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• The practice of favouring one's relatives or friends with jobs (8) *
• Having one's home there (8) *
• Upper part of the face (8)
• I ... lonely as a cloud'' (Wordsworth) (8) *
• Lifting machines and wading birds (6)
• The place where something begins (6)
• Figure of speech suggesting something really is what it resembles (8)
• Have a conflicting opinion (8)
• Harry ..., famous escape artist (7) *
• It became independent of Ethiopia in 1993 (7)
• In legal possession of (6)
• Fast water vehicle (3,3) *
• Nearsightedness (6)
• Beer container (6)
• Provider (8)
• Type of fruit (6)
• British bronze coin which ceased to be legal tender in 1961 (8) *
• Early Latin translation of the Bible prepared mainly by St Jerome (7) *
• Jan , comedienne-impressionist whose credits include BBC TV series Dead Ringers (6) *
• Irina —, 1964 Olympic pentathlon gold medallist (5) *
• James K , president of the US from 1845-49 (4) *
• Charity's plea to all from village (4) *
• Get it in the neck over Chinese philosopher's ideal retweet about hothead (6) *
• Soldier loses the head with sailor over where Noah landed (6) *
• Thrilled to remove dirt accommodating the man downstairs (4) *
• Heads, joints, organs, hoofs, necks from farm animal typically found in England (8) *
• Names a cocktail opening seedy joint with the type of skill one needs if they're taking a punt? (10) *
• Uplifting study by Rex Russell gained through his work (6) *
• Old city in Belgium with American university department (6) *
• Republic in W Africa whose capital is Porto-Novo (5) *
• Anke —, 1996 Australian Open singles tennis championship runner-up (5) *
• Christian Gottlob —, German composer of 1771 opera Die Apotheke (5) *
• City in India on the River Ganges associated with rice growing (5) *
• Province of Canada whose capital is Edmonton (7) *
• Katherine , actress who starred as Stephanie Plum in 2012 action-comedy film One for the Money (5) *
• Aromatic plant with spikes of small, blue flowers whose leaves are used in cooking (6) *
• Independent republic whose islands include Viti Levu (4) *
• Rock-forming mineral consisting of aluminium silicates that represents around 60 per cent of our planets crust (8) *
• 2001 film drama starring Maggie Smith and Michael Gambon (7,4) *
• Patrick , actor whose roles included George Bissinger in film drama The Way We Were (5) *
• Peter , author of the stage works The Investigation and Marat/Sade (5) *
• Nevil , author of the novels On the Beach and Beyond the Black Stump (5) *
• Half of news two journalists wanted (6)
• Guilty-seeming way to fall foul of the RSPCA? (7) *
• To a militarist, an awful approach to government (15)
• Cat's nine lives ultimately running non-stop (9)
• Fellow feeling California escapes disaster (5)
• Where criminals eat is top drawer? (9) *
• Artwork flipping rubbish, which may be a minus (8)
• One trembles, sent without cover after killer (5)