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Playwright whose works include Captain Oates’ Left Sock and Why Bournemouth?
JOHNANTROBUS
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2004 action film starring Ron Perlman in the title role
HELLBOY
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Franz —, Hungarian composer of symphonic poems Hungaria and Orpheus
LISZT
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Department of France whose capital is Lille
NORD
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& 15A Chairman of BBC TV quiz show University Challenge from 1994 to 2023 (6,6)
JEREMY
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1992 novel by Robin Cook
FEVER
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See 12 Across
PAXMAN
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Unit of measurement; one twelfth of a foot
INCH
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The —, 2011 adventure film starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell
EAGLE
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Charles —, 2001 World Championships 10,000m gold medallist
KAMATHI
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The —, 1955 biopic starring Tyrone Power and the late Maureen O’Hara
LONGGRAYLINE
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1971 book for children by Dr Seuss
THELORAX
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1942 Walt Disney film animation based on a story by Felix Salten
BAMBI
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Francois —, South Africa 2007 Rugby World Cup-winning centre
STEYN
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Fuzzy —, home-grown 1984 US Open Championship-winning golfer
ZOELLER
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Martin —, 2001 World Championships high jump gold medallist
BUSS
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Scottish mathematician known as the inventor of logarithms
JOHNNAPIER
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White crystalline alkaloid obtained from the plant nux vomica
STRYCHNINE
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Standard monetary unit of Japan
YEN
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Hard black variety of lignite
JET
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Albert —, 1921 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
EINSTEIN
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Peter Carl —, Russian goldsmith and jeweller famous for his ornate Easter eggs
FABERGE
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City and capital of Ondo State, Nigeria
AKURE
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Victor — , 1980 French Open men’s doubles tennis championship winner with Hank Pfister
AMAYA
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Diluted drink of rum issued to the British Navy whose name derived from the nickname of Admiral Edward Vernon
GROG