The Guardian - Weekend crossword No 446 - Jul 20 2019

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Ancient region covering much of southern Syria and northern Jordan HAURAN
Another name for the capitate, the largest of the carpal bones OSMAGNUM
Austrian city on the 6 VIENNA
Austrian city on the 6 LINZ
Figure in Greek mythology for whom fruit and water were for ever out of reach TANTALUS
German city on the 15 BONN
German city on the 15 COLOGNE
Hermione __, actor who played Karen in Cold Feet NORRIS
Hernando __, conquistador and first European to cross the Mississippi DESOTO
Hungarian city on the 6 BUDAPEST
Ian __, author of On Chesil Beach MCEWAN
Ian __, author of the Rebus novels RANKIN
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Illinois town, made famous by Groucho Marx, then Richard Nixon PEORIA
Major European river flowing into the Black Sea DANUBE
Major European river flowing into the North Sea RHINE
Name given to some forms of organised crime in Japan YAKUZA
Nickname given to a member of the British Women's Royal Naval Service WREN
One of the five basic tastes, associated particularly with glutamates UMAMI
Serbian city on the 6 BELGRADE
Superman's mother? LARA
Swiss city on the 15 BASEL
The graphical representations of users of players in online gaming AVATARS
Town on the 15, known for its archaeological museum XANTEN
__ Draper, character played by Jessica Paré in Mad Men MEGAN