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Across | 1 | | Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of
love and war (6) |
| 5 | | Large crested parrot of the
Australian region, often kept as a
cage bird (8) |
| 9 | | A lively dance, popular especially
in the 1920s, characterized by
spasmodic kicking with the knees
turned inwards (10) |
| 10 | | In card games, play of a higher
card followed by a lower one to
indicate what cards one holds (4) |
| 11 | | An early Jewish Christian,
especially one in fourth century
Syria (8) |
| 12 | | Novelty party song recorded by
Black Lace in 1984 (6) |
| 13 | | Spanish dish of different sorts of
meat and vegetables (4) |
| 15 | | The worship of an image held to be
the abode of a superhuman
personality (8) |
| 18 | | A fish-shaped device towed from
the bow of a vessel to deflect
mines along a wire and sever their
moorings (8) |
| 19 | | A ballerina's short stiff spreading skirt (4) |
| 21 | | In botany, attached to a different
kind of organ (6) |
| 23 | | A type of underwater hockey,
played mainly in Britain, using a
lead puck called a squid (8) |
| 25 | | The main river flowing through the
Polish city of Wroclaw (4) |
| 26 | | 1928 play written by Mae West
which was adapted into the film
She Done Him Wrong (7,3) |
| 27 | | A measure of capacity, equal to 54
gallons of beer (8) |
| 28 | | ___ hut, a prefabricated, semi-
cylindrical building of corrugated
iron, formerly used by the military (6) |
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Down | 2 | | An unstressed central vowel sound (5) |
| 3 | | A strong dry red Spanish wine used
in blending or as a substitute for
port (9) |
| 4 | | Jim ___ , US country singer who
died in the crash of his private
airplane in July 1964 (6) |
| 5 | | The fifth wife of King Henry VIII (9,6) |
| 6 | | Tropical Asian tree whose rolled
or ground aromatic bark is used as
a spice (8) |
| 7 | | The adult leader of a group, or
pack, of Cub Scouts (5) |
| 8 | | An adherent of government by mob
rule (9) |
| 14 | | The largest seaside resort in
Wales, overlooked by the Great
Orme headland (9) |
| 16 | | Originally, those who live on the
other side of the globe, or on
opposite sides (9) |
| 17 | | Presenter of the BBC radio
programme From Our Own
Correspondent since 1998 (4,4) |
| 20 | | Name of the Ambulance Association
founded in 1877 whose motto is
"In the Service of
Humanity" (2,4) |
| 22 | | French city in the Pas-de-Calais
department, a major source of
tapestries in the 15th century (5) |
| 24 | | Slang word for a hypodermic needle (5) |
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