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4. An eight-legged creature with claws at the front and a stinger on its tail
7. A percussion instrument beginning with 'G', similar to the xylophone
8. A weapon beginning with 'C' that was used in an on-screen massacre in a well-known US state
10. A 17.5% discount given to people with certain benefits
11. A Spanish speaking island nation located south of the USA
12. A Scottish dish beginning with 'H' containing sheep's pluck (heart, liver and lungs)
15. Beginning with "A", a country south of Russia, formerly part of the USSR
17. Colloquial name beginning with 'G' given to a species of brown bear
19. An instrument beginning with 'T' used in stargazing
21. The gravitionally curved path of an object around a point in space, e.g. Earth around the Sun
23. A distilled alcoholic beverage originating in Eastern European countries
24. People paid to take photographs of celebrities doing their usual everyday routine
26. The central governing body of the Catholic Church

1. Another name for fundamentalist beginning with 'F'
2. Beginning with 'P', the proper name given to the machine known as the 'lie detector'
3. A malevolent spiritual entity which is able to possess people
5. A disk used like a ball in ice hockey
6. Sexual attraction to corpses
9. Mozart's middle name
13. A now defunct musical instrument company, famously known for their range of organs
14. Beginning with 'P', a set of wires located above electrified train tracks
16. The explosion of a star in space beginning with 'S'
18. The former name of the country currently known as Zimbabwe
20. A marine creature responsible for the death of Steve Irwin
22. Beginning with 'C', the name belonging to a special bread that Jewish people eat on their Sabbath Day
25. The Greek god of thunder