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Across
  1. 5. Lead singer of Soft Cell (4/6)
  2. 6. Buckinghamshire estate that became the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during WW2 (9/4)
  3. 9. Scottish town which gives the coronation stone its name (5)
  4. 11. Capital of Jamaica (8)
  5. 16. 1986 film directed by James Cameron staring Sigourney Weaver (6)
  6. 17. One of the Confederate generals depicted on Stone Mountain (6/1/3)
  7. 18. Asias largest desert (4)
  8. 21. Male world athlete of the year 2020 (5/9)
  9. 23. Equator town known as the gateway to Mount Kenya (7)
  10. 26. Kingdom that Æthelflæd ruled from 911-918 AD (6)
  11. 27. Musician who financed Life of Brian (6/8)
  12. 30. (5)
  13. 32. Musician who has been a member of The Clash, General Public and Gorillaz (4/5)
  14. 33. Italian top scorer at the 1982 World Cup (5/5)
  15. 36. Surrey village where the Holiday is filmed (5)
  16. 37. Cornwall's only city (5)
  17. 38. Surname of the US physician who is director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
  18. 39. Character who Liv Tyler plays in the Lord of the Rings trilogy (5)
  19. 41. Original presenter of Have I Got News For You from 1990 until 2002 (5/7)
  20. 43. Shakespearean character painted by John Everett Millais (7)
  21. 45. Director of Apocalypse Now (7/4/7)
  22. 46. Biggest city in Skåne County (5)
  23. 47. Island that was home to the Durrells from 1935 to 1939 (5)
  24. 49. First non Italian winner of the Giro d'Italia in 1950 (4/6)
Down
  1. 1. Musician who has produced albums for U2, Talking Heads and James (5/3)
  2. 2. Stately home Vera visits in the beginning of The Darkest Evening (9)
  3. 3. The longest river in the world to flow entirely within one country (7)
  4. 4. Art style that emphasised painterly qualities and strong use of colour over realism. Pioneering leaders of the movement included André Derain and Henri Matisse (7)
  5. 7. The dambuster raids official operation name (8)
  6. 8. Birthplace of Charles Dickens, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Roland Orzabal (10)
  7. 10. Traditional late season cycle race that finishes in the Indre-et-Loire département (5/5)
  8. 12. Band that headlined the first Glastonbury festival in 1970 (1/3)
  9. 13. Band who topped the charts with Need You Tonight in 1987 (4)
  10. 14. Nickname of Henry Percy, the rebel leader killed by Prince Hal in Henry IV, Part 1 (7)
  11. 15. Kingdom of Württemberg that the wife of George V was princess of (4)
  12. 16. Largely dried up endorheic lake which lies between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (4/3)
  13. 18. Third highest mountain in Wales (6/4)
  14. 19. Name that links a winner of Milan San Remo with members of a band who wondered when they would be famous (4)
  15. 20. Historic capital of Peru (5)
  16. 22. Chiswick Bridge
  17. 24. Surname of the Norwegian that beat Scott to the South Pole in 1911 (8)
  18. 25. Middle name of Diego Maradona (7)
  19. 28. Weapon that killed Richard the Lionheart (8)
  20. 29. The more common name for the third battle of Ypres (13)
  21. 31. The house name of the reign of kings that ran from Henry III in 1216 too Richard II in 1377 (11)
  22. 34. Billy Bragg's debut EP in 1985 (7/3/4)
  23. 35. First BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1954 (5/8)
  24. 40. Vegetable which used to grow on the land which is now the Twickenham pitch (7)
  25. 42. Actress who stared in Lady Bird, Little Women and The Grand Budapest Hotel (7/5)
  26. 44. Oxford College who's arms have a crowned silver lion on a blue background and a white orle on a red background (7)
  27. 48. David Bowie's final album (9)