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General knowledge again this week. If you prefer to work on the interactive version of the crossword, click on this link which will take you to the Crossword Compiler webpage.

Across

1 King of England and Scotland and Ireland; he married the daughter of James II and was invited by opponents of James II to invade England when James fled (7,2,6)

9 Admit (3,2,2)

10 Capital of the People’s Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city (7)

11 Expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing (5)

12 Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace (7-2)

13 Managers of opera companies (9)

15 Punished by confinement or by the imposition of a curfew (5)

16 Ditches or vertical drops often containing a fence, eg between a garden and surrounding parkland, forming a barrier without interrupting the view (2-3)

18 Bell tower; usually standing alone unattached to a building (9)

20 Island to the south of the Malay Peninsula (9)

23 Lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency in length (5)

24 Iranian language spoken in Pakistan (7)

25 Expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass (7)

26 United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932) (9,6)

Down

1 Poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America (5,10)

2 Cover used to keep lcamera eyepiece free of dust when not in use (4,3)

3 Genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers; – so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force (9)

4 Hypothetical cases that law students argue as an exercise (5)

5 Socialism to be established by gradual reforms within the law (9)

6 Feeling remorse for something (5)

7 Excessively trusting (7)

8 Like a great lord (2,5,8)

14 One retired from society for religious reasons (9)

15 Republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; noted for low per capita income and illiteracy; politically unstable (9)

17 City located 160 km northeast of Hanoi in Vietnam. Capital city of Quang Ninh Province (4,3)

19 Occurring at the beginning (7)

21 Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World (5)

22 3rd planet from the sun (5)

Here is last week’s solution. Thirteen cats were hidden in the solutions.

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