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Across
| 1 | | 18th C. astronomer, discovered
Uranus (8) |
| 6 | | Popular Duke Ellington composition (4,6) |
| 11 | | Dixon and I involved (anag.) with
toxic by-product of weedkiller
manufacture (6) |
| 12 | | George, US comedian and Robert,
Scottish poet (5) |
| 13 | | Star of film 'Mean Streets' (2,4) |
| 14 | | It alters a chemical reaction
without being affected itself (8) |
| 15 | | Russian film director of 'The Battleship Potemkin' (10) |
| 16 | | Frank Baum book and a classic
musical (1939) (3,6,2,2) |
| 19 | | e.g. Dolly the sheep (5) |
| 21 | | Benny Goodman's instrument (8) |
| 24 | | Most successful British
singer/songwriter of 1970s, still
a big star (5,4) |
| 25 | | Champagne house (9) |
| 28 | | Name of US ground-to-air missiles (8) |
| 30 | | Long-legged, long-necked wading
bird (5) |
| 31 | | Abnormal fear of spiders (13) |
| 35 | | Greek mathematician, famous for
theorem about right-angled
triangles (10) |
| 37 | | Systematic extermination of an
ethnic, religious etc., group (8) |
| 39 | | English economist, advocated macro-
economics (6) |
| 40 | | An abbot's deputy (5) |
| 41 | | Tropical plant whose fruit is used
as a sponge (6) |
| 42 | | Disc thrown up from a trap as a
target for shooting (4,6) |
| 43 | | Person who suffers from loss of
memory (8) |
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Down
| 2 | | Tombstone inscription (7) |
| 3 | | 1967 armed conflict between Israel
and the Arab nations (3,3,3) |
| 4 | | Unit of electric inductance, named
after 19th C. US physicist, Joseph (5) |
| 5 | | Marine crustacean with large claws (7) |
| 6 | | It uses long/short sound or light
signals to represent letters (5,4) |
| 7 | | British pop group welcomed in the
desert! (5) |
| 8 | | Element with violet vapour, used
in alcohol as mild antiseptic (6) |
| 9 | | Major early Renaissance Italian
sculptor (9) |
| 10 | | In Greek mythology it was tied by
the King of Phrygia (7,4) |
| 17 | | Garden plant with brilliant daisy-
like flowers, originally
cultivated by the Aztecs (6) |
| 18 | | In a superior position (2,3) |
| 20 | | Arch of the foot between toes and
ankles (6) |
| 22 | | First rung in Philadelphia on
public reading of the Declaration
of Independence, 1776 (7,4) |
| 23 | | Asiatic cat, having two main
subspecies: Siberian and Indian (5) |
| 26 | | Played the title role in
'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'
(1923) (3,6) |
| 27 | | Temporary decline in economic
activity (9) |
| 29 | | German military medal for valour (4,5) |
| 32 | | Most populous country in Africa (7) |
| 33 | | US state whose capital hosts a
famous annual motor race (7) |
| 34 | | Andre, US Grand Slam tennis player (6) |
| 36 | | Standard monetary unit of India,
Pakistan, etc. (5) |
| 38 | | Man-made material invented in the
1930s (5) |
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