.
4 Breed of dog resembling a
small greyhound (7)
8 Largest of the Japanese Ryukyu islands in the Pacific ocean (7)
9 ‘Being ---’, novel by Jerzy
Kosinski (5)
10 ‘The --- Park’, novel by
Norman Mailer (4)
11 Floor or wall finish made by setting marble chips into a layer of mortar (8)
13 Compact carbonaceous rock consisting of layers of partially decomposed vegetation (4) 14 See 17.
16 ‘The Heroes of ---’, 1965 war
film set in Norway (8)
17 & 20, 1 and 14 1966 Alistair Maclean novel set in Scotland (4,5,5,4)
20 See 17.
21 Grand --- is a style of French theatre specialising in short violent plays (7)
22 Payne, 1991 US Open golf
champion (7)
23 Young unfledged pigeon (5)
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1 1983 musical by Willy Russell
(5,8)
2 Longest river in France (5)
3 Pinniped mammal such as the grey ---, Halichoerus grypus (4)
4 Small predatory mammal of
the genus Mustela (6)
5 International Criminal Police Organisation established in Vienna in 1923 (8)
6 Glazed and salted brittle
savoury biscuit (7)
7 1984 film with Richard Gere
(3,6,4)
12 Region of Croatia on the N.E.
Adriatic coast (8)
13 German city on the Rhine (7) 15 Wilbur and Orville, American
air pioneers (6)
18 --- Kush, mountain range in
Central Asia (5)
19 Alger, American state department official tried and imprisoned for perjury in 1950 (4)