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7. Anxiety disorder characterised by extreme and irrational fear (6) 8. Money demanded by a kidnapper (6) 9. Fungus producing black spores, which affects plants (4) 10. Fashionable seaside resort in Mexico (8) 11. Someone who breaks free (7) 13. Substance described in the Bible as food supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness (5) 15. Eastern county (5) 17. Amber-coloured dessert wine (7) 20. Country, capital Paramaribo (8) 21. Celebration of the Eucharist (4) 22. Colour of ripe cherries (6) 23. Person given to spreading rumours (6)

1. River that flows through London (6) 2. Assist or encourage, usually in wrongdoing (4) 3. Floor show at a nightclub (7) 4. Wood nymph (5) 5. Sit on (eggs) (8) 6. Brilliantly coloured arboreal fruiteating bird (6) 12. Alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetiser (8) 14. Sir Walter ___, English explorer (1552–1618) (7) 16. Dish for holding a cup (6) 18. Country, capital Moscow (6) 19. Display stand for a painting (5) 21. Mixture of ground animal feeds (4)

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