| A |
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Jean, composer of 'Finlandia' (8) |
| B | Departement of Ile de France region - makes no sense! (7) |
| C | French composer of 'Bolero' (5) |
| D | Welsh national arts festival (10) |
| E | US company originally making cash registers (abbrev.) (3) |
| F | Pacific Ocean islands visited by Darwin (9) |
| G | Greek mathematician, wrote treatise the 'Elements' (6) |
| H | Official news agency of the Soviet Union 1925-91 (abbrev) (4) |
| I | Novelist who created James Bond (3,7) |
| J | Small Arctic whale - the male of which develops a tusk (7) |
| K | Castled Northumbrian town, home of the Percy family (7) |
| L | Portable shelter and Bedouin dwelling place (4) |
| M | One of the Balearic Islands, popular tourist resort (5) |
| N | Liam, 20C Irish novelist best-known for his short stories (1,8) |
| O | Formed from the German Workers' Party in 1920 and banned 1945 (4,5) |
| P | Hunnish ruler who assailed the Roman Empire (6) |
| Q | French town, home to a 24-hour motor race (2,4) |
| R | Text apparently over-written in a manuscript (anag. of 'sample tips') (10) |
| S | Mythological Greek king with a vulnerable spot (8) |
| T | French river and departement famous for its Beaujolais wines (5) |
| U | Two Old Testament books recounting fate of Jewish monarchy (5) |
