2023 Recap crossword

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Across
  1. 4. Houston Zoo announces their oldest resident Mr Pickles (90) is finally a father, of three rare baby _____, named Dill, Gherkin and Jalapeño (9)
  2. 6. 'Simply the best' star who passed away (4,6)
  3. 8. The Dali Lama caused trouble by asking a boy to stick out his ____ (6)
  4. 10. Country that took the number 1 spot of largest population in the world (5)
  5. 13. Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Westminster ____ (5)
  6. 14. 'Everything, everywhere all at once' won this actress an Oscar _______Yeoh (8)
  7. 15. Star Wars actress posthumously given a star on the Hollywood walk of fame (6,6)
  8. 18. Author of Spare (6,5)
  9. 20. Internationally loved female PM of this country resigns after 5 1/2 years (10)
  10. 21. The FBI confirms that they believe COVID 19 came from a laboratory in _____ (5)
Down
  1. 1. Singer Pharrell Williams becomes a designer for men's fashion for this French luxury fashion house (5,7)
  2. 2. A total eclipse of the sun was best seen from the north of _____ ______ (7,9)
  3. 3. Officially joined NATO in April (7)
  4. 5. Submersible Titan was exploring the wreckage of The ______ (7)
  5. 7. The Beatles song 'Here comes the ___ ' reaches 1 billion streams on Spotify (3)
  6. 9. Two big movies opened on the same day morphing to become _______ (12)
  7. 11. Avengers actor who broke 30 bones in a snowplough accident _____ Renner (6)
  8. 12. She broke the record for the most grammy wins (7)
  9. 16. _____ Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera ended it's long run on broadway after 13,981 performances (6)
  10. 17. _____ Starship rocket exploded 4 minutes after takeoff (6)
  11. 19. Israel formally declared war on _____ (5)