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Birthday Boy

issue 17 December 2022

Two unclued lights are a title (three words) and its creator (two words). Remaining unclued lights are four names and eight titles (either singly or paired, including two each of two, three and four words and one of five words), each name being associated with two of the titles. The theme word connecting them all must be highlighted in the grid.

        Across

11    Skill securing character hard food (5)

16    Bishop leaves drunkenly with flowing movement (6)

17    Gently affected superiority in card game (5)

19    Husband loves wrong clothes? It’s a cert (4-2)

20    I hear it reformed Athletic Club once (8)

21    Decorative material...

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