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Thick layer of fat under the skin of all sea mammals (7)

5. Security given for the release of a prisoner awaiting trial (4)

7. In Scotland, bodies of fresh or salt water, many created by glaciers (5)

10. Money or goods owed by one person to another (5)

11. Type of bread which became popular with home bakers during 2020 lockdown (6)

12. Deep, narrow valley with steep walls and a stream or river running through it (5)

13. Furry red monster from Sesame Street (4)

15. Seventeenth letter of the Greek alphabet (3)

17. In Australia, a bundle containing a tramp or traveller’s possessions (4)

19. A jandal (Australia) (5)

21. Italian motorcyclist who has been world champion in 125cc, 250cc, 500cc and MotoGP (5)

22. Front part of the neck containing the pharynx and larynx (6)

23. Relating to the heart (7)

24. Largest department in a king’s household, responsible for the care of horses (7)

25. ___ Rwanda received three Oscar nominations (5)

27. Alchemists’ term for a universal medication, later used as a poetic term for Mercury (5)

29. directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Tippi Hedren (3,5)

31. 1978 Formula 1 drivers’ champion, also a winner of Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500 and the last American to win a race in F1 (8)

32. British theoretical physicist who shared a Nobel Prize with Francois Englert in 2013 (5)

34. 1960s band consisting of Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton (5)

36. “Justice ___ is justice denied”: William E. Gladstone (7)

38. book by Austrian author and hunter Felix Salten (5)

40. Colloquial term for a very easy task (6)

41. Embankment which prevents a ! " #$%

42. Nickname of American trumpeter and bandleader John Birks Gillespie, 1917-1993 (5)

43. Mentioned in the Old Testament, the son of Kish who the 12 tribes of Israel chose as king (4)

45. Two-door British sports car produced by BMC between 1963 and 1995 (3)

47. Title character voiced by Antonio Banderas in a 2011 spin-off of the Shrek # %

49. First name actresses Kruger, Lane and Keaton (5)

50. Leader of the Huns who died in 453 (6)

51. Garments traditionally worn by men as part of Highland dress (5)

52. & "Sutherland and Jane Fonda, with

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53. US businessman who founded a luxury department store chain (4)

54. Method used by a barista in the process of making coffee (7)

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2. Seventh astrological sign in the zodiac (5)

3. American manufacturing company that sells audio equipment, founded 1964 (4)

4. Description of something done in an automatic, unthinking manner (7)

5. Good evening (French) (7)

6. Mythicl king, the father of Goneril, Regan and Cordelia (4)

7. Emblem or symbol representing an organisation’s object, concept or attitude (4)

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Mario Puzo (8)

9. Eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (6)

10. British term for vehicles which collect household waste (9)

14. Bright beam of light used in optical disc drives, barcodes and skin treatment (5)

16. ___, matched and dispatched: term which referred to the births, marriages and deaths columns in a newspaper (7)

18. French city which hosted the 1968 Winter Olympics (8)

20. Traditional Japanese performers trained in dance, music and singing (7)

26. Katrina and ___ ___, BritishAmerican rock band who won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest (3,5)

27. “I am not ___ to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know”: Marcus Tullius Cicero (7)

28. The ___ of Your Mind: song performed by Noel Harrison during

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The Thomas Crown Affair (9)

30. Test that measures your sense of balance (7)

33. National Basketball League team based in Memphis (9)

35. British tennis player who won the 2021 US Open Women’s Singles (8)

37. Singer in the title of a 1991 Dire Straits song (5)

39. ; !" formation (7)

40. Small antelope of the genus Madoqua, about the size of a large rabbit (6)

44. Talking lion in stories by C.S. Lewis (5)

45. Idea or question spread via the internet, changing in form as it is passed on (4)

46. One of three types of drum in a pipe band, the largest (4)

48. Domed beehive made of twisted straw (4)

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